cheap roll film cameras

[woodspirits]

went along to my local car boot this morning, well you never know. im used to seeing the old roll film cameras going for silly money, but i was surprised to see 2 canon eos 650's with 28-70 lenses going for a tenner each! even if the body was iffy the lens were worth more than that surely? when i was into photography, i used to drool over those canons! such a shame eh?

 

[alpha_centaur]

Sadly the value of film camera's has fallen to almost nothing these day's.

I wont even tell you what a well known retailer offered me for trade in on my EOS 5

 

[rik_uk3]

My local smack sorry Cash Generator had four of five camera's and lenses on offer for silly cheap money recently and Walters Photo shop has closed

 

[TurboGirl]

I've got my dads OM2N with motorwind, Olympus flash, original lenses and loads of extras... The shutter sticks with lack of use and hence, I can't give it away! Its worth keeping to rig up as an artwork copier I reckon but sad to see quality engineering that's redundant

Did you invest then Steve?!

 

[ozzy1977]

There is still a bit of cash for the right gear. Last year I sold my Pentax Spotmatic body for around £140 and the 4 lense I had ( all pentax ones) went for £200ish.

 

[John Fenna]

My Eos lives in the loft, all unloved now

 

[Biker]

Funny this thread should appear, I sold my Olympus OM10 yesterday at a boot fair along with colour filters etc, flash guns for the princely sum of €15. I know I could have got more on ebay if I tried but I couldn't be hassled with it all. Plus I'm doing a brutal downsize of my junk at the moment and just didn't want to haul it around anymore if and when I move house again.

Today I went to see a mate over here and he's given me his Practica 35mm SLR camera with telephoto, wide angle and zoom lens to sell for him at the next boot fair I go to.

You're right about them being unloved, kinda sad but digital cameras are so much more versatile making 35mm cameras a dinosaur in comparison.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Here's a thing...

 

[Bowlander]

The lenses should still fit, I've a 75-300mm af canon lens from a film camera that works with a 350d.

I did look into early digital backs for film SLR's, they were cheap as chips compared to when new but were only 0.5mp and weighed 1.2kg!!

 

[Nomad]

Earlier Canon manual focus FD mount lenses won't fit the DSLRs, but the lenses on the EOS autofocus film cameras will (EF mount).

 

[rik_uk3]

Here's a thing...

Good link and makes sense.

I've a couple of hundred photographs of my children growing up and several thousand digital photo's of the grand children....times they are a changing and all that.

 

[brancho]

Try looking on ebay to see what they sell for.

AF film cameras do net sell as well as MF cameras The Oly OM2n is worth something especially the lenses. The OM10 not so much realy.

People still buy film cameras I bought an Olympus 35-SP rangefinder recently for £100.


35-SP by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[TurboGirl]

The Oly OM2n is worth something especially the lenses.

Good news! It was a damn good camera back in the day and getting a film camera for artwork is preferable to the digitals... as if I could afford one anyhow ... I've just been given my grandfathers wartime scrapbook of his cartoons- he was very good - so I'd love to get them photographed and sent out to all his dreaded descendants Bilmos link gives me a quandry with the lenses though, keep as they are or convert to use....hmmmmmmm....

I did a bit of research when the shutter stuck and apparently the 2N was the first motherboarded back but it's supposed to be the devil to get in to the shutter because the mobo is mounted directly behind the back and has to be removed to get in to clean and unstick it.... I'm girding my loins to attack the job but in the meantime, its another UFO (UnFinishedObject)

 

[wattsy]

rangefinders still sell well and there are a few film fanatics out there still i've got a zorki 4k, argus c3, yashica 35 gsn all in 35mm and a yashica 635 tlr that I use for medium format (has a 35mm adaptor as well).

 

[bilmo-p5]

Bilmos link gives me a quandry with the lenses though, keep as they are or convert to use....hmmmmmmm....

As I understand it, Sal, the only mods are to the plastic dust cap which fits on the camera end of the lens. You can pick these caps up for pence or less. There used to be a gadget available (one of those Sunday supplement offers IIRC) which was a telescope eyepiece made up with the lens fitting of your choice.

 

[rik_uk3]

Good news! It was a damn good camera back in the day and getting a film camera for artwork is preferable to the digitals... as if I could afford one anyhow ... I've just been given my grandfathers wartime scrapbook of his cartoons- he was very good - so I'd love to get them photographed and sent out to all his dreaded descendants Bilmos link gives me a quandry with the lenses though, keep as they are or convert to use....hmmmmmmm....

I did a bit of research when the shutter stuck and apparently the 2N was the first motherboarded back but it's supposed to be the devil to get in to the shutter because the mobo is mounted directly behind the back and has to be removed to get in to clean and unstick it.... I'm girding my loins to attack the job but in the meantime, its another UFO (UnFinishedObject)

Can't you scan them?

 

[TurboGirl]

Unfortunately they're too big, the imperial size of A3 in an old scrapbook which I really don't want to bend around too much I should ask the local meeters, see if anyone has access to a larger scanner

Hmmmm again, Ian, I'd read it quickly and assumed they meant gluing the fitting ring... that wouldn't be too bad, in fact I bet I could get aftermarket caps and save the genuine equipment ones

 

[brancho]

I did a bit of research when the shutter stuck and apparently the 2N was the first motherboarded back but it's supposed to be the devil to get in to the shutter because the mobo is mounted directly behind the back and has to be removed to get in to clean and unstick it.... I'm girding my loins to attack the job but in the meantime, its another UFO (UnFinishedObject)

Try Luton cameras for a quote to repair it

 

[TurboGirl]

Try Luton cameras for a quote to repair it

Now wheres the fun in that...

Thank you for the suggestion- we have a good repairer up here and it was prohibitively expensive, unfortunately, so I'm going (eventually!) to get back to my tomboy stip-it-apart-and-hope roots to see if I can effect a DIY cure and learn some along the way

 

[Bushwhacker]

For an alternative film camera experience why not buy a cheap digital camera and smash the viewing screen?