A QuickSet Hercules tripod and head for free.
A QuickSet Hercules tripod and head for free.
A Les Paul Gold Top in great condition for $65 in a pawn shop but it was in the 70's.
Stopped at an estate sale last weekend only to find a near mint 1950's Canon IV-S2 interchangeable lens rangefinder for $15.00. This Leica clone is working perfectly except for the slow speeds being slightly off.
"One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude." Carl Sandburg
I went to a photographer today to buy a kodak process thermometer 3 he advertised on c-list and paid him his asking price without haggling. He then offered me some other stuff for good deals which I couldn't refuse.
Good as new Peak enlarger focuser III for $5 today. New 8x10 speed ezle for $4. Got some other stuff too and I'm thrilled. I won't be flipping it on Ebay, it's nicer stuff than I presently use.
Randomly looking at auctions that were about to end with the term "Nikon." I saw an auction for some cheap no-name lights and almost skipped it but it said Nikon and I thought I saw something in the photo...
Turned out to be a Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D prime lens. Got the lot for $25! Sold it for $200 after getting a 17-35mm.
Almost all of my gear was purchased used at 20-30% lower than the average price. I always watch and wait and get good deals.
Percentage-wise: Olympus XA w/flash for $0.85 at a local thrift store, sold it for $125.00 the next day.
Dollar-wise: Mint A12 back with matching insert at another thrift store for $100, it went for close to $500 on auction later that week.
Both of these were back in the Nineties, neither would sell for anything like that now, of course.
These threads are always fun. And since my biggest 'steal' actually led me to finding this site, I may as well post it.
At a flea market I stopped and looked in an ugly orange bag that stood out among some electronic seller's stuff. Inside was a Nikon FM2 (not FM2n), 5 lenses (3 Nikkors and 2 Series E), macro bellows, flash, focusing screen and finder for Nikon F, and to top it all off, 4 LF lenses. I asked the guy what he wanted and he told me $60. I offered him $50 and he accepted. I paid him and took off before he realized what he sold me.
I wasn't into LF at the time, so I sold one of the lenses for $650, 2 together for $300, and traded the last for a Canon VT rangefinder with a collapsible Summicron. I traded the Canon for my Speed Graphic, thus getting into LF.
well, just this weekend I bought a whole trunkload of stereo 3d equipment for a hundy
two projectors, three cameras, 5 viewers, two mounting kits, glasses, 2 cases full of slides, two card viewers, etc
40" square larson "soffbox"
larson "starfish"
20$ ( includs shipping )
couple of beautiful daguerreotype ( 5x? )
for 20$ each
jammed rolleicord for the cost of a 100$ cla
cyclone 3 falling plate camera, and 30+ articles from a 1890s studio for 40$
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