Canon AE1

[DowntonMini]

Afternoon All

I have been asked by a colleage to find out about a camera he has i.e. is it worth anything.

It's a Canon AE1 and has the kit 50 mm lens.

He also has the Power drive unit

Speedlight 177

Remote trigger

Sigma 35 - 105

Mitsuki 75 - 260

It's all in a leather (or leather effect) box case and also has a few filters

Any ideas as to what it's worth I can get some photos if anyoen wnat them

And sorry if this is the wrogn place for this but thought it may be the best palce to ask

Thanks

 

[RaglanSurf]

Probably about £25-£50 depending on condition, I'm sure someone that ♥'s Canons will be along soon that will have a better idea if I'm wrong.

 

[Strapps]

Probably about £25-£50 depending on condition, I'm sure someone that ♥'s Canons will be along soon that will have a better idea if I'm wrong.

Agreed and I think the majority of that would come from the body and 50mm. The two zooms might be put up for £10 each in a camera shop but I think for a private sale you'd be lucky to get any interest.

Ffordes list a couple of AE-1 bodies at £49 each. Private sale with a 50mm f/1.8 and you're probably looking in the region of £25-£30 on ebay, might struggle up nearer to £50 if you sold the lot as a bundle.

 

[TheBigYin]

IMO probably 25-50 IF, and only IF the body doesn't have the Canon Cough. Otherwise, parted out on fleabay it'd make a fiver a item maybe...

And it's sort of the right, wrong place if that makes any sense - if "your friend" exists then he/she's unlikely to join, wait 60 days and post 25+ times just to post in the classies for a price check. If you're working on behalf of your friend, you couldn't really use the classies yourself, as you could only really trade on behalf of a close relative (unless of course you bought the kit from them first, so it was yours).

So, really the only option in this case, and within the spirit of the forum rather than necessarily the letter of the rules is to do what you've done here... get an estimated valuation from the clever people on here, then... if the friend wants to sell - buy it from them "for £1 plus other valuable considerations to be detailed later" - i.e., you buy it for £1 plus whatever you get from selling on here (less £1)... you sell it in the classies, as yours, so YOU are wholely liable if it goes missing / breaks / contains a package of anthrax spores that contaminates the entire countryside - then, when the buyer is entirely happy, you repay the friend with the "other valuble considerations" part of the trade.

 

[DowntonMini]

Thank you for the replies I will pass them on and see what he wants to do.

I shoot with nikon otherwise I wold have probably brought it as a bit of a play thing