How much?

It has been alleged, from time to time, that offers like this are part of drug or other illegal transactions.

According to various TV and radio programmes, as well as written articles, the company selling the camera is very unlikely to know anything about what is happening.
 
Give it a miss anyway as the T70 is far superior o_O
 
I bought an AE-1, with a zoom lens, for less than £20 a few years ago, so I tend to think of that as a target price.

On the whole, though, I think of the older FT-QL as the better camera for general use. Mine was even cheaper than the the AE-1...

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Where do you get these deals? I only ever look on eBay to be fair but I never see anything like that anymore.

Ive been burnt a couple of times lately though, unless it’s cheap I’m not sure I’ll buy anything unless returns are accepted. I had a Praktica Fx2, listed as fully working. It worked once then the mirror wouldn’t stay down. I worked out what it was, the mechanism that pushes the pin to close the aperture on the lens was bent and didn’t allow the catch that catches the mirror to move back far enough. That went straight back.

After that I bought a Rollei 35b. I didn’t even bother trying the shutter with that. The lens would not stay retracted in the body, it would just fall out. I checked the seller and they have since relisted it as fully tested and working….all the pictures are with the lens out.
 
Nebular89 said:
Where do you get these deals? I only ever look on eBay to be fair but I never see anything like that anymore.

Ive been burnt a couple of times lately though, unless it’s cheap I’m not sure I’ll buy anything unless returns are accepted. I had a Praktica Fx2, listed as fully working. It worked once then the mirror wouldn’t stay down. I worked out what it was, the mechanism that pushes the pin to close the aperture on the lens was bent and didn’t allow the catch that catches the mirror to move back far enough. That went straight back.

After that I bought a Rollei 35b. I didn’t even bother trying the shutter with that. The lens would not stay retracted in the body, it would just fall out. I checked the seller and they have since relisted it as fully tested and working….all the pictures are with the lens out.
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I seem to have dropped on cameras which have been looked after really well. Quite a few had the bottom part of a case which has protected the base and sides of the camera. Odd metering problem but I've been lucky with my purchases. British Heart Foundation gear has been ace.
 
Avoid the buy it now's and look for one that has a low starting price and is open to bids. Quite often you'll get lucky.
 
Funnily enough I just won a Zorki 4k for £35 in “excellent working order” with a Jupiter lens.
Also have my eye on a Zorki 1 if a cheap one pops up. I did try a Leica iii. It wasn’t that expensive at £150 but it’s a bit of a pain to use so I’d rather get a cheap copy.
 
Who wants a mint Nikon F and 3 lenses ? On the bay only £11,210.44 and you get free delivery.
 
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I remember a few years or maybe more back Ffordes and others had a few batches of unsold Canon FD lenses which had been in a warehouse or stock room somewhere. As far as I remember they were up for sale at more than the usual price of good used examples but not too much more. I haven't seen any other unsold stock for years now so perhaps they've all dried up now.

I wouldn't be interested in an unsold or unused film camera as it's mostly lenses that interest me but wouldn't the perishables need replacing after all these years? If so you'd need to know where to get the bits and pieces and how to DIY or know someone or some company who'd do it for you and that'd add to the cost.
 
woof woof said:
I remember a few years or maybe more back Ffordes and others had a few batches of unsold Canon FD lenses which had been in a warehouse or stock room somewhere. As far as I remember they were up for sale at more than the usual price of good used examples but not too much more. I haven't seen any other unsold stock for years now so perhaps they've all dried up now.

I wouldn't be interested in an unsold or unused film camera as it's mostly lenses that interest me but wouldn't the perishables need replacing after all these years? If so you'd need to know where to get the bits and pieces and how to DIY or know someone or some company who'd do it for you and that'd add to the cost.
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For lenses with lubrication might have dried, I've bought one, from the bay, and you couldn't turn the focussing ring..another 2 AF zooms from the bootie (going for about £3 each) and they would only zoom so far, well I forced it and kept working it till it was free (no wonder they were going cheap), but not knowing anything about Canon AF lenses, the lenses are EF-S which ain't much good for my EOS 300v film camera :(
 
I like it.
My first proper camera.
I'd pay that for it all day long.
 
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