Antwerp classic camera fair

[belgiumreporter]

Been to the Antwerp classic camera fair today. Each year less and less sellers turn up (internet you know...).

To make things more interesting the camera fair get's company by the toys and vinyl records collectables fair and if that wasn't enough the computer fair is there to.

Admission is 7 Euro wich can be gained back should you find somthing you where looking for at the right price.








Try before you buy!




how much old Dslr's do you want?




in case you like to shoot film




Sooner or later they'll all end up in the bargain bin




The toy departement



Here's what i've bought:




Not high on the list, but just one of those fun quircky cameras, the minolta 110 zoom




Finally found a 28 PC nikkor somewhat obsolete lens these days with photoshop able to do the same job,still a nice one to have in the collection

[julio1fer]

Drooling after looking at your pictures of that fair. How did you find prices as compared to previous years?

[belgiumreporter]

Feb 12, 2017 17:29:41 GMT -5 julio1fer said:

Drooling after looking at your pictures of that fair. How did you find prices as compared to previous years?

Well, some of the sellers are seeming to come to their senses as prices are levelling out to "internet" prices (wich wasn't the case in previous years). As a matter of fact i wouldn't have bought anything if it wasn't for the price being OK. I felt a bit sorry i didn't buy a werra automatic in reasonable condition for 20€ (maybe less if i was prepared to haggle).Still the largest amount of my budget went to the nikkor PC lens of wich i felt would be enough to satisfy my collecting needs for a few days :-) . On the computer part of the fair, prices were way below shop prices ( for example a 500Gb 2.5" Hard drive was only 30 Euro, i paid last week in the store 56 Euro and thought i've got a good deal. The toys was a bit of a mixed bag, vintage tin toys were expensive, model trains were about the correct price and (modern) model cars and kits could be had at bargain prices. I didn't had any more time left to check out the vinyl records, can't say much about pricing there.

[Stephen]

Shows are hard to get too these days, few outside London in the south east area. My health also means travel in very restricted, and I have not been able to do much on cameras recently anyway.
Any body know of any fairs in the south of London/ London coming up?
Stephen