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Post by hansz on Jul 21, 2012 4:53:31 GMT -5
I agree with Wayne that for most people the 'analog is dead' is perfectly true - reflected by the prices of most cameras. Here one can buy a Minolta 7000 for 10 euros...
2 years ago a Canon F1new did € 100 - 150. Today not under € 200. Also Topcon equipment, RE Super in special, commands premium prices - maybe to the Japanese climate conditions described above?
True collectibles like Contax I, have always been expensive, but while in the current economic situation 'run of the mill' equipment is getting cheaper but I suspect a upwards trend in specialties due to 'money saving' principle - like hoarding gold (or art), interest rates here are just minimal:-( Hm, what I meant to say is easier in Dutch than in English...
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Post by hansz on Jul 20, 2012 5:10:03 GMT -5
Hello all, Here in the Netherlands I see an upward trend in second hand analog camera prices. For example, on the web flea market site www.marktplaats.nl there is a definite rise in prices. I can imagine prices for lenses are up because of the new kid in town: the system camera, but the same holds true for analog bodies. Do you experience the same trend in other areas? One trend here is to supply P&S cameras to student public to shoot film and process it differently (...) to get lomo-type images. Hans
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Post by hansz on Jul 14, 2012 7:53:08 GMT -5
My first was a plastic Beirette, a piece of junk! Regretfully I found this out after shooting 8 weeks on my first geological field work. That autumn I bought a Beautiflex TLR, which I - also regretfully - traded for a Zenit B (which still lurks around). The supplied Helios44 lens of the Zenit worked very well for me.
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Post by hansz on Jul 14, 2012 7:44:07 GMT -5
On Ebay I only buy if it's auctioned. Set my purchasing limit low and don't expect to buy anything. And still sometimes, luckily, you get something you want paying a fair price. I also learned not to regret anything that I missed:-) P.S. As Zeiss affeccionado, I only buy at the German auction site and - preferably - not on prime time (i.e. Sunday evening). P.P.S. Searching for something I fancy at pawn shops, charity etc. is far more rewarding than any purchase one can do on auction sites.
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Post by hansz on Jul 13, 2012 3:52:53 GMT -5
Apart from the possible German bodyparts, the number of the lens is equally interesting. These 1949 lenses are assumed to have Jena glass inside. In my collection there is a 1950 lens, a 1949 vintage is one my dreams! Hans.
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Post by hansz on Jul 12, 2012 3:26:06 GMT -5
Welcome Invicta,
Here it's Zeiss Ikon country...
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Post by hansz on Jul 12, 2012 3:20:09 GMT -5
Hi Keith, welcome! I can provide you with most original prices of Zeiss Ikon equipment, mostly from German catalogs. I'll have to lookup when I get home. You mentioned a Contina 526/24, s/n 8656. There should be a letter preceding the number, can you find out? You also mentioned a question for a price of a Ikonta 35, please give the Bestellnummer (like the 526/24 above) and all other information like body number and lens info. Reason: camera naming is a bit ambiguous with Zeiss Ikon equipment, bestellnummer are not... Hans
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Post by hansz on Jul 8, 2012 17:05:29 GMT -5
Come on guys, more than a million Silettes were sold, so prices can't be high. For 150 euro one can build a beautiful collection of Agfa equipment. Of course some models will be restricted to the cognoscenti but who cares when you just want to do some nice analog photographing! Just be honest, I see a definite rise in second hand prices of analog equipment here in The Netherlands...
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Post by hansz on Jul 8, 2012 16:54:01 GMT -5
My son's birthday - his 23th... see www.ernstdegroot.nl - and we both achieved our Golf license in the NL (yes, here it's necessary:-( His birthday present...
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Post by hansz on Jul 8, 2012 16:49:39 GMT -5
If your country is not stated you can always use an intermediate. sometimes I use the help of my Zeiss Ikon friends to procure a cam on Ebay Germany that the seller won't sell abroad (NL is just to the W of Germany, but some people are more chauvinistic than others...:-) For my Zeiss friends I do a lot... I agree though with others about the excessive cost to/from US and Canada...
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Post by hansz on Jul 3, 2012 3:07:24 GMT -5
Lots of trueisms in this discussion. I more than agree with the Oly XA, some others P&S's are equally fine, but I learned to pick the camera which suits me best for the moment. In town, without any haste one can take a Contax I or whatever you like to produce great results. On a hike - climbing the first day from 1400 to 2950 meters and over the pass go down for a kilometer and carrying Contarex gear (for whatever snobbish reason) like I did once - you'd better carry a P&S with moderate zoom and a built-in flash. Just understand the limitations of the particular camera. One thing I learned is better to take a tripod (or a one-leg) with you to produce good results than whatever expensive gear... Even if it looks silly:-)
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Post by hansz on Jul 1, 2012 8:23:07 GMT -5
Hi Berndt, Nothing wrong with the number system, but the name Contina is used for acouple of non-rangefinder cameras. Also some engineering changes were made bothh inside the Contina family (making the Contina I, II and III) as within a Bestellnummer - like your 527/24 - mostly adaptations to the finder. Someday I'll write an article about it...:-)
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Post by hansz on Jun 30, 2012 13:36:18 GMT -5
Berndt, On a Zeiss Ikon camera you'll find (mostly, not on all) a couple of numbers. Your T26770 (which on makes me happy..) is the production number assigned by the master-of-inventory. Ans it is unique for every body Zeiss Ikon ever made. The number I've been talking about is - from memory, I could be wrong - stamped on the other side and should read as something like 527/24 (that is the Bestellnummer and the /24 meaning a 24x36mm cam). If so, you've got yourself a Contina II. If found try holoceen.nl again, or else do a searchText on contina and you'll find all variants.
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Post by hansz on Jun 29, 2012 9:02:15 GMT -5
In NL, Utrecht, more and more students are discovering the film again. A local dealer is actively pushing this market and sells a P&S for 2 euro together with a film of normal price to every new student who wants to try. I donated some 30 P&S's for this purpose, under which your Espio 200. In return I get the earliest info of a Zeiss Ikon equipment brought in for sale. So it works both ways!
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Post by hansz on Jun 29, 2012 3:34:19 GMT -5
I had a DAF 66 once, a bit outdated exterior but 1500 cc and the 'variomatic' system inside. In Spain one day all kids (well, 20-22...) went out for a 'streetrace?' Everybody laughed at me, before! After I won all races I was treated with great respect! I won because of the lack of gear shifting delay... Then I offered them a quit or double chance: running backwards, who was the fastest. They agreed, the stupids, they didn't the DAF went as fast forwards as backwards!! I had a big laugh, they went home in a bad mood... In the end we spent the earned money (oops...) in the bar making everybody happy.
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