Post by PeterW on Jul 5, 2009 12:19:15 GMT -5
Hi all,
Didn't feel very energetic today so I spent a lazy sort of day browsing through some of the boxes of my stuff that were packed when I moved my den/office downstairs, and also made some plans about shelves to dispay my cameras.
Found a few cameras and negatives I'd forgotten all about! Still lots more to go through so maybe there are a few more surprises to come.
Thanks for the comments on my 'Working photog' picture. I like it as a picture, and I'm pleased the way the semi-back lighting worked out, but the reason I don't rate it as one of my more successful shots is the quality of the old outdated film. I really must stop using some of the more ancient film I've still got stashed away and use some that's more recent.
I also spent part of the day browsing around on ebay and looking at price trends. In general I came to the conclusion that there are some nice bargains around among Japanese SLR film cameras though some sellers are still putting silly high starting bids on them. When I checked on 'completed items' these were the ones that didn't even get a bid.
In my particular collecting field, pre-1960s European cameras, prices for anything interesting don't seem to have dropped much at all if the cameras are in good clean working order (seller's description of course) and, if anything, prices actually paid for what are quite ordinary folding snapshot cameras seem to have increased. Maybe collectors want to grab a few examples before they all disappear.
I left a couple of maximum bids on Exaktas in non-working condition - well, the seller said they're working but was honest enough to say that the shutter blinds needed renewing before they could be described as 'users'.
I also asked a question about a Canon EX Auto which the seller described as 'optically imperfect, lens marked'. I asked if this was scratching or fungus, and if the shutter was working OK but I haven't yet had a reply. The EX, with an interchangeable front element to the lens was never one of Canon's most popular offerings, most people preferred the models with fully interchangeable lenses. EX front elements by themselves are not easy to find. But I haven't got an EX, and at the moment there are no bids (opening bid £1.49) so we shall see what happens even if I buy it as a shelf queen, though I'm not holding my breath!
It's now quarter past six in the evening and I've just had advance warning that our evening meal will be ready shortly, so see ya later.
PeterW
Didn't feel very energetic today so I spent a lazy sort of day browsing through some of the boxes of my stuff that were packed when I moved my den/office downstairs, and also made some plans about shelves to dispay my cameras.
Found a few cameras and negatives I'd forgotten all about! Still lots more to go through so maybe there are a few more surprises to come.
Thanks for the comments on my 'Working photog' picture. I like it as a picture, and I'm pleased the way the semi-back lighting worked out, but the reason I don't rate it as one of my more successful shots is the quality of the old outdated film. I really must stop using some of the more ancient film I've still got stashed away and use some that's more recent.
I also spent part of the day browsing around on ebay and looking at price trends. In general I came to the conclusion that there are some nice bargains around among Japanese SLR film cameras though some sellers are still putting silly high starting bids on them. When I checked on 'completed items' these were the ones that didn't even get a bid.
In my particular collecting field, pre-1960s European cameras, prices for anything interesting don't seem to have dropped much at all if the cameras are in good clean working order (seller's description of course) and, if anything, prices actually paid for what are quite ordinary folding snapshot cameras seem to have increased. Maybe collectors want to grab a few examples before they all disappear.
I left a couple of maximum bids on Exaktas in non-working condition - well, the seller said they're working but was honest enough to say that the shutter blinds needed renewing before they could be described as 'users'.
I also asked a question about a Canon EX Auto which the seller described as 'optically imperfect, lens marked'. I asked if this was scratching or fungus, and if the shutter was working OK but I haven't yet had a reply. The EX, with an interchangeable front element to the lens was never one of Canon's most popular offerings, most people preferred the models with fully interchangeable lenses. EX front elements by themselves are not easy to find. But I haven't got an EX, and at the moment there are no bids (opening bid £1.49) so we shall see what happens even if I buy it as a shelf queen, though I'm not holding my breath!
It's now quarter past six in the evening and I've just had advance warning that our evening meal will be ready shortly, so see ya later.
PeterW
. Oh well.