XT (sticky flash, easily fixed with a stiff brush under the flash bracket, cracked rear-LCD cover replaced for $10) + 18/55 + 75/300 for $120 (pawnshop)
Nikkormat FTn (busted) + Nikkormat FS (working...my first SLR back after 40yrs) + 105/2.5 + two 50mm/F2 Nikkors (the 105 and 50 were by first lenses back then too) + Weston meter for $110 (craigslist)
For all of $75 I got a grabbagbox full of old dusty gear...Hexanon 45/1.8, (bent filter ring, otherwise mint) + Canon 50/1.8 FD and 3rd party 80-200 zoom for my AE1-P + Nikon 300/4.5 (very clean glass, aperture stuck at F5.6-8, PK mount siliconed to F mount) + Nikon 180/2.8 (with L1A filter, pristine glass, stuck focusing barrel) + a bunch of other strange FD accessaries and lenses that I gave to my local camera repair guy (he chops them for the screws, I give him a lot of busted gear for the screws, like the busted Nikkormat FTn above) who fixed the 180 for $50...fixed the 300/4.5 mount and gave the lens to a friend...sold most of the rest...except for the 180 of course...(craigslist)
Nikkormat FG busted + 50/1.4AIS + 50/2 SMC-A pentax for $50...sold the FG for $20, haven\'t sold the pentax yet (pawnshop)
Nikon telescope adapter for $6...(thriftshop) sold on ebay for $200
and
Canon D30 + nifty50 for $90 (thriftshop) that I sold me on Canon...added a 10D a month later (used the D30 and 10D for a year until I got the XT, above, and then sold the 30D/50mm for $280)
XT (sticky flash, easily fixed with a stiff brush under the flash bracket, cracked rear-LCD cover replaced for $10) + 18/55 + 75/300 for $120 (pawnshop)
Nikkormat FTn (busted) + Nikkormat FS (working...my first SLR back after 40yrs) + 105/2.5 + two 50mm/F2 Nikkors (the 105 and 50 were by first lenses back then too) + Weston meter for $110 (craigslist)
For all of $75 I got a grabbagbox full of old dusty gear...Hexanon 45/1.8, (bent filter ring, otherwise mint) + Canon 50/1.8 FD and 3rd party 80-200 zoom for my AE1-P + Nikon 300/4.5 (very clean glass, aperture stuck at F5.6-8, PK mount siliconed to F mount) + Nikon 180/2.8 (with L1A filter, pristine glass, stuck focusing barrel) + a bunch of other strange FD accessaries and lenses that I gave to my local camera repair guy (he chops them for the screws, I give him a lot of busted gear for the screws, like the busted Nikkormat FTn above) who fixed the 180 for $50...fixed the 300/4.5 mount and gave the lens to a friend...sold most of the rest...except for the 180 of course...(craigslist)
Nikkormat FG busted + 50/1.4AIS + 50/2 SMC-A pentax for $50...sold the FG for $20, haven\'t sold the pentax yet (pawnshop)
Nikon telescope adapter for $6...(thriftshop) sold on ebay for $200
and
Canon D30 + nifty50 for $90 thriftshop that I sold me on Canon...added a 10D a month later (used the D30 and 10D for a year until I got the XT, above, and then sold the 30D/50mm for $280)
May 17, 2009 at 12:55 AM
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