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Charles

Good Places to Sell My Manual Camera?

I've just recently purchased a digital camera, so I've decided to sell one of the two Nikon FM2n 35mm cameras that I own, along with a 50mm lens and some good Vivitar flashes (all the stuff is excellent condition). However, I live in El Paso, Texas, where there is not much of a market for photo equipment; and I've looked into selling on ebay, but their fees seem way too high, and it's too much of a hassle (they want your bank account number as well as your credit card number!). So I was wondering if the good people of this site knew of any good places to sell, on the Internet or elsewhere. All replies will be welcome, and if anyone here is interested, I'll give you a good deal.

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July 14, 2004

Peter K. Burian

Charles: I have sold camera equipment on ebay and got top dollar - more than I would have gotten anywhere else that I know of. More than two friends (who wanted my Canon D60 when I was selling that) offered me. A lot more. Cheers!

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July 14, 2004

Charles

Thanks, Peter, for your quick response. Maybe I will try to go through ebay after all. The lure of extra capital is always great.

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July 14, 2004

Peter K. Burian

Charles: There is not a huge demand for older, manual-focus cameras anywhere, but I still think you will net more on ebay than anywhere else that I know of. And Nikon or Canon products in very good condition always bring decent money.

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July 14, 2004

Blanca Acosta

I'd be interested in the Nikon. What lens does it have? How much would you want for it? When buying a conventional camera one has to think that good films are expensive. Sometimes it's better to wait and buy a good digital camera. For the time being I have a Nikon Coolpix 2500, decent. I'd want a better camera, but I'm not wiling to pay much because the costs involved in a film camera.

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July 20, 2004

Melinda Wheeler

You might want to look at similar cameras on ebay and see what they are selling for and then compare what KEH in Atlanta will give you for it. Unless you are already a seller on Ebay, it may be more trouble than it's worth.

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July 20, 2004

Tahnya B.

Try www.photogon.com. The website allows you to sell your photography equipment. Very easy.

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July 20, 2004

Charles

Thanks for all the responses. I ended up selling the camera (body only) to a local shop. I got $140 for it; which seemed to be MORE than the going rate on Ebay for chrome models in good condition (mine had some cosmetic wear). Considering that I purchased the camera nine years ago for about $225, I'm relatively pleased.

Tahnya...I'll keep photogon.com in mind for some of the other stuff (a couple Nikkor lens and Vivitar flashes) that I still want to sell.

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July 20, 2004

- Gregory LaGrange

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could've tried UTEP. photojourn major or photoart major could have been interested. give a call to any of the teachers there to tell the students.

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July 20, 2004

George Anderson

"There is not a huge demand for older, manual-focus cameras anywhere".

This isn't true AT ALL. In fact, prices for better quality brand-name manual-focus SLRs have stabilized and are even increasing in some markets for MF metal bodies in nice condition. It is rather the autofocus 35mm and older-generation digital SLRs that are in fact dropping in price like a stone relative to their original selling price.

Metal-bodied, metal-geared MF SLR cameras have an increasingly strong collector and hobbyist following. They have never lost any popularity among macro and night photography enthusiasts, of course. Furthermore, older-era manual focus SLRs that become inoperative can often be easily repaired and returned to service, where autofocus 35mm and digital SLRs will be virtually worthless as working cameras once manufacturers discontinue the production of replacement LCD panels, microcircuit boards, IC parts, plastic gears, and other hardware necessary to their continued functioning. One can already see this phenomenon in the autofocus SLRs piling up in increasing numbers in the 'inop/as-is' bins of various camera shops, with bleeding LCDs, broken plastic lens mounts, and dead computers, waiting for the arrival of the junk man.

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July 18, 2005

- ronda chatelle

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Hello Charles,
I am interested in Your flash units. Are you still wanting to sell them?

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