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Where to sell old film SLR's?
tirlittan
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I have couple of old film SLR's and I just wondered if there's anywhere that would still buy them? Have looked at ebay, but one of the camera's is not listed at all and one is BIN at ~£60.
Both come with some bits and pieces,flashes etc.
Just wondered if there's any specialist camera shops that still take on second hand ones to sell? Or shall I just try my luck on ebay?
One is Contax 137 MD Quartz, the other one I don't have details to hand, but is a Yashica. In case they mean anything to anyone else.
Just to add, there was also a flash sold on ebay for one of the camera's (a flash I also have) and it went for £17, so maybe worth listing seperately?
Any thoughts welcome. Thank you.
Both come with some bits and pieces,flashes etc.
Just wondered if there's any specialist camera shops that still take on second hand ones to sell? Or shall I just try my luck on ebay?
One is Contax 137 MD Quartz, the other one I don't have details to hand, but is a Yashica. In case they mean anything to anyone else.
Just to add, there was also a flash sold on ebay for one of the camera's (a flash I also have) and it went for £17, so maybe worth listing seperately?
Any thoughts welcome. Thank you.
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I would try your luck on Ebay. There may be someone who is looking for exactly that checking Ebay every day in the vain hope someone might list one. Or you could lose a couple of quid in listing fees and not sell them. You never know unless you give it a go.0
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If you put them on ebay, it's worth making them available worldwide (if you don't mind sending things abroad)- because a lot of camera enthusiasts are in countries like Japan and the USA, and you'd probably stand more chance at getting a good price0
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There are quite a few specialist sellers on ebay. So I would try there0
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Thank you for your thoughts. Very much appreciated.
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There is still a market out there from photographic students etc so worth popping on ebay.0
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Always ask at local uni's/colleges that do photography courses, as they're crying out for decent condition film SLRs. Not only for the photography students, but also for those on the BTEC courses that have photography units. Or, you could ask to advertise in the department for the new students in Sept. who can get one off you then
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The Contax 50mm lens could be worth a few quid - cracking lens and you can get (manual aperture and focus) adapters for Canon - 80mm on their 'cheap' DSLRs and Olympus - 100mm on most of these.0
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