kmac Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Someone may have regretted selling this camera years ago. It's gone off the Bay "sold" listings now but a seller just got A$925 for it, that's US$671.46 kodak cartridge no2 hawkeye modernist box brownie camera - Bing images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsetto Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) When I found out that my stowed away 25 years old destined for goodwill Yashica T4 was worth twice the price I paid in the 90's, I sold it and laughed at the stupid buyer (quietly).Now it is worth 3 times the original price and rising for reasons I don't comprehend. Trendiness is the reason: a rising tide of cultism floats all boats. The younguns suddenly decided some years back that "premium" vintage compact P&S cameras were almost as cool around the neck as Leica RFs when strolling Bedford Ave. Any P&S with a premium pedigree or known to have a better-than-average lens costs a small fortune today: they've recently jumped from third to second place rank on the jewelry scale (Leica RF first, then luxury P&S, with '60s-serial# Nikon F + either plain pentaprism or cyclops Photomic dropping to third place). You know we're living in strange times if Brooklyn hipsters are better versed in the minutiae distinguishing early Nikon F bodies than Japanese camera collectors. Removing tongue from cheek, to be fair a lot of film newbies with legit aspirations just feel a quality P&S allows them to shoot film in a manner approaching the convenience/spontaneity of their iPhone/Galaxy. Going the other direction, I've seen several tutorials by mirrorless system enthusiasts describing how to harvest and re-mount some tiny high performance P&S lenses like the 35mm f/2.8 lens from a Nikon L35AF to shoot FX digital. Edited February 7, 2021 by orsetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_gottschalk Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I sold a perfectly functioning Zeiss Ikon 6x9 folder for no good reason that I would love to have today. Bought another off Ebay but that one had problems so I returned it. I also sold an Xpan for no good reason. But I found another a few years later and bought it back. Now I'm thinking of selling that one as prices have gone sky high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Plato? That ultraconservative aristocratic reactionary who needed to invent an alternate reality to get people to agree with him? Yes. He's the one I chose to play off the word "rules," in both its senses. Glad you got it! ;) "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Trendiness is the reason: a rising tide of cultism floats all boats. Trendiness is mostly amusing in cameras and mostly devastating in photos. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_gottschalk Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Rollei 6008i . That was a truly great camera, but too hi-tech for me at the time. Made me nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanjo_viagran Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I have two if I may! long time ago, a Nikon 28mm 1.4D. Still looking to get one but prices keep high on those. recently a Nikon 14-24mm 2.8 I got a great deal on, but zoom was a bit rough between 14-16 and return it. Wish I kept it>! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
za33photo Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Not Camera related , but I still swear at , and kick myself , for selling my Falke Modell 90 10 meter air rifle way back in the 1970's 😧 😅. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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