Ebay Deals on Film Cameras

If you're considering taking up film photography as a hobby, or taking a photography class as an elective subject this fall during the coming school year, you've gotta take a look at the deals you can find on Ebay.  All of these cameras are listed (at the time of this posting) at either an auction price, or "Buy it Now" price of $20 or less.  If you're new to photography, you'll obviously want to buy a camera that comes complete with a lens.  For those of you who are a little more experienced and possibly already a own a lens or two, the camera body might be of more interest to you.  Either way, I really can't emphasize adequately how good the deals are right now.

One reason prices are so good, is because a lot of people are taking their vacations.  Kids are out of school enjoying the summer break, or working part time jobs to earn money for the coming school year.  In other words people are busy.  Fewer people are paying attention to internet shopping opportunities currently available to them.  High supply and low demand.  The summer months nearly always cause a shortage of buyers because people are enjoying the nice weather.  I speak as a Buyer and a Seller on Ebay.  My best sales months are always between October 1st and March 1st.  After that sales plummet until the following fall season, when people are once again back into their fall season routines.  So now is a great time for you to get a good deal.  I've deliberately chosen to focus on Nikon brand equipment because of the quality associated with the name.  But Nikon isn't the only brand available.  Pentax, Minolta, Yashica, Fuji, Praktika, Canon, Kodak, & just about any brand you can think of can be found on Ebay.  

 This lot (below) of camera bodies is of particular interest to me because I collect cameras.   Some of these are auto focus, while others are the older manual focus variety.  Believe it or not this entire lot of cameras has an opening bid auction price of under $20.  If you've read my previous articles on "sniping" you're aware that a good way to get a good price on this entire lot (or anything else you might want to buy via an Ebay auction ) is to snipe it. 

If you've read my article this far, I hope you'll take a few minutes to see for yourself the deals available to you.  Until next time...happy shutter bugging!


by: Darryl Turner