Comments on: New Obsession: Film Cameras & eBay

By: randy

randy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:00:11 +0000

Have fun with the TLR. I need to use mine more. It's had the same roll of 120 film in it for about a month! Then again, I have two other cameras loaded at the moment too :-\

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:21:56 +0000

I am currently going through the same problem. Daily: E-bay; Search: Vintage cameras, I am looking for an Olympus XA, but they are going for a ridiculous amount. Maybe I'll get lucky one day, I just won a Lubitel155U for 62 dollars, don't know if thats good or not, but my first TLR, Im real excited.

-dn

By: randy

randy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:48:41 +0000

Funny you should say that… I recently picked up a Canonet QL17 and sold my Yashica Electro 35 GSN. Thanks for the heads up though. Anyway, the moratorium didn’t last long and I’m still collecting (shhh, don’t tell the wife). I wish there were more camera stores around here, but there’s only a couple I know of (and one of those is Samy’s… too much markup there).

Thanks for the comment and happy hunting!

By: Mark W. Miller

Mark W. Miller — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:42:12 +0000

I have been having the same problem lately. I think we should start a self help group. I did this google search typing in “camera obession,” expecting to be routed to a porno site, and I must say I am pleasantly surprised that there is someone, as sick as I. I’ve been hitting the camera stores lately, a used Nikon F4S in mint condition $200, and a Nikon 8008S $39.95, and there is this 1963 Nikon F I have my eye on for $150. Sound like you are doing well with the rangefinders, and ebay at better prices. I don’t even look. Hope to find the self control you’ve found and also impose my own moratorium. But, I can tell you where you can find a nice Canon/Bell&Howell rangefinder Canonet with a case in mint condition if you like… Thanks for the post.