35 mm camera

[steveno]

I have a Nikon 35 mm camera body and a couple of Nikkor lens for it and was wondering if there is a website out there where I can find some realistic values? I realize that 35 mm stuff is from a bygone era and I haven't used any of it in probably close to 20 years so the stuff might not be worth anything at all these days. it was pretty good stuff when I bought it 30 years ago.

 

[vt_shooter]

Do a search on eBay, be sure to check the box for sold listings. The search only goes back I think a month or so, but if there are a few of whatever you're thinking of selling, you'll get a pretty good sense of what it's worth:

eBay Search: Advanced Search

 

[moe smith]

I have a Nikon 35 mm camera body and a couple of Nikkor lens for it and was wondering if there is a website out there where I can find some realistic values? I realize that 35 mm stuff is from a bygone era and I haven't used any of it in probably close to 20 years so the stuff might not be worth anything at all these days. it was pretty good stuff when I bought it 30 years ago.

Well there is that auction site. Don't pay any attention to what is being asked, look up what they sold for. If you have a local community college in your area you may want to see if they have a use for them, if so you could donate them.

I just sold 5 Nikon bodies and 11 lenses. Everything from an old Nikkormat Ft2 to an F4s and lenses from 20mm to 300. Not a big demand. You may want to keep the lenses since they will work on many Nikon digital cameras.

 

[Faulkner]

35 mm film camera equipment has pretty much bottomed out. I also had Nikon 35mm equipment and eventually upgraded to digital SLR. Any lenses or other equipment that would make the transition from film to digital I kept, but the rest I evenually sold off for pennies on the dollar.

Unfortunately, film equipment has no more value than a buggy whip unless you just stumble across someone looking for a buggy whip.

 

[RonJ]

I'm keeping mine. Just feels so nice, the precision and reassuring weight of them. The dollar value isn't great enough to tempt me to sell.

 

[SweetMK]

As far as 35mm, think muzzle loader, single shot, and you can not find percussion caps!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

eBay is a good place to look at sold items.
Also look at KEH. Probably largest online used photo operation.

 

[moe smith]

photo.net is a great resource for photographers. You may want to try the classified section of their site.

 

[NeoBuckeye]

I am not sure of a website to sell older photo equipment.
Is there anyone in your family that has an interest in photography or is a graphic artist? Might make a nice workspace display.
I still have 3 35mm Nikon 6006 cameras that I use on occasion.
Now, I have upgraded to a D70 and a D7000.
Digital makes it easier to take

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I am not sure of a website to sell older photo equipment.
Is there anyone in your family that has an interest in photography or is a graphic artist? Might make a nice workspace display.
I still have 3 35mm Nikon 6006 cameras that I use on occasion.
Now, I have upgraded to a D70 and a D7000.
Digital makes it easier to take

Have you tried Craigslist? They don't allow guns, but allow most everything else. You just to be careful how and where you sell. I sold a Nikon lens about 3 weeks ago. Met the buyer lady at a feed store. turns out her family is in hay business.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

F & F2a/s stuff has minimal value at best, unless some 'special edition' FE's etc. don't have enough value to even fool with. I have a F2A my wife gave me in 1976, along with a array of lenses up to 1000MM. Lesnes will work with my D700, but the F2a doesn't any use these days. Still, I wont sell it.

 

[steveno]

I looked at the KEH website and I guess I knew that 35 mm ain't worth much at all. However I don't understand why a 35-105 F3.5-4.5 zoom lens has as much value as a coke bottle and a 28 mm F2.8 is worth quite a bit more. I guess I will just put the stuff back up on the shelf in the closet and wait for them to be the "in" thing in another 100 years or so

 

[Rastoff]

Yeah, I have some old Minolta equipment and it's worth even less. It really falls into the category of just about any common item that's old and been replaced with some modern thing that works easier and better. Unless it's attached to someone famous, it ain't worth spit.

 

[dswancutt]

I looked at the KEH website and I guess I knew that 35 mm ain't worth much at all. However I don't understand why a 35-105 F3.5-4.5 zoom lens has as much value as a coke bottle and a 28 mm F2.8 is worth quite a bit more. I guess I will just put the stuff back up on the shelf in the closet and wait for them to be the "in" thing in another 100 years or so

Are these autofocus lenses?

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

I looked at the KEH website and I guess I knew that 35 mm ain't worth much at all. However I don't understand why a 35-105 F3.5-4.5 zoom lens has as much value as a coke bottle and a 28 mm F2.8 is worth quite a bit more. I guess I will just put the stuff back up on the shelf in the closet and wait for them to be the "in" thing in another 100 years or so

For the nick-pickers, older zooms are, were, always not up to the standards of prime lenses.

 

[gdnagle]

I guess I will just put the stuff back up on the shelf in the closet and wait for them to be the "in" thing in another 100 years or so

I did the same with my super 8mm sound and 120 film camera. Just can't throw them away and no body really wants them.

Just did a search out of curiosity and found out they still sell film for both of them, I wonder if they still develop the film.

 

[Derry 1946]

Just hanging on to my Bolex 8mm movie camera. Guess I'll pass it on to one of the kids. The few dollars it would fetch are not worth getting rid of it.

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

I looked at the KEH website and I guess I knew that 35 mm ain't worth much at all. However I don't understand why a 35-105 F3.5-4.5 zoom lens has as much value as a coke bottle and a 28 mm F2.8 is worth quite a bit more. I guess I will just put the stuff back up on the shelf in the closet and wait for them to be the "in" thing in another 100 years or so

Most 70s and 80s zoom lenses were, as a general rule, pretty crummy. There are exceptions(such as some of the 1970s Canon Aspherical lenses and their 1980s "L" series counterparts), but a lot of them were pretty bad. Ironically enough, some of the best zoom lenses from this era were made by 3rd party makers. I have a Canon FD mount Vivitar Series 1 35-80mm 2.8 "Varifocal"(not a true zoom lens) and have been impressed by it the times I've tried it.

About a year ago, I put together a box of store brand Canon FD mount zoom lenses that I've collected over the years. I put the box up on Ebay with a starting bid of $13.99 and free shipping(starting bid equal to the cost of shipping) and couldn't get a bid. They went to Goodwill.

 

[Texas Star]

What sort of Nikon 35mm body? There was quite a range.

I'm keeping my FG and pretty std. 50mm lens. Without checking, I think it's a 2.8. I've published some photos taken with it, and it has sentimental value. I like the Olympus OM-1 better, but the FG is still a very nice camera.

The problem is finding film and processing. The local Wolf Camera shop closed and I'm going to have to try a drugstore.

This thread struck a nostalgic nerve. I think I'll get out some old magazines and admire the ads for my cameras.

Oh: I probaby need new batteries for the FG. Are they still made? The OM-1 used a zinc/air battery no longer made. But all it powered was the meter. I can still guesstimate exposure pretty close.

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

The problem is finding film and processing. The local Wolf Camera shop closed and I'm going to have to try a drugstore.

At least for the time being, Tri-X and TMAX are still around(although Kodak killed off my favorite, Plus-X), along with D76 and HC110. If Kodak kills off film completely, Ilford seems to be pretty well committed to both film and chemistry.

And, as for availability, fortunately B&H and Adorama(along with a few others) are still going strong. The larger retailers still sell enough volume of this kind of stuff that you're assured fresh products. Their prices are much better than anything I've been able to find locally, too.