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Alwaysalwaysalways visit garage sales. amazing deals.

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gordie.
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Pentax Spotmatic F (1964), 35mm film
SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5
SMC Takumar 55mm 1.8
SMC Takumar 105mm 2.8
SMC Takumar 200mm 4
old Starblitz dual flash-head with a bunch of diffusers
old tripod that's still got some life to it

all for only 120$... definitely check out garage sales if you have the time. They can often be well worth it!

Here's another gem...

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Cinekodak Reliant film movie camera. from sometime around the beginning of the 50's I believe. Shoots 16mm double-perf film I think... Don't know if I'll ever get to shoot on it (expensive to process!) but I'd love to try a roll. It works like it was made yesterday; things were made so much better back then.
and believe it or not,l I got this one for free!

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Aug 15 2011 6:56PM
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steep
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I was reading this blog post once, where this lady ( a photographer ) went to a yard sale, and she picked up a lens tube that happens to have a canon 500mm L lens in it. It belonged to the guys deceased wife and he didn't know anything about it, and so he sold it to her for 20$! crazy!
Aug 15 2011 7:13PM
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NJurkiewicz
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Yah garage sales are amazing I am going to start going because you can get such bargains!
Aug 15 2011 7:15PM
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S.C
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woah hahaha
Aug 15 2011 7:59PM
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Dwarftosser1
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shit that would be awesome.


On another note, Noah and Chai, can you guys please change your icons? It confuses me so much ahaha
Aug 15 2011 8:18PM
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NJurkiewicz
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Chai. Usually has a different icon it is just because of the icon uploader glitches it switches his icon back and forth from this and his new one haha
Aug 15 2011 8:19PM
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DrZoidberg
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I know a kid who got a working hasselblad for 15 dollars at some type of estate sale. It's got an 80mm, waistlevel and a12 back. And a leather case. He's fucking lucky.
Aug 15 2011 8:41PM
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S.C
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my icon just is constantly switching back and forth and im not doing anything haha
Aug 15 2011 9:25PM
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HARVERSACE
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wish i could find deals like that!
Aug 15 2011 9:47PM
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iLLbiLLy
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good find. I would love to be able to mess around with some 16 mm footy, but yea like you said, expensive as fuck to process
Aug 15 2011 10:34PM
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*simba*
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bullshit.

NO ONE would sell that lens for 20 dollars. Even someone who knows absolutely nothing about cameras knows that white lenses=EXPENSIVE.
Aug 15 2011 10:47PM
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steep
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That's what the blog post said. Don't know if true or not.
Aug 15 2011 10:56PM
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chacharlie
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nah there was a guy in hawaii who bought an FD 800 for $5. they must have thought it was a shitty telescope or something.
Aug 15 2011 10:59PM
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SkiThe603
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OMG THAT IS AWESOME
Aug 15 2011 11:17PM
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WillStart
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not really, no.



when older people who know nothing about cameras/lenses hear i paid somewhere around $400 for my canon 85mm f/1.8, a lot of times they can't believe it and say they didn't even know lenses could cost that much.
Aug 15 2011 11:29PM
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andstuff
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You'd be surprised.

I talked to a guy in Vancouver who found a 1973 HIWATT DR103 amp head (fyi same model used by Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd). They are worth about $3-$5k depending on the condition, and this old guy sold him a mint one for $400.
Aug 15 2011 11:39PM
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blatt
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If you watch pawn stars, a lot of the people that sell shit on that show get it at garage sales for ridiculously old prices. Most people infer that if it's old, it's not worth much.
Aug 15 2011 11:45PM
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BIG_E.Z.
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My foray into photography was because of a garage sale. Basically mint condish Canon AE-1 with a FD 50mm 1.8, two brand new in box Canon Speedlites, and a brand new in box auto film winder. plus a bunch of other shit for $20. Garage sales ftw
Aug 16 2011 12:03AM
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las.
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holy god damn, what a deal
Aug 16 2011 12:45AM
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las.
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and holy shit
Aug 16 2011 12:46AM
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plorr
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Craigslist can be equally lucrative sometimes. I just bought an old Pentax film body with a SMC 50mm f1.4 on it for 15 bucks.
Aug 16 2011 12:49AM
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