Actually, Henry's used prices are just bad, often 2-3x the actual worth of the camera. Their lens prices are better, but if you like old film camera it's better to go to their outlet store which has sane pricing.
K1000's are worth $100-150CDN -Adam On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:14 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Funny how the K1000 still sells for more than it did new... (I've seen > good used LXs selling for less). > > David J Brooks wrote: >> I still have my SP500 as well.:-) Also two K1000's,SP, 6x7 and a YM, >> film gear, i would like to sell, but, i'm a pack rat and probably >> never will. >> Maybe i'll sell the istD, now that i have the G3 converted to IR. >> >> I was at Henrys on Friday and they had three used K1000's in the >> display case, all around $289 Canadian >> >> Dave >> >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I tend to hang onto cameras. In all honestly, I should dump most of my >>> film cameras. The problem is that I'd keep the nicest one (the Mz-s) >>> and then get so little for the others it wouldn't be worth selling. I >>> gave my MX and ZX-7 to the Art dept. for photo classes and I kept the >>> MZ-S, the Sp500, and the 645. Keeping the SP500 (vs the MX) is >>> definitely a sentimental choice but it still works fine and it was my >>> first camera. I'm always amazed how intrigued students are by a >>> screwmount lens. >>> >>> >>>>>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/10/2008 4:04 PM >>> >>>>>> >>> Bob, >>> >>> I have zero brand loyalty and very little sentimentality about >>> cameras. I inherited my father's camera too, a fine 1953 Leica IIIf >>> kit. He loved it. I found it a pain in the ass to use, and sold it >>> after a year or two worth of trying to use it honoring his memory. His >>> >>> memory remains just as beloved and full of respect without the camera >>> >>> in my hands. It's all just equipment to do the job I want, which is to >>> >>> make photographs. I don't know why the insinuation regards marketing >>> and advertising. >>> >>> I shot with Nikon SLRs and Leica RFs for thirty+ years. Had the same >>> Nikon kit from 1981 to 2001, plus or minus a lens or body, and had >>> mostly the same Leica kit for 13 years too. Why? because it did the >>> job I wanted. I tried other 35mm equipment in that same time period to >>> >>> see what it might offer (Olympus and Contax) but always went back to >>> the Nikon/Leica gear. I also shot subminiature and a lot of medium >>> format ... not because of someone's advertising but because I like the >>> >>> formats. >>> >>> Digital capture was essentially new in 2002 for me. The cameras were >>> an unknown and I needed to experiment to find out what suited me >>> purposes, felt good in my use, and produced the goods. >>> >>> BTW: The Pentax kit is for sale. I've only made 120 exposures with the >>> >>> Pentax gear in the last 8 months. I'm happier and getting better >>> results working with the other gear I have acquired ... that's all >>> that matters to me. The equipment is transitory, I don't fall in love >>> >>> with objects. >>> >>> What you do is up to your own discretion. I don't disparage it, but I >>> >>> also don't participate in your emotional attachments to equipment. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 10, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Godfrey, >>>> >>>> I still have all my Pentax equipment - ME, Super Program, PZ-1, >>>> *istDS, & K10D, plus the K20D I'm shooting now. Space is no problem >>>> and their monitary value at end of life was easily eclipsed by their >>>> sentimental value and how it feels to shoot with them. I've got my >>>> dad's Retina IIIc too, the 1st 35mm I borrowed. Who could sell >>>> >>> these >>> >>>> old friends. >>>> >>>> Maybe if I bought camera after camera after camera looking for that >>>> special something they market in their advertising, I would have >>>> >>> owned >>> >>>> more and cycled thru things like you. I think the photographer has >>>> more to do with the image than the camera or lens. >>>> >>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I use any camera I have. For ones I'm relying upon for my work, I >>>>> have >>>>> two identical bodies. >>>>> >>>>> When I stop using a camera, I sell it. Same for lenses. 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