Cheap-Ass Camera

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nobody@flickr.com (GoPug) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:30:02 -0800

GoPug posted a reply:

I make friends w/ thrift store workers, offering them spiffs for cameras that look good. If they see something like a Canon AE come in, they just call me and I'll bike the 2 blocks to the store. I got 3 very good Pentax K1000's w/ 50mm lenses for .99 each and spiffed the worker $10. I still frequent the bigger thrift stores often. Like Andre and Nothing say, it's all in the timing.

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nobody@flickr.com (nothing is ever the same) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:13:54 -0800

nothing is ever the same posted a reply:

Garage sales & thrift stores. I've had good luck on craigslist, too. Revue 400L rangefinder for $10, Ricoh XR-7 body for $10 too (found a good macro/zoom lens at a camera shop for $50).

Lots of cheap film at rummage/garage/thrift stores too.

But mostly, it's just luck and timing, getting there before the next cheap camera junkie.

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nobody@flickr.com (Andre Easter) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:02:29 -0800

Andre Easter posted a reply:

Keep cruising those thrift stores. $1.00 cameras are ubiquitous of course, but real jewels can be found at "almost free" prices. I found an unused new-in-box Holga for $5.00, an absolutely perfect Minolta X700 (with bag and three lenses) for $20.00. Best of all, a built-like-a-brick-shithouse Chinon screw-mount CX II (with lenses, filters, bag, etc., for $12.00.

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nobody@flickr.com (GoPug) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:09:57 -0700

GoPug posted a reply:

Found one of these about a month ago for £2p.

Now if I can find some aps film...

Reply to Cheap ass camera of the week.

nobody@flickr.com (GoPug) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:01:03 -0700

GoPug posted a reply:

Found at a komunitate bodega last weekend for €18 .

While it is not 88 years old, it's still pretty old but in very good shape. So I'm putting it in the tabako denda-en humidor downstairs so I can sell it for 1.3M someday.
www.gresik.org/2011/06/88-years-old-leica-0-series-world-...

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nobody@flickr.com (GoPug) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:37:07 -0700

GoPug posted a reply:

Camera Clubs, Photo workshops, Photo Adult Education Classes, get around other photographers and let it be know that you're always interested in old cameras, or film, or old photography equipment.
I was once turned onto 2 cases of kodak gold 200 / 400 film which I ended up getting for about 08¢ a roll through a contact who worked at a Walgreen where they were throwing the stuff away. She was purely digital so she turned me onto it cause she knows I'm always looking for film and film cameras.

New Jersey Photographers

nobody@flickr.com (DrGonzo2010) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:19:54 -0800

DrGonzo2010 posted a new topic:

I have started a group for cheap cameras in new jersey here is the link
www.flickr.com/groups/njtcc/

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nobody@flickr.com (Kiana Nylon) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:26:23 -0700

Kiana Nylon posted a reply:

I converted a fungus Mansfield Skylark to a pinhole camera.

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nobody@flickr.com (Bill Smith1) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:12:29 -0800

Bill Smith1 posted a reply:

To revive this thread, my cheap ass camera of November 2009 is a Canon FTb along with FD 50 f1.8 and 135 f3.5 lenses for the bargain price of FREE. I think I might have invested in $2 worth of foam to re-seal the camera. Bonus, the shutter speeds are pretty much bang on.

Reply to Counterfeit Canon 35mm (goldtek 909)

nobody@flickr.com (toydoctorrrs) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:14:57 -0700

toydoctorrrs posted a reply:

Hey hello :)

we tried the trip 35, tried to get same shot.

the goldtek 909, I think it gives this miniature feeling