what are the biggest bargains you have found?

zippie · Joined: 11 May 2009 Posts: 80 Location: Belgium

I was able to purchase this week a mint pentax Electro Spotmatic Black finish with 3 lenses.

The complete set contains:
-mint pentax Electro Spotmatic Black finish
- S-M-C Takumar 135/3.5
- S-M-C Takumar 50/1.8
- S-M-C Takumar 35/3.5
- Filters, lenshoods, front & rear caps, and original boxes.
- 2X teleconverter

Price total set 80€

Jurgen

symphonic · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 550 Location: SE Europe, Croatia

My first real bargain... Today I got a Tair 11A in nice shape for 300kn (~50 USD). Smile

Not exactly a spectacular deal like some from this thread, but I think it's good as the prices on ebay are mostly around 120-170$.

Looking forward to comparing it to Sonnar 135/3.5. Very Happy

hexi · Expire: 2011-11-18

I was today at a local shop, just to check if they have some intersting cameras/lenses. It's a kind of shop where people sell basically everything, and you can have good bargains on some things, especially guitars , stuff .; well

many film cameras including X700's Canon's then i check lenses : a beautiful 135mm 2.8 Pentacon sits there , perfect from barrel to lenses, trying it on my camera and buing for a fair price of 20€ , i'm very happy !

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

FernandoB12 · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:40 am Post subject:

I bought today a Super Takumar 85mm f/1.9 looks like brand like new. Price: US$10.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Bargain of YEAR! Congrats!

rawhead · Expire: 2014-04-29

The other day I picked up a Pentax 645N with 75/2.8 and 45/2.8 for $150. The 45/2.8 is going to be sold for about that amount Smile

FernandoB12 · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:04 am Post subject:

Thanks Attila, I'll post some images tomorow.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

CarbonR · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject:

Today, a S-M-C Tak 28/3.5 w/ front cap minty, 25€.
Two days ago, a S-M-C Tak 500/4.5 w/ case, 175€.

magkelly · Joined: 06 Jul 2010 Posts: 182

Oh hell, I'm going green with Takumar envy....

rawhead · Expire: 2014-04-29

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

I have manual focus kit 645 I don't believe any significantly better kit we have out there. I love it very much ! I heard 645N even better !

WolverineX · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject:

RioRico · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject: oh no

The best bargains are... a couple I just missed in the last couple days.

I was inattentive. I blame politicians. Duh. I don't want to talk about it.

visualopsins · Expire: 2025-04-11

OM · Joined: 15 Jan 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Southern England

A couple of recent additions:

Olympus 35SP rangefinder - immaculate for £16
Zorki 4 with Jupiter 8 for £3
Vivitar 90/2.8 macro (Komine) for £5
Canon AE1, 50/1.8 FD and Winder A - immaculate for £9
Canon 100/2.8 FD mint for £30

...and finally - a mint Agfa Super Isolette 6X6 rangefinder for £4.99 Shocked

Happy days Very Happy

walter g · Joined: 20 Feb 2010 Posts: 2463 Location: NC, USA

My latest bargain was a Agfa Isomat Rapid rangefinder with hardcase. Condition is near mint. Bought local, so no shipping for $1 USD.

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

Welp, I guess "free" qualifies as a big bargain, even though the item may not be worth all that much to begin with.

I was at a yard sale earlier today, and picked up this Minolta Hi Matic AF2, idly giving it the once-over. Very clean, almost no signs of use. Batteries were dead, though. So the lady puts new batteries in it, and still nothing. So, she gave it to me, figuring it was junk. I didn't particularly want it, but I didn't want to be impolite. Took it home, checked that the batteries were fresh (they were), and then used a pencil eraser on the battery contacts. Yeah, you know the rest. Works perfectly Smile

I would have preferred a manual-focus one, but I reckon I can't complain. I'm guessing maybe early 1980s because of the logo -- which first appeared in 1981.

walter g · Joined: 20 Feb 2010 Posts: 2463 Location: NC, USA

Sweet camera in beautiful condition. I've seen nice pictures out of that model. Give it a try you will probably like it. Pretty sharp lens on it, by the way.
I've got a couple Konicas, but I haven't found any of the Hi-Matics local yet.

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

Thanks for the feedback Walter. I've shot with a Hi Matic E before -- auto exposure, manual focus -- and it was actually a decent picture taker. So I expect this one will be good too.

mo · Expire: 2016-07-30

Not sure if a bargain but cheap enough to make me happy a Auto Mamiya/sekor 1.8/55 for $2.99au a few spots of fungus but otherwise very nice Very Happy

nemesis101 · Expire: 2015-01-22

I've been VERY lucky with some of my finds, usually at Goodwill, but my most recent are quite good - one was an Olympus S500 super zoom for 14.95 dollars - it was marked 'as is' although it looked new. They said that there was something jammed in the card slot as they could not get their 'tester' SD card in..

Hmm I mused and paid up on the spot (minus 10% old farts' discount) and took it home.

Fitting a fresh 512mb FUJI style card in made it work like a charm. Those Fuji / Olympus cards are now so 'rare' that most folk have never seen one!

So.. immaculate as new for 14.95 when they retail used for 150 or more?

My second was a Kodak 'only a mother could love' Kodak Model 35 rangefinder in good but dusty condition, with a 'bag of bits' (which just happened to include an Elmar lens) from the same store two days later.. cost? $1.99 and NO I am NOT telling you which store!!! Smile

Doug.

Siswono · Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 98 Location: Hamburg - Germany

Carl Zeiss Distagon 35 f1.4 + Contax RTS II quatz + Filter + Blitz + Winder just 50€

hinnerker · Expire: 2015-08-09