I seem to have bought a collectors item :-)
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Lizars 1910 "Challenge" quarter-plate camera; and some more recent stuff.
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In part two of our Pentax 50mm lens round up, John Riley covers the emergence of the electronic lens era through to the present day. John provides a 50mm history, explains the K mount variants along with guide to their typical use.
Photograph titled 'The Paris Concert Edition II' by kasperbergholt selected as Pentax User's Photo of the Week.
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16 years
Sussex
443 Strand, WC2 and they had the latest version of the Nikon one-touch
compact camera kit in stock, L35AF2, so I bought one. £119.90.
It came with a plastic outer case and some gubbins which I have sadly
disposed of in years gone by. Now I have the camera, the soft case and
strap. I was about to donate it to the local BHF charity shop and thought
I would check the ebay price to advise them what minimum price they
should get. Amazingly, they seem to be listed for anything up to £300 !.
Even dead ones seem to go for daft amounts.
It seems they have acquired a cult status on account of the lens and
autofocus. I always thought that some of the photos I took with it over
the years have been crackingly sharp and detailed, so I'll keep it and run
some Ektar 100 through it. Luckily I take the batteries out when not used
for a while and the battery cover is still attached, which seems to be a weak
spot.
As anyone else bought something decades+ ago which has now become a
collectors item ?. Just curious.
Or worse, has anyone disposed of anything that has then gone on to be a
'collectors' item ?.
Andrew