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I have done thisbefore though it usually involves lenses, not cameras.
Buying the same cameras/lenses that you have sold before
It is interesting that John_Nikon_F hasn't weighed in yet on this thread....
I've sold a relatively small number of cameras and lenses. Some of them were actually traded in on new acquisitions. I haven't re-acquired anything (so far).
Yes Done this before.........
Bought a Nikkormat to get the lens (5.8cm F1.4) Sold the nikkormat.....Bought another nikkormat to get the lens (24mm F2.8) sold the nikkormat...Bought another nikkormat at "The Photo Market" no lens attached as the price was right and was very clean and worked nice....Sold Nikkormat with a crap lens for more than I paid for it !!!!
I currently have no Nikkormat....."Photo Market next Month" ....Hmm I would realy like another Nikkormat.... maybe it will have a nice lens on it....
Johnkpap
It's funny what John said about the Nikkormats. When I was accumulating Nikkormats and Nikomats (only the mechanical ones) I would often look for one with a cheap zoom lens attached. Somehow the cameras went for a lot less with the oddball lenses attached than they would go for alone. The difference is that I was looking for the cameras, not the lenses.
My only regret was selling my late Father's Exakta outfit, together with his Bolex standard-8 kit and various other photo-gear (my ex-wife had a way of saying "you won't need that" in respect of anything at all which had come from my late parents, even the furniture which they had given us as a Wedding Gift ! She'd had issues with her own parents and, for some psychological reason, didn't seem to want to accept that I, or anyone else, might have had good parents and a great childhood. Yet my parents liked her.....almost as much as she liked herself ! )
Anyway, I've toyed with the idea of buying a similar Exakta kit at some stage, though it would really just be a sentimental buy.![]()
My wife has been very supportive of my photographic acquisitions. She does, however, wish that they didn't take up quite as much space though.
She does, however, wish that they didn't take up quite as much space though.
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