Uses for vintage film cameras?

[The Mekon (John Briggs)]

I have just listed my old Nikon F photomic camera on Ebay, along with a number of other old photo accessories. Before I had even finished the listings I had a bid on the Nikon. My question is, just what use are these old cameras now, or is it just collectable for its own sake?

[torana68 (Roger)]

collectors, users (I do both) you still get great photos from 35mm film. I stopped using 35mm this year for articles I write for a mag OS simply so I could email the photos and story that day. Value of film equipment is near nothing unless its mint or rare

[leon]

Mainly collectable, I have a friend that has been collecting for most of his adult life and has a display of old cameras and photo equipment that goes back to 1900's, absolutely beautiful stuff.

Last count it was around 700 very old and mostly usable cameras.

Leon

[Astro_Bot]

Originally Posted by torana68

Value of film equipment is near nothing unless its mint or rare

Sad but true, I couldn't sell my new-looking, A1 condition Minolta Maxxum (with lens) for even $30 on eBay. No one wants film anymore.

I guess I'll just keep it for nostalgia (yet more junk to drag around).

[Kunama]

I have a $10K Mamiya system which only did 30 rolls, now worth about $100.
Its just a shelf ornament at the moment.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Just "collectables"
I breaks your heart to dump them......

(Some of the lenses are still pretty good...I use my ol' Zuiko lenses in spectroscopes and as electronic finders...)

[allan gould]

My son and daughter-in-law both still shoot film so I gave them all of my Nikon cameras and lenses and motor drives etc etc just because I hadn't used it in years. So mine are still in use except now it's theirs.