Buying 25lbs of mystery cameras for $78 (Can I make a profit?)
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- I LOVE getting to crack open boxes of old camera gear and see what's inside. Will there be anything worth keeping? Or can I at least make a profit on the lot?
(as a lot of you already guessed on the poll, yes and yes :D)
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Different kind of video! Not super photography related, but finding camera deals is a little side hobby I have and I have a hunch it's some of yours as well... Love "rescuing" old forgotten cameras and finding them homes.
This format is like when Dankpods does a lucky Nugg dip. Love this format.
For the Canon T50, it might be possible to carefully nudge the shutter blades back into alignment. Use a toothpick. Then put in some batteries and try to cycle the shutter. Surprising how often this works. The T50 doesn't get a lot of respect nowdays but I've always liked that Knight Rider era styling.
My pentax super program has jammed before I kinda just slowly brushed my finger along the shutter blades and it released the jam so yeah I'd try it.
I like that styling too, I've been trying to hunt down a Maxxum 7000 just because it looks cool lmao
Well I recall when it was launched. It was really a disappointment being fully automatic. The T70 then was different.
Yes, I also like that styling..., I call it '1980's Angular'. You can also see it in car design of that period. For example... Mitsubishi/Colt Starion, Nissan Silvia, Morris Ital (UK), Austin Ambassador (UK). i bought a Canon T70 almost immediately on its first release in 1983/4. Still love the design of these.
Iv got one myself with a larger lens, under appreciated film camera for sure
Tip: you can get a universal charger that clamps different size batteries, and has adjustable + and - terminals you can slide to make contact with any Li-ion battery. They detect the voltage - some only work with low-voltage batteries, bigger and better ones also support higher-voltage batteries, and charge them. It's a great way to test batteries before buying a specific charger.
Just beware: those, or even battery-specific aftermarket chargers that only have two contacts, can be quite dangerous. They have no way of monitoring battery temperature, and they often use the wrong charging method. At best they will drastically shorten the life of your battery, at worst they can cause them to swell, explode, catch fire, and shoot jets of flame several feet in the air. Only use them to put a bit of charge in a battery, not a full charge, and do so away from anything flammable, like next to concrete in a basement or garage, and always monitor it - never charge overnight while sleeping. The original OEM chargers and batteries are always safer!
Those are good tips - I hadn't heard of a universal charger before. Would be super helpful!
I have a Hama universal charger and I find it shuts off before the battery is fully charged so I have to let the battery cool for 15 minutes and put it on charge again. I might need to do this 2 or 3 times.
@@geoffreypiltz271 this is because it has no way of monitoring the temperature of the battery that would rise towards the end of the charging cycle as internal resistance increases. It only has a single charging phase, rather than two distinct phases as you'd have with an OEM charger.
What you're doing to let it cool and put it back on will get more power into the battery, but it is also extremely dangerous - if you don't notice the temperature rising too high and take it off charge, the battery could swell, making it unusable at best, and at worst, causing it to burst and catch fire.
I bought one of those. It was awkward to use and a dedicated charger is best. But if you can no longer get a charger, it is a good solution.
The pink Sony cyber shot goes for a lot of money due to its color people for some reason pay more for digicams when they come in pink lol
Edit: I saw the same model go for over 50 dollars in an auction
Good tip! I'm ordering a charger for it since it's the same as the other Sony. Hopefully one of them works 👍
Can't sell pink cameras in the UK. Girly.
I have a pink Sony Cybershot DSC-W230 that i grabbed off the scrap pile.
Yes I've seen them for 200 bucks in working condition
Funny story, that Kodak c613 was my first camera ever. My parents got it for me as a Christmas present when I was 10 and I carried that thing everywhere with me (yes even to school, I have photos from class and with my classmates during brakes) until I tossed it in a bag with my keys and broke the lcd screen. I went through at least 4 of those point and shoot cameras before i finally got a DSLR but they were origin story character building for me and that little dingy thing is basically the reason why I’m still spending so much money on a hobby 😅
That Canon Powershot SD950 IS. Keep that and grab some cheap batteries and charger online, then add CHDK to it! That's a superb shooter.
I haven't shot with CHDK in a long time, great idea! Already waiting on a charger for it. Seemed worth the chance.
@@snappiness I have a collection of the Powershot ultracompacts, and the titanium build with OVF, 1/1.7" sensor, IS, and a decent resolution gives this one a head above the rest imho. Then shooting raw with CHDK and its a golden experience! Btw, I wrote a full article in June on chdk if you need a refresher with installation in 35mmc. Enjoy!
You may be able to gently just push that jammed shutter into position. Yes as a general rule of thumb you should *never* touch the shutter but if it's broken either way, why not try, it may work.
I’m my opinion, you saved the best for last: the Pentax 835 is an amazing camera. I bought mine new back in the day and took hundreds of rolls through it. I love that it has a bulb mode. I captured the 90’s club scene and much more with that gem.
I love a mystery box! It looks like there weren't any gem but always interesting to see what other people are doing! Thanks for share!
Love these old camera lot unboxing videos. That Pentax IQZoom is a nice looking camera. The trend towards compact film this last couple of year has lead to some capable film slrs being greatly undervalued I got a Pentax ZP10 for 10USD. It’s a simple camera sure but still gives better creative control than an Espio would for example, I own and like my Espio but SLRs just give you more options generally.
I agree! There are loads of great SLRs for cheap with great cheap optics as well. Just gotta look past what the crowd seems to be chasing at any given time..
I have the Sony W120 and I used it on a trip to Folly Beach. Pictures were good and one was made into a 24"x20" family group shot that hangs in our hallway. Worked well up to 400ISO very compact for edc and the optical view finder works in bright sunlight and allows bracing the camera against the forehead. Battery lasts pretty well also.
Cool! I am waiting for the charger to come for it - hopefully it turns out like most of the rest have so far!
I just found your channel yesterday 🎉 so happy! Realy like your relaxed voice and the knowledge is great!
Greeting from Switzerland!
Thank you! 😃
There's something for everyone in there, but the Konica Minolta got me buzzing. My first digital was the later model Konica Minolta Z3, and to say it served me well would be an understatement. It still works well (17 years on) and only has a loose battery door. Nothing that a bit of duct tape can't fix.
Awesome! Good to hear. I've held onto it to try and shoot. You were happy with the lens and everything?
the Z3 had a very good Minolta GT APO lens. It only has a 1/2.5" sensor, so chromatic aberration esp. purple fringing should be abysmal, but thanks to the apochromatic coating, it's well controlled. It's sharp enough, rendering is nice and I find the colours beautiful. The zoom range was 35mm-420mm, so 12x rather than the 10x of the Z2, and it has the benefit of Minolta's AS anti-shake system (sensor not lens based), and as far as I remember the Z2 didn't have that, but otherwise, they should be very similar. At release, some said the Z2 had better image quality, but after firmware releases, the Z3 maybe achieved parity. It's not fast but today's standards, but general operational speed was good at the time. The EVF was a huge benefit over the dim screens on the back of most compacts or bridge cameras, but I think it was only 96k dots! Still, 100% better than not having an EVF at all.
I used bracketing to deal with the low dynamic range when I needed a few more EV - it was great to have that back then.
In general, casting the mind back to the early to mid 2000s, and looking at it in that context, it was a bit of a rocketship.
Nice finds! That APS flash is hilarious, love it. I feel like the early Kodak and Polaroid p&s cameras get overlooked but I want to believe that they’re actually cool little cameras. Everything is better with a sprinkling of nostalgia, right?
I love to do what you have just done and I keep a few. It is useful to be immersed in cameras to the extent that you can spot a bargain, but like you, I still have quite often have do my research.
That was super fun, I hope you do some more of these style videos! I would have been pretty thrilled with just the Panasonic ZS8.
Nice haul! Some of the Minolta Dimage series are nice cameras. I think you would enjoy shooting with them. Keep up the good work.
I plan to! Thanks
That Canon A85 reminded me of my first digital camera, a Canon A95 back in 2004/2005. Solid little camera.
I think you could even get triple the amount of profit now since digital camera's have been super popular the last few months.
That pink sony cybershot could go for $100 easy and even $150, you definitely got some valuable items!
Those old automatic flashes are precious, because they allow to work in a different way than modern ttl flashes, since you can rapidly regulate the exposition through the aperture, which is much faster and comfortable than through the dial on the flash!
That Fuji F11 is very nice and a rather uncommon model. It's a FinePix F10 upgraded with additional manual control modes, and was only sold new in Japan and Hawaii. The sensor is very similar to the one used in the later FinePix F30 model. There's probably an external charger available now, but mine came with an external charger that also acts as a video out adapter.
I'm enjoying it so far! The lens is very sharp, colors are nice, and it's very quick and snappy for it's age.
I have the F30, I do not use it anymore, but recently I have revisited some some of my old images from the F30, when I had them through new software the images look great, later I will go and resize them in Gigapixel for large prints. The F10 to F31d has a very good sensor, the Lens are very good though not wide enough for my taste and the screen are difficult to see in bright sunlight. When F30 was new it was the best compact digital Camera you could get !
Hey man. What shelf you got in the background. I wanna get it!!! Also great videos
Nice scoop!
So many fun ones, and sent the rest to good homes!
Sony DSC-F505 was my first decent digital camera after an Apple QuickTake II. I actually used it for work once to shoot for a brochure. 2.1 MP needed some serious upscaling but they were quality shots
You have a voice that’s calming to listen to. Great video
Did you end up developing that film in the final SLR?
that was very interesting! personally I would keep them all haha 😅 I would love to collect all of them and use the ones that work. It would be a blast for me haha keep up the good content!
DSC-S85 is a great camera! It takes surprisingly good photos.
I love these kind of videos. Only little suggestion i have would be to make it more clear how much the current item was worth so i dont have to keep the previous total in mind, but that’s nitpicking ofc
That's really helpful feedback, thank you! And thanks for watching :)
@@snappiness I would also appreciate it! You could probably put it next to the camera name or do a little +$10 under the total before you go to the next camera. This was a fun video and it was interesting seeing how much some of those older digital cameras are actually worth. I wonder who buys some of them though, like what are they using a $15 digital camera from 2004 for??
Loved that Sony S85. It started my Sony Digicam journey into digital photography! Sadly it was stolen. It led to a Sony V1 then a Sony V5. I always wanted the Sony F828.
Where can people find these types of mystery boxes??
I'd like to know as well!
8:54 strangest looking camera i've evere seen. It has that late 90' earliest 2000 look. I love it
I love the video!!! Where can I buy a camera mystery box like that one?
I just picked up a couple Pentax cameras. An E35 and an E90. Both work.
My Finepix F700 was the best point and shoot digital camera I ever had. It not only had Super CCD tech but also HDSR... that mean a checkerboard of high vs low sensitivity pixels on the CCD. It's HDR before HDR... except HDR takes 2 pictures with 2 different exposures and digitally stitches them.... but 2 pictures aren't identically framed due to hand shake. HDSR was HDR built into hardware, one snap, high dynamic range.
the cheap working point and shoots are great for giving to the kids in your family so they can take photos with you with out needing to use your camera, they can drop them. scratch them, mess with settings and you don't have to worry.
Thanks. Enjoyed this.
"It doesn't say the model" -- it nearly always says on the plate on the bottom. :)
You made your money back in the first minute,good buy
The Nikon S52 is a great camera! I have the S51 and have had a S52c in the past, great image quality and the VR is excellent!
Hello i have watch your old video and in my country prices are a lil bit different. I hope i will learn more from your video how to get good price. Cheers
could you imagine it was a box with a single camera
I had that same model sony cybershot. It was my first digital camera. Ah memories. It really sucked !
HI! Just wondering how did you find these bundles? thanks!
Awesome video. But random question where did you get your wooden display shelf thing behind you. It’s super cool. Looking for something like that for my cameras
Made it myself out of fence boards my neighbor was throwing away! Thanks!
What a cool idea…it was fun!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
That T50 from canon is a great little camera. I shot some of the Americas Cup sailing regattas here in San Diego with a T70. Very nifty. You might be surprised of the image quality of those Canon FD Lenses.
Easyshares were actually a half decent camera, and often came with a proper 4x6 dye sub photo printer!
I didn't show it in the video, but I did get a little docking station they connect to, which looks like it has ports for the computer/charging/printer. I think it was a solid idea on Kodaks part to make that whole process an easy home process.
@@snappiness I have a casio camera with docking and mp3 player, those days were wild hehe.
Hey just some advice, if you want to check if a film camera has film in it witouth opening it, try tugging on the rewind crank, if it doesent efortlessly spin it has film inside
That's a good tip!
The Manayunk Brewery & Co. is a bar and restaurant on main st in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia PA. Kudos for saying Manayunk fairly well, full Philly style would be man-e-hunk lol.
funnn! i have a few of the easyshares, some of them have quite nice ccd colors, you should try ‘em if they work!
Might as well! :D
Loved this video subbed
Awesome Jeff, thanks for joining the fun over here :)
First real camera I ever bought was a Kodak Easy Share C183. Got it for Black Friday ages ago. Actually still have it somewhere.
I just got one of those F11’s where everything works!
i have the canon t50 and i love it, if u fix it its definitly a keeper
How time flies! I remember seeing most of these on display at the local electronics store 😒
yes, it does fly, i remember not seeing these.
1) Use vinegar to clean the battery contacts. 2) Those flash units are not that bad. Even if they are dedicated they can be put in AUTO mode and used with any camera. I have a Vivitar that is dedicated for Pentax film cameras and I use it with a Nikon. Auto flash is just as good or better than TTL.
The Canon A85 was the first camera I bought for myself back in 2005. It served me very well for a year or two until I upgraded to a Nikon D50.
Weirdly, I've seen other Canon T50 cameras with the same shutter collapse. The preceding A-series cameras had horizontal cloth shutters, which were seen as outdated, as cameras like the Nikkormat had Copal square metal shutters for many years. Old digital cameras elicit mixed emotions, because the lenses on some are brilliant modern optics, but the speed of technical evolution quickly rendered them obsolete. Unlike interchangeable lens cameras, compact glass had no residual value which was good for business but not the planet. Literally millions must have gone to landfill.
Exciting topic!
It's super fun 😄
sooo how would you think they are soursed? can there be any chance they are stolen?
That Canon SD950 Ti is a sweet find, I used to have one, it was top of the range at the time, took good pictures, but best of all, it can run the CHDK firmware hack, so you can make it shoot raw, timelapse, and lots more, with CHDK there really isn't much it can't do. If I found one today I think I'd keep it.
I have used chdk before on my other Canon point and shoots, but haven't loaded it up on this one yet. Good idea! It really is a beautiful camera. I did end up buying a third party battery and both the newer canons are working great!
Digital technology used to advance significantly every year or so, leading to large quantities of these small pocket digitals being put aside in exchange for the next and fancier model (sort of like an I-Phone). I used to wonder where all of those "over the hill" cameras went. Now I know - they get sold by the pound.
An interesting thing about old cameras is when the date year rolls over back to around 2000 . I started seeing it in 2019, then I have multiple still/vid cameras that only go up to any of 2023, 2024, 2037 2050.or 2099. Does this affect value ?
I reember those Kodak EasyShares putting out som really good images. Didn't they use Zeiss lenses? No it was Schneider. Another good German optical company.
My first proper digital camera was a Sony cyber shot W120. Still have it with me
It is super interesting to see these. I have several in the basement, i even shot my very first "films" if you can call them that on an even smaller cheap camera when i was like 13 with my friends. It is cool to see these but at the same time they are the perfect representation of old tech that is just not worth to use anymore. They have zero value beside the interesting designs and features developers jammed in them. On the other hand some older point and shoots and camcorders have crazy good Zeiss optical zoom. We had one that was way to good for it´s time. It used small cassettes though.
I follow your videos.
Could you review some of the old DSLRs like Canon 300D or Nikon D40!
You really hit a Jackpot there my friend. You have at least a dozen or more pre 2010 cameras which may not be much right now but they will fetch a cool price in future. I myself would not believe in numbers and always stayaway from old CMOS cameras bcoz they suck.
I've only played with 1/4th of them so far. Ordered batteries for the rest, sold a few to cover the cost for the box and then some. Looking forward to playing with the rest :)
You said you were a Pentax guy I have a Pentax k2000 and it’s in great shape I got it for 20$ and it have a 70-300mm sigma lens with it and the original lens with no scratches and am wondering if it’s a good camera and aswell as if you think it’s worth more
Oh yeah please do shoot with that Polaroid, being limited makes you take awesome shots
I plan to for that exact reason :) plus, it's not even worth paying the shipping to send to someone, haha.
Interesting to know the history behind those cameras. I’m sure you can sell the broken ones for parts. Some of that damage comes most likely from stacking tubs of cameras on top of another. Very interesting video
I still have a fujifilm F11. It gave great images but needs the sensor cleaning. This is hard to do on a compact camera.
If you put your palm to the back of the camera, when you are pointing towards your camera, you are recording on. It will focus on it faster.
Would you do an update in a few months showing going through the profit you have made?
My left ear enjoyed this video.
be careful about the mz-m. The MZ line had a fatal flaw in the mirror mechanism, one of the plastic gears tends to melt with time
That's what I've heard. Not too worried since I essentially got it for free. Will still be fun to play with.
minolta z dimage has fantastic sensor and glass.
I live near Manayunk Brewery, that’s pretty cool.
Fun video! :)
FWIW, you'll sell the older digital cameras more easily if you include the small-capacity SD cards, and XD cards, with them -- so that they're immediately useful: as a "user", It's a nuisance having to track down sub-1 GB cards. ;)
I've noticed this as well! Annoying to order the old SD non sdhc cards separately and pay all that extra for a little thing. Same with xD and those Sony duos.
Calculating all the cost with time invested in testing and cleaning, listing and shipping, materials for cleaning and shipping and maybe completing the camera (batteries, loaders, memory cards, caps, etc.), fees and taxes for selling them - you most likely will not make any profit on that lot, unless you work for free.
Manayunk Brewery is here in Philadelphia! I've been there! Lol.
I have the Sony Dsc f717 that I use for Infared shooting its the upgrade of the f505 it's a fantastic time.
I have the F717 as well! And the 828. And the R1 :) Haha, it's a cool series of cameras.
The F11 and sd950is are the best ones. The 950 is actually a great one with the 1/1.7 ccd and the fuji is a 1/1,7 super ccd. I have a charger if u need
Thanks Frank, I bought chargers for all the ones that were missing. So far everything is working! I've been shooting the F11 on and off the past few weeks and have been really loving it.
@@snappiness the f11 is capable of really good pictures. Iso 200 for everything with -1/3 exp works best all around even with flash. The f10/11 have a stronger flash than f30 but fuji dropped the s/s from 1/100 on f10 to 1/60 on f11 so you dont get the extra power its capable of. Even in shutter priority at 1/100 its not as bright as f10. I think that was a mistake
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E-L-P-H = elf. I remember selling some of these at Ritz Camera at the Galleria Mall
Omg I had a couple Monica's growing up. I had the Z3 and I was in life with that design!!! The memories you just brought! Pd. Btw the camera picture quality was awful
Manyunk Brewery is outside of center city Philadelphia. I’ve never been, but I have heard of the place, as I live just across the river in New Jersey.
Good sleuthing! One step closer to finding the origin of these cameras! :D
@@snappiness I live 9 minutes from manayunk brewing company (the same place) lol
Manayunk Brewery is a neat place in Philadelphia :)
As someone old enough to vividly remember the first ELPH camera coming out on the APS film format, I’ve always known it to be pronounced as the Canon Elf (then model number).
Never have I ever heard anyone pronounce is E-L-P-H.
That seems so strange to me.
It’s elph - elf - as in small.
Haha - I never even thought of pronouncing it 'elf'. I like that way better :)
@@snappiness Here's another one for you: The term "digicam" is something that is completely made up by very young people. When these cameras were in common use they were called "cameras" or, if you wanted to be oddly specific, "digital cameras". The shorthand "digicam" didn't exist. It wasn't used. It's a made up term that very young people have applied retroactively. People might have called them by their branded names such as "powershot", "cybershot", "coolpix" etc
It's a bit like kids in the future referring to an iphone 13 as a "digicell" or something equally silly. It's a made up retroactive term.
When I search google books for "digicam" the only reference I find is from the 1970s in releation to a film camera from Italy. Otherwise, it's a completely unknown made up term.
@@iancurrie8844 Sorry but that's not true. The website "Steve's digicams" was actually one the early reviewers of digital cameras back in the late 90s early 2000s. So hardly a new word.
I worked for Konica and then the merged Konica-Minolta (the copier division) before they sold it to Sony, so I enjoyed seeing the Minolta in this lot. I wonder if any marketing people ever realized the mistake of giving their camera line a name that could be read as "Dim Image"?
Hahaha, I never noticed that before 🤣
Nicely Done! Looking at a lot of Pentax lenses that I could possibly profit $50 on... the problem is I would want to keep one or two 😅
Minolta Dimage looks like it's from Futurama
Kodak and Polaroid digicams..... What a bunch of seeds and stems.
6:55 That looks like a canon Ixus model
Man how do you do this? I am not able to find those boxes in Ebay spain
They come up a lot here, just not always for a good price or good stuff. I use those auto bid sniper tools and sometimes get lucky with one going under the radar and for a low price.
where did you buy it
I wanna know that to
Chargers will add to the price
I had that first sony cybershot when I was a kid. it sucked. got exactly 1 good pic with it
In my country a single lens from Canon T50 cost more that this whole pack 😄
Looks like a lost and found clearing out unclaimed finds. There’s a charity organization in central Florida who’s connected with the theme parks for their unclaimed camera finds.
Could very well be! I was excited that they all work so far. There's a few left I am waiting on getting chargers for. I assumed most of them would be dead and maybe a few would work. Got pretty lucky there.