What did you do with your old 35mm?

[BlakeNJ]

I have a Canon SLR 35mm. I had it only two years before I switched to digital. What did you do with your old camera? I would rather not approach ebay. Ideas appreciated!

Blakely

 

[handicap18]

Mine is in my bureau. Don't know when/if I'll use it again, but its there if I need it along with a 28-80 lens and speedlight flash that doesn't work with my D50. I'll probably only take it out if the D50 has be put in the shop for one reason or another. At this point I'd rather use the film slr than the digital P&S.

 

[boBQuincy]

I had two film SLRs and a good number of lenses, sold them on eBay back when the gittin' was good (early 2002).

Now, you might try donating it to a school that still wants the students to use film, and write off the loss on your taxes (check with an accountant first).

 

[matthew_hull]

Many places will happily buy your good-condition lenses. You'll get more from E-Bay, but you are paying for the safety and convenience. Adorama, for one (http://www.adorama.com) but there are lots of places.
-- Matthew

 

[jann1033]

i have the body but got the one lens rechipped so now i basically only have a 100-300mm that fits it

 

[rtphokie]

I sold my 20 year old Minolta on ebay. Got more than I expected. Used the money to buy a lens for my Rebel XT

 

[mabas9395]

I used to have a cheap Pentax K1000, the most basic camera that a lot of highschools use as a learning camera. I tried to give mine away to several local highschools around here but they all had converted to digital.

I asked the gal at the local camera shop if she knew of a good place to sell it, she said that she was interested. The going price on e-bay was about $75, so I sold it to her and used the cash to buy the 50mm f/1.8 "nifty-fifty" for my Canon XT.

 

[Master Mason]

I gave my old Pentax K1000 to my oldest boy several years ago. He used it till I gave him my P&S digital. Now I guess it is in a drawer at his moms house. I have an entire box of my dad's old 35mm and other assorted cameras though (and I only got about 1/3 of what he had...lol)

 

[ndelaware]

My Minolta XG-7 is sitting in a cabinet in my study right next to my Canon Rebel Xs.

 

[Groucho]

My Pentax K1000 had been languishing in its camera bag for a few years since I got my first digital in 2002 or so. (I held off for a long time because the early ones were just lousy!) I love the camera but the ease of using the digital, even without all the SLR goodness, was just hard to beat.

I hadn't even considered it when I started seriously shopping for a DSLR, but having ended up choosing a Pentax, it meant I could dig out the K1000 and at least give the lenses a new life. My "everyday" lens actually didn't fit the DSLR because it turns out that it was a Ricoh mount, not a Pentax one (but still fit on old Pentax SLRs, and could fit on the DSLR if I ground down some metal - not worth it for a cheap Craig 35-70mm)... but my Quantaray 70-210mm (decent enough) and my Sigma 28mm 2.8 (very nice) work perfectly.

The K1000 itself had been retired to being displayed on a shelf until I got the Zenitar 16mm fisheye. It works great on the DSLR but you lose a lot of the "fishy" effect due to the crop factor. It works perfectly on the K1000, though, and is a good match (as the lens is also fully manual), so I'll be bringing that along solely to take fisheye photos. It works out OK as the K1000 itself isn't very big, just one more thing to toss in the camera bag...

My wife's Canon SLR, however, really languishes. I can't remember the last time it was used - quite a few years ago. File that one next to her Kodak APS camera...

 

[Marinerbaby]

I kept my Canon around for a few years but sold it on Craigslist last year. None of the lenses work on my 5D and my kids prefer a p&s. I did keep my old digital rebel though in case my older kids what to learn how to shoot manual.

 

[Steve's Girl]

A local art center has photography classes that still use 35mm since they do some dark room stuff. I plan to donate mine to them and they will give me a receipt for a charitable contribution. If I had a lot of stuff, I might consider selling on e-bay or something, but I just don't want the hassle.

 

[Andrew Bichard]

I'm still using my Canon T90. Brought it to WDW in September. Getting the film developed off-site was a pain.

Even when I eventually go digital, the T90 will still be useful for wide angle shots. I have a rectilinear 17mm lens which I use for architectural and interior shots. An equivalent lens for a DSLR (10.5mm?) is beyond my budget.

Andrew

 

[m1ckeym0use1]

Film.... what is this film you speak of?

 

[Magix]

I traded in my Canon AE-1 at my favorite camera shop and used the value toward buying my 7E. I gave my Rebel G to my best friend as a Christmas gift, so he could take good pictures of his son. I still have my 7E, which I keep as backup, in case anything goes wrong with my 10D at the race track. I've never had to get it out, but it's there as insurance.

 

[Muushka]

Film.... what is this film you speak of?

My 34 year old Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic is sitting, all by itself, lonely in our hall closet. When someone asks me a photography question and we get into shutter speeds and apertures, I drag the poor thing out and expose its guts for a visual explanation. So sad.....

 

[Groucho]

My 34 year old Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic is sitting, all by itself, lonely in our hall closet. When someone asks me a photography question and we get into shutter speeds and apertures, I drag the poor thing out and expose its guts for a visual explanation. So sad.....

$350 will get you a nice new DSLR body that'll use all those lovely old lenses!

 

[Muushka]

$350 will get you a nice new DSLR body that'll use all those lovely old lenses!

I did that! That is why the poor old camera is now just a demo.....

But I switched to Nikon, so had to get new lenses .

 

[0bli0]

What did you do with your old camera?

you mean like this old thing?!?

i have a few specialty film cameras that i still use (b&w only). they're mostly for travel or people shooting that i don't necessarily want to keep, but i shoot for the experience - and to keep the principals fresh (2 of the 3 are manual).

i sold my Canon EOS film body (for next to nothing) because i wasn't using it.

 

[Groucho]

I did that! That is why the poor old camera is now just a demo.....

But I switched to Nikon, so had to get new lenses .

Well, I meant specifically to use the lenses for the Pentax. $350 currently gets you a body-only K110D which will use all your old lenses. But you're probably too far gone now, to the "dark side".

At least most of us seem to know what happened to old SLRs... I don't have a clue what happened to my older non-SLR film cameras. Probably in boxes somewhere at my parent's house, I bet.