I bought a $175 box of untested cameras...Was it worth it?
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- I bought a 22 pound box of 10 digital cameras for $175 from an online auction. The pictures were terrible so I only knew what 3 of the 10 cameras actually were. Let's see if I can hit my target of $600 in value. I will go through testing each camera to ensure each works- SPOILER- some don't! :(
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Camera 1: Canon Powershot A560
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Camera 3: Kodak Easyshare C813
Camera 4: Canon Powershot SX530
Camera 5: Olympus SP-570UZ
Camera 6: Fujifilm Finepix S9900W
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Camera 8: Sony DSC-HX100
Camera 9: Sony DSC-H1
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I love camera flipping. It's so fun to find cameras at yard sales, check if they're working, and selling them on. You get to try so many cameras and the profits goes towards a better camera for you!
So true! It's a great way to "finance" keeping some cool cameras for yourself!
"selling them on"? Who buys cameras way worse than a 2020 smartphone? Do these people really exist?
Evan, thanks for sharing. Sounds like a nice avenue for some extra income. How long have you been flipping for? Thanks.
@@__Mr.White__ no one lol. These people are delusional.
@@alexklein455digital camera are a way to save money you must be a generation z bro,
Wow, it's amazing how people don't understand what's in their box and sell it for less than half the price... Good find you have! Very interesting sight into past digital times! : )
A fun video, always neat to see older digital cameras unboxed in this fashion. I actually found a pristine Sony DSC-H1 at a thrift store that came with a screw on tele lens for about $35 and bought it. For an old low mpixel camera, it has a great lens and takes darn good photos. I'm very pleased with it.
Wow, nice! The DSC-H1 was one of Sony's first AA powered longer zoom cameras. I agree with your assessment of pic quality too, the DSC-h1 and H2 that I've used quite a bit produce surprising good pictures, haven't tried with a tele lens though.
Great video, I’ve always wondered about the non-tested cameras on eBay and now I’m thinking of trying one out
Thanks @sammoodyiphone It's fun, but you just need to be prepared for a good amount to potentially not work, but if you can spot a good camera or two in the pictures it can help with the odds!
This was entertaining and informative. I thought I'd watch a couple minutes of this but stayed thru the end.
Thank you kindly!
You deserve way more subs, these types of videos are awesome
I appreciate that! Thanks @Bikerboyfin
Great video, subscribed! I have been doing this model by model, looks like getting a lot may be the way to go. I have actually found some keepers doing this though. Like the Canon G2 and A85. Selling most the others I have bought. Will have to watch more of your videos, great insight. Thanks
Thanks for the note, appreciate it! I've definitely had some bad lots and some good lots, it just took a lot of purchases to get me to where I can generally get pretty good value out of my purchases. G2 is a great camera, I've shot with it a fair amount! Happy shooting
16:27 Canon Rebels are honestly really great cameras for the money, you get the needed features and you get a lot of lens support.
The colors of the kodak c813 are amazing, I love that little camera
Yeah, it's a cool camera for sure!
A very enjoyable and informative video. Well done.
Thanks, appreciate it!
14:01 Wow thanks for a throwback! Sony DSC H1 was my first ever digital camera! Watching this sure brought back some memories, especially the "beeps and bop" sounds of the menu )
Nice! That's a good first digital camera to have!
@@pricklypearcameraexpect Sony is a piece of shit company
good to see that you get more and more views by each video, keep it up man! :D
Hey, thanks! Appreciate you watchin' !
I enjoyed the video, I'm glad it worked out for you.
Me too! Thank you for watching @WebbMusic
awesome video but damn the prices for those old cameras 😭
why did i pick such an expensive hobby
nice videos, underrated and im gonna subscribe
I appreciate it!
Nice Video, I really would have enjoyed seeing the photos you made with each of these cameras
Thank you! I will try to do that in an upcoming video, it’s a great idea.
If these cameras could talk what tales they could tell.Nice interesting presentation👍
Thanks
@michaelbuckley8986 your comment made my day! I just uploaded a new video of another couple boxes of camera gear.
Just for people who are curious; the SX530 does not shoot raw. Reason to not take it too seriously as an 'in between' :).
Especially since there's plenty of point 'n shoots that do have raw (canon g9x for instance) and no DSLR's that don't.
Loved it! I have a small hand full of old cameras that are best described as in the half-started stage of repairs, plus one nice film camera that only needed a reset to work perfectly.
I enjoy messing around with this stuff, with mixed success.
One minor, picky, point. I reckon the 'x' after the zoom factor - 20x, 30x, 50x - is a multiplication sign so should be pronounced as, for example," 20 times" not "20 ex". Or do USAians read "2 x 3 = 6" as "2 ex 3 dash over dash 6?" 🙂
Despite that, I'll be watching more of your videos.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Cool the camera repair, I dabble in it as well, and am often not successful, haha! As for X- I guess I just use it as shorthand. When I was a camera buyer and working directly with Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, etc, all of the industry people also used "X" instead of "times", so just got used to it I suppose.
I have an old Minolta Dimage A2 8 megapixel Camera (2004)
Its strength is the GT lens! Still takes wonderful photos in 2023!
Nice! Thats a fun camera!
@@pricklypearcamera I forgot to mention I also have the Battery Grip with it! I still love it!
Got to be careful on eBay with that “untested” as a lot of times that’s a sellers cop out for I tested it and it’s broken as heck
Unfortunately, this is sometimes true. Honesty is a virtue!
Interesting that you wipe and reformat the internal memory. I get why you do it, but if the previous owner had purchased and installed any apps, not only does reformatting/resetting the internal memory erase those apps but in many cases those apps are no longer available for purchase or installation. I know my Sony DSLRs and Mirrorless cameras supporting the old Sony PlayMemories apps each have about $50 worth of apps installed, and after September 2023 those apps will no longer be available.
some lovely cameras there i got lucky and picked up my self a boxed as new Nikon coolpix p500 and for the age of the camera its still great and for a price of £50 gbp so around $62 usd how can i say no to a deal like that
Nice, that is a good deal!
the digicams are making a comeback meaning the kodak and other low megapixel cameras
Yep, they sure are! Cameras that until recently been in junk drawers or stowed away for years are making a comeback!
Is it easy to find batteries for those old camera? Obviously the double AA and AAA batteries are easy to find but I wonder about those custom batteries.
Hi- They are easy to find through eBay and Amazon, but depending upon the battery can be kinda pricey if you buy in a single or 2 pack. Because I do quite a bit of volume, I buy the SLR batteries in 20-50 packs which can save on per unit cost by 60%.
So what did you actually make in the end?
I've sold about half of the items in the video so far, but when all is said and done, should be around $350 or so in profit, definitely a better box than normal.
what type of batteries would you recommend for the sony dsc h1 ?
I like AC Delco for AA Alkaline batteries, and for rechargeable AA, I like Amazon rechargeable or EBL for the best value.
That Sony has an f2.8 Carl Zeiss lens. I'd buy it just for that.
As it used to be called, 'a pig in a poke', old English saying meaning you could not see the pig in the box for sale but you could poke it through a hole with a stick to make sure it was alive! In your case, you can't even do that. But, you made out pretty well. Haha, Kodak Easy Share, my first 4-meg digital camera 20 yrs ago!
I haven't heard that saying before- that's really neat! Yeah, this was a decent one, and nice on the Kodak! My first digital camera was an old 3 or 4MP Olympus camera, loved that thing!
@@pricklypearcamera And the Easy Share camera came with 'Easy Share software editing'. I think you could do about 5 things with it. But to me, coming from film, it and the camera were the best things since tubeless amps. Oh, wait. Tubed amps are back in again along with vinyl!
Dear fellow RUclips commentators,
I hereby announce we finally found the "Doug DeMuro" of the photography world.
That is an incredibly kind thing to say!
Wow, how do you find used camera auctions like this.
There's a lot of places- local auctions often have the best deals and many aren't online so the deals and potential profit can be much higher as there are less eyeballs on them. eBay has some options occasionally, facebook marketplace (not auctions but sometimes quantity or collections), garage sales, estate sales, church sales, etc etc.
Looking through the optical viewfinder will not show dust on the sensor.
I was talking about black spots visible thru viewfinder that are visible as you zoom out which is often caused by dust in the sensor.
Looking through the optical viewfinfer does not and can not give any insight whatsoever regarding the state of the sensor.@@pricklypearcamera
Pretty much all videos on old cameras ruin the game. These vultures are a fool with it
14:11 Trash? No battery recycling stations nearby? Oh well.
I guess I should have been more clear- yes, I have a separate receptacle for all battery related waste, and we've got drop of stations roughly every few months were I live where you can drop off this type of stuff.
do you ever check for stuff on the internal storage
Before I sell any camera I format the memory so that it is completely clean, and ready to shoot with!
you can find crazy stuff if you scan the internal storage for deleted files
What would you search up on ebay to order one of these? Camera box?
@TheCheerupnow you can filter to the camera category and scroll through the listings and additionally filter to "used", "parts/not working". You can also filter to wherever your local market is, I choose the US. Generally I don't use search terms, as it limits the results
Camera Lot.
who in their right mind would by that crap kodak for $35 in 2023?
He’s dreaming with most of these prices
These crap P&S are becoming trendy amongst gen z-ers apparently
The Kodak already sold for $39, there's a market for a lot of unlikely things including older point and shoot cameras.
@@pricklypearcamera well the world is full of idiots.
old digital is the new film
I just found your channel, is this all you do? Unbox mystery camera boxes? If so I am in LOVE and am gonna sit here and watch every video while I finish up a wedding edit!
Hi! My full time job is buying and selling camera gear, and the untested lots are a small part of my business, but definitely my favorite part! Thanks for watching! I have quite a few unboxing videos live, and have more that I will be putting out shortly. Cheers!
hi can you please send me any camera electronics that you couldn't fix
How oversaturated is the digital market in the world... Boxes with cameras are already being sold “without looking”...
Where did you buys this? I think you got a great deal
I buy boxes of untested cameras, if there arent atleast two leicas and a hasselblad inside, I dont wanna touch it
That sounds delightful!
Thanks but it will be better if you show us the pictures they shot...
I have thought about this, but was concerned it may add too much time to the videos, but maybe I'll try to take pictures with one, and include some samples?
@@pricklypearcamera thanks to review my comment dear admin...
Very fun video, but please don't throw rechargeable batteries in the trash.
Hi, I should have been more clear, but I have several receptacles under the desk, and one is for batteries, and they are disposed of separately locally in specifically battery disposal.
@@pricklypearcamera I should have known you would do the right thing. Any person that gets a "kick" out of old cameras is my kind of guy.
Bro get some paper tools for this, I'm cringing watching you use a chisel for everything
I remember wanting the Canon Rebel very badly but couldn’t afford the price the back then 😂😂😂😂
They were expensive that's for sure!