Finding Vintage Cameras at Thrift Stores
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2016
- In this video, I talk a little bit about finding cameras at thrift stores, why I do it, and I share one of my latest hauls so I can inspire you to go out there and rescue this stuff.
I also share the day's haul: A Polaroid SX-70, A Crayola 110, a Canon Sure Shot/AF35M/AutoBoy/ and 6 cartridges of Kodachrome Super 8 expired in 1977.
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I walked in to a thrift store in Carson City, Nevada the other day. Inside the glass case on the shelf was a Minolta X-570 (strangely the exact camera I had been researching/wanting in the weeks prior). I asked to look at it and it was extremely clean. When I removed the lens cap I saw that the lens was an MD Rokkor-x 50mm 1.4, also super clean. Now for the best part, the price tag for both said $22.00, but since it was 50% off day if you "check in" the thrift store on Facebook (which I happily did), I walked out with the whole setup for $11.00. Best. Thrift Store Find. Ever.
its amazing to see someone with such a passion for film cameras and the whole community keep it up mike GREAT JOB!!!!
I live in Vermont. I made a list of all the thrift shops, both locally and some over an hour away. Even if I go out and shoot on the weekends, I still make it a point to visit the same stores as often as possible. My #1 tip is to create a relationship with the shop owners/directors if you can. That way if they get some neat stuff in, you'll get a call before it even hits the shelf. I've found a few great deals and it always takes me back 10 years lol
"Rescued, used, and pressed out into to service" I couldn't have said it better myself! The fun factor is a big appeal as well. Thanks for this amazing video!
Thank you! It remains important to me to this day; a lot of what I find nowadays I test out and then give away to beginners or friends in need of a camera
@@themikepadua Okay, that's inspiring! Thanks for sharing...
Love the sx-70, I got one few months ago! Great video, I hope you inspire folks with this!
so cool! my most lucky thrift store find was a pentax auto 110 with three lenses, a film winder, and a flash all in the original box for fifteen dollars
That SX70!
SUCH a lucky find. I nearly flipped!
I got mine yesterday for 10$
I managed to find an Olympus OM 20 in a charity shop the other day, it is really cool to use and incidentally the same type pf camera my mother used back in the eighties.
I love 110's and pick them up whenever I see them. They key to thrift shops/charity shops is to be persistent and go on a regular basis. I go hunting for anything Yashica and Olympus Mju, most of the time I come back with nothing but every now and then I've picked up cameras from £1 to about £10 which makes it all worth while.
Yes! Persistence is key!
Lee Turnbull just came across a stylus infinity for 2 bucks today.
I just subbed and I'm looking forward to watching all your other videos ! I picked up a Nishika N8000 personally from Joey !!! He's such a nice guy and also watch his posts here on RUclips. I'm just getting into film and trying to learn more about all the cameras I'm finding at thrift stores. I want to buy them all ! Lol cheers !!!!!
just found you and may i say, well done. Very professional and i want the Sx70 please
Great video man. Unfortunately I've had no luck around Richmond VA finding old film cameras at thrift stores but I've had family and friends give me old film cameras they weren't using anymore because they know my love of shooting.
Not sure how far in or out of the city you are, but generally any city that has a large-ish college is going to be picked dry. Higher income suburbs are the key!
Love it! I'd love to see your weekly finds. What do you do with it all? I don't think I've ever found a camera in Hawaii's thrift stores.
I have that same Polaroid in my collection! I found it folded up at a goodwill marked as “kitchenware” $5
I've just started collecting old film cameras this year and have gotten a bunch of cameras already. they are from local thrift shops, garage sales, estate sales. Sometimes, I'll just ask people at garage sales for old cameras and a lot times we just exchange numbers in case they know of someone with cameras looking to sell - I've got some good deals on analog cameras that way too at a bargain price. Lately, a lot of people have been starting this trend of rescuing these old analog cameras so the market can be scarce at times but diligence pays off eventually. Check out flea markets too if your area has them, they are a good place to look for these old analog cameras as well!
These cameras are examples of classic industrial design which has become cultural art. Save it, appreciate it, know its value.
awesome videos man. I find all my cameras at thrift shops. spent about 300 bucks so far on about 100 cameras including a widelux f7, mamiya rb67, a few t4s to list a few.
That's awesome!
Another source is Church rummage sales. My Dad found some pretty good stuff there very cheap $5-10 USD. He got an Olympus XA, Kodak Duoflex II and recently a Anscocet aka Minolta Uniomat. He gives it to me since I collect vintage cameras. I think he also enjoys finding old cameras that he used in the past. The Goodwill shops where I live don't have much in the way of vintage. Probably due to pickers selling on eBay. Glad you scored with those nice camera and gear.
YES! Church rummage sales can be amazing.
some lucky finds there!
would love to find a sx-70
Like that little 'Crayola' 110 camera. 110 cameras in particular seem to be common at thrift shops, garage sales, rummage sales, etc. I'm a '35 mm film guy' have three Nikon 35 mm film SLR's plus lenses, etc. but I'm always on the lookout for 'vintage' or 'iconic' camera buys. Keeping my eyes open for one of those 'weather resistant' 110 cameras in particular..seems to me Minolta used to make one..the 'Weathermatic' or something. None of my cameras are 'weather or water resistant'. One of those 110 'weather resistant' cameras would be perfect for carrying for say snow skiing, to the beach, or what have you. And fun to shoot to boot. And those are the types of cameras likely to run across during 'camera thrift shopping'.
Man I never get lucky at thrift stores!!
I'm from Michigan to start, but before I was born my grandpa had an Canon AE-1 Program. When my grandparents got divorced my grandma took his camera, when my grandma passed away in August last year we went down to Oklahoma for her funeral and to sell the house gather sentimental belongings, pictures, valuables. we brought the camera back home, and my grandpa gave it to me saying "I haven't even seen that camera in 20 years, you can have it, you'll probably use it more anyway". It's been almost a year later and I have 12 cameras in my collection now including an original Polaroid model-1 SX-70 of my own assembled on March 4th, 1974, the film door doesn't latch closed but I put a rubber band around the right side of the camera to hold everything in place, it can be collapsed while the rubber band holds it. (So if anyone ever has a Polaroid SX-70 with a broken film door latch, use a rubber band to hold it closed it will still function properly).
Great video!! Wish you were still uploading!
Film sensors just seem so much more forgiving than finding a cheap low megapixel digital. I picked up a AF35M from a goodwill and I've taken some amazing portrait photos. And with film it seems like it could be blown up without becoming really pixelated like digital. I could be wrong. But film is amazing
from where we find old canon EOS mark 2 or 3 camera in london..... plz tell me
found a olympus zuiko 50mm 1.4 for 4 dollars yesterday. So great.
You're right Mike, there is some great stuff to be found and used.
Sometimes, I feel like I might be the uncrowned king of charity shop finds among to film shooting community. I've probably bought 60-70 cameras this way over the past 3-4 years. I've sold some, but have kept most. I've bought several Olympus XAs and Stylus Epics for just $2 each, tons of Polaroids for $4-5 each, including half a dozen Auto 250s, several SLRs and TLRs, enlargers and darkroom equipment, a couple of SX-70s for less than $10 each, a minty Rollei 35 with case for just $5, and as you said, the coup de gras, a gorgeous 1954 Leica IIIf with 50mm Summicron collapsible for ONLY $29!!! It was in an old binoculars case, behind the counter. I almost didn't ask to see it, but something made me wonder why they were asking $29 for a set of binoculars.
I've found that the best chances, at least where I live, of finding good stuff is early in the week during spring and summer, when people are cleaning out attic, basements, and storage rooms. I'm sure some of it is always estate sale leftovers as well.
I'm looking for a Canon Super 8 camera! particularly the silver 814! this is my dream to find it for $20 bucks lol.. I know I can get one on ebay for $150 thats working, but I think it would be cooler to find one. cool video thanks.
On the flipside to the killer deals at thrift shops, I went out to an antique mall yesterday just for s&g, and holy moly all the prices were crazy high! That seems to be the norm at shops dedicated to vintage stuff though.
Yup! They'll maximize their profit all they can, and tend to be more aware of what they have and even end up asking too much, knowing that people will probably haggle.
Man, you must have DREAM thrift stores in CA. In North Texas, they carry mostly clothing. We must be more poor here.
While things have cooled down in the last year or so, there's still bargains to be found. Honestly it's more about persistence than anything--I find nothing 4 out of 5 trips but the hunt is part of the fun.
funny thing as soon as I finished watching your video my wife decided to take her brothers to goodwill to look for toys and I actually found this camera. I didn't recognize it but it said canon so for 2 dollars I took a gamble and bought it.
Hahaha oh my god, your face in the very beginning while the video was loading. You looked incredibly pissed off 😂
I once got a Kodak Instamtic 104, instruction book, 2 flash cubes, and it was in its original book for only 1 doller.
Do you know any thrift stores here in the Philippines that sells old cameras?
did they work?
how'd that super 8 film turn out?
you should do more retro camera hauls
thankyou
Did the SX-70 end up working?
We have a rather large vintage camera marked here in Denmark as well. However, it is my impression that it is slowly but surely thinning out. After all there is only so many film cameras coming from the private homes. The professional dealers often want a fortune for even the point and shoot models. No need to be a sucker.
Greetings from Denmark.
Wow, just found your video. I was recently gifted a Canon Autoboy "S" Panorama by my father-in-law. It features a blazingly fast 38-115mm f3.6-8.5 zoom lens (lol). The battery died and the date back displays '97 11 25. There is also an (expired) role of what looks like Fujifilm (Superia?) 400 film but the display shows frame no. 1 so unexposed film. It would have been cooler for me if the film was exposed, I would have developed the film and surprised my 88 year old father-in-law with the photos. Anyway, I just wondered if you have any experience with this likely chain saw sounding camera. Not much info on this on the net. Your thoughts on this camera please? BTW, the SX-70 was one of our family cameras when I was a kid. A trip down memory lane. Thanks!!
How do you know if the cameras work before buying them? I've bought a couple cameras from the thrift store because they look like they're in good condition but they end up not working. Is there any way you can tell?
Best way would be to bring a battery--otherwise it's a "hope and pray" kinda situation lol
In Leicester Uk there are about 10 charity shops I visit about 3 times a week.
My best camera so far has been a near mint Yashica electro 35 gtn for £10.00.
Having no luck with Leica lol.
ZENOIST2 I'm also from around Leicestershire but I have no clue where to look. Which shops are you looking in?
You do know I am cutting down on my chances of getting a bargain buy by replying?
This is partly useful advice for the world though.
First thing is to carry around 2 x AA batteries and a cr123 since these fit most cameras to test out.
I try and buy compacts now because they are of unknown value to most charity shop people.
City centre but good finds are rare.
Yashica was from age concern is it?, on Charles st nr wilko.
There are 2 charity shops there.
The one nearest Humberstone Gate sometimes has good cameras cheap. There's another at clarence hall near sainsburys.
Scope ,belvoir st, rutland st is it?
Its the rd opposite belvoir st and between granby and charles st.
Got an olympus lt 1 and lt-10 the olympus mju 1 based leather cameras for £10 each.
Got a perfect condition olympus trip and flash there for £10, that I wish I'd have kept , but I was desperate for money.
I buy them and sell them on or sometimes keep them.
Theres a sue ryder on loseby lane but they have no idea of pricing, sometimes a crap camera is really expensive and a good one is cheap, a lot of their cameras do not work , and that's why I take batteries.
You need to go a lot and nearly all of the time there are no cameras at all.
If you go enough eventually you will find good things.
My best ever charity shop buy was Leica trinovid binoculars from a charity shop in oakham for £ 10.
They are small and look nothing special to the uninitiated. They were hidden in a pouch, and I sold them on ebay later for £96.
ZENOIST2 thanks man, I will check it out next weekend!
I've been hunting for whatever cameras and accessories I can find here in louisiana, but electronics don't really hold up well here because of the weather. Nice score though!
That's a bummer about the weather conditions and what they can do to gear. Keep looking! I don't always find stuff but I make sure to keep my eyes open for anything and everything at all times.
it is, but I get a lot of my stuff from the fb group and through that I've met some really fantastic people who share our love for film.
Brandon Lavergne i
Dude I wish I could get that lucky at a thrift store finding an sx70
Every Goodwill shop I have been to the past year say they send all their camera gear out to district centers to be posted on the Goodwill Auction site. Gear they consider junk goes to bulk recycling center.
SC Things yup-they’ve pretty much caught on.
I remember when I was a kid my dad took me to a thrift shop, and I saw the camera I currently want, my dad knew I loved photography, so he showed me it (I was eight), and I called it ugly and didn't get it, and I regret it so much now! They also had film, too.
Edit: Forgot to mention that the store closed down.
Edit 2: My mom just told me she had one when she was a kid, and if she still has it, she might give me it. If it doesn't work, at least it would be very beautiful. :)
Wow that is amazing luck to find an sx-70 as strange as it sounds this is my dream camera and I’m no shure why it just calls out to me
Thanks for watching! It was a lucky find, for sure. Around the time this video was filmed, SX-70s were fairly easy to come by depending on your geography. I've got 4 or 5 of them in various states of repair that have been sitting around for a while, I really should get them running!
nice camera
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the thrift store was my favorite place, every time I went it would be packed with k1000's and ae-1's for a measly $10 a pop but eversonce you guys make these thirft store fonds videos you've driven so many resellers to the stores that I literally have people breathing on my neck every time I find something.
no you don't
lol @Joshi Patel telling it like it is.
If you're good at fixing cameras you can buy 2 otherwise expensive cameras and lenses cheap on a well known internet auction site and get 1 good one out of them.
You do have to know what you're doing though so I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.
It also takes some time and money to build up your collection of non working cameras for parts.
My first 2 cameras I attempted I wrecked so if anybody tries this, test out your repair skills on a crappy old camera that isn't worth anything first.
Springs and parts falling out and small parts getting lost were the main problem, so now I bag them and tag them.
Take tons of photos of each stage when you remove something so you can put it back together again.
I buy lots of non working cameras, some of them can be fixed and some can't.
My pet hate is you buy a camera , it says shutter stuck ( which I can fix ) so you buy it and then find the lightmeter doesn't work, the film winder is jammed as well etc etc.
nice stapler LOL...
So, did any of the cameras work?
VVS Chopps the sx-70 worked, never got around the Canon worked, never got around to testing the 110, but it seems that the shutter doesn’t open, so I probably won’t bother with it any further!
Mike Padua Do you possibly know how i can get Film quality pictures on my iphone?
good video :)
I thought a Polaroid 350 Land Camera at a Goodwill with the Flash at a Goodwill Outlet
did the SX70 work?
Yes!
09:36 what does it mean "green tagged" ?
This particular thrift store uses colored tags, and different colors go on sale on different days--green tags were on sale this particular day.
I still have my SX70 bought it when it first came out.
Longshot, but have you thought of selling it?
@@bieberliciouss617 I've been trying to click on your site. Hard to find again, this camera needs work haven't used it in years I think it was because the flash didn't work. If you have an email we can chat there if your interested I might consider selling it , along with a bunch of other old cameras I've had for years sitting in a box
@@user-rp6bn8qt1b you can email me at justine61755@gmail.com
So luckyy
NVM I should've just waited to finish the video lol
Just got Olympus A400 Zoom 35mm camera it is 35mm Zoom SLR (zoom330 is non slr) A400 Zoom looks to be a quality build and lens heavy and very odd handling as it has *Handle Grip*
Cost me Ten Pounds including postage on EBay....
I enjoyed your film camera collection. I began collecting roughly 5 years ago, and now I have over 500 cameras. It has become an addiction!!!! If you have any interest take a peak at my page I just uploaded a video showing some of my cameras. Anyhow have a wonderful day!
I walked into a charity store and I found a plus sporti 440 in brand new condition with flash and flash switch and shutter and it takes a short film role but I can't find any information on it
Oh and I got it for three pounds
Oh and it had its black leather case with it
1:14 That is how I got mine but it was not my famliy.
ccool ass crayola camera dud e that is a score
I found a Kodak party star
Adian Smith wow, that’s a unique find!
Mike Padua thanks
I keep it on the Shelf next my 1950s Polaroid Flashgun
3:20
also I got a Yashica electro 35 gsn in black in the original box for $5
Damn I fell asleep the first minute
More coffee, little dude
You need to isolate your mic from the table top better.
Nice video, nice guy, but he talks waaay too much. Could be a little bit more direct and concise. Would make the video even better.
stop saying um
conleth Law thank you! Believe me, I'm trying but I don't think I'll be reaching Dan Rather smoothness any time soon!