Question for the Photography Group

[PADemD]

Do people still use film based 35 mm cameras? I have one that I don't use anymore, and I wondered if I should try to sell or just donate it.

It's a Minolta Maxxum 3000i.

[Hoppy]

1. Put the effort into eBay

[PADemD]

2. ebay cameras

There are so many cameras there like mine, and no bids.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Some do, but the supply far outstrips the demand...

Your best bet might be to just store it away and hope it becomes a collectible.

[alfredo]

4. Buy a mirrorless digital, and once familiar with the camera,

Find an adaptor for the lens and use it on your digital as a manual lens.

People still do film. So save the camera.

Sony NEX is a good choice in cameras.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. I had two old 35mm SLRs

I gave them to Goodwill a couple years ago.

Last time I went in their store a week or two ago, they were still in the glass case at the counter. Apparently nobody wants them even at $10.

[Major Nikon]

6. Some film cameras still have good value

Sadly yours is not one of them. You'd probably be better off donating it.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. If there is a college near you

that offers photography courses, they often require film cameras for beginning classes. Students there might like to get one free or cheap for the course.

[groundloop]

8. Yep, gotta agree with everyone else - most film cameras have little value anymore

I sold my 35 mm Nikon SLR quite a while ago, I was lucky enough to dump it before the entire world went to digital and managed to get somewhere around $100 for it. Nowadays I see the same cameras sitting on ebay unsold for $10.

[PADemD]

9. Thanks, everyone, for the responses.

I think I'm going to hang on to my camera for awhile.

18-Year-Old Retrofits an Old Konica Rangefinder with a Sony NEX APS-C Sensor, and It Works

There are only a small number of cameras on the market these days that allow you to shoot digital photos while manually focusing with a working rangefinder. These cameras also cost quite a bit, so they’re not exactly the type of thing most enthusiasts can pick up on a whim and play with.

Ollie Baker wanted one, but instead of paying the big bucks for one, he decided to convert an old film rangefinder into a working digital rangefinder.

The 18-year-old tinkerer and photo enthusiast, who’s set to be a physics student at Oxford, decided to attempt this “FrankenCamera” project after receiving a generous amount of money from a scholarship fund.

http://petapixel.com/2014/09/12/18-year-old-retrofits-old-konica-rangefinder-sony-nex-aps-c-sensor-works/

[northoftheborder]

10. slightly related question:

I still have my old film cameras. They will be collectibles someday. What about out of date, unopened sealed film in original canisters? Think it will ever be a "collectible"?

Wish I had saved my old manual typewriter; now a collectible.

[PADemD]

11. Manual typewriter

I have my Mom's old manual typewriter and her folding camera in a brown leather case.

[Stevenmarc]

12. When you say out of date

Do you mean moderately out of date or significantly out of date? I shoot with Fuji Neopan 1600 most of it expired in 2010 and there are more than a few people who like shooting expired film but it will never reach collectible status.

[northoftheborder]

13. 2000-2002

Seattle Film Works, 200's and 400's. Not stored in frig, but always in AC, not ever garage or storage.

[Stevenmarc]

14. Interesting

Although if I recall that film required ECN-II processing and there aren't a lot of people out there that do that. Unless you do a lot of selling on eBay it's probably not worth the effort to sell 2 rolls.