So I went to the aforementioned Vancouver, BC, region swapmeet today
- thanks to Alexander Ioffe for posting the info on new the location
and date. It was interesting, but frankly I didn't think it was
particularly valuable for the EOS user.
The show was in a cavernous hangar-like gymnasium in a Burnaby
community centre, filled with rows of tables covered with piles of
camera equipment. The vast bulk of the stuff, however, seemed to
represent a world which ended in 1985. Hardly any autofocus gear at
all from any maker.
I admittedly showed up post noon - rather late for a swapmeet which
started at 10 - but I only saw maybe two or three dozen EOS bodies
and EF lenses, total. Mainly 630s, 750s and A2s, with a few Rebels.
Given the size of the show, that's seems a pretty dwindling
percentage to me. Unless there was tons of stuff earlier and it all
got snapped up in the first two hours.
There was a remarkable amount of manual-focus gear, though. Lots of
Leicas and Zeiss equipment and other old German cameras from
1930-1960 or so. And used filters! My God! Enough to triple-stack
every lens in the country, I think.
So. It was interesting, but I hope nobody drove over long distances
looking for bargains in EOS gear. Though you might have been lucky -
I was at a table when a guy sold an EF 50mm 1.8 I for $50 (~$30 US),
easily half of what it goes for at online auctions.
What are swapmeets like elsewhere? Do you actually see contemporary
autofocus equipment for sale? Or has that sort of stuff been shunted
to online auction sites for higher profits?
- Neil K.
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t e l a computer consulting + design * Vancouver, BC, Canada
web: http://teladesign.com/
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