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Sad Used Prices for EM-1 first edition

Started Feb 29, 2020 | Discussions thread
LoneTree1
LoneTree1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,801
Re: Sad Used Prices for EM-1 first edition

Skeeterbytes wrote:

Who can say why something becomes collectible, but my money's on film cameras with few electronics being at the top of the heap eventually. Clockwork shutters, electro-magnetic meters (that don't require mercury batteries), thumb winding and the like. My kid was gifted a very nice mostly electronic Nikon SLR for Christmas and it luckily takes four AA cells, but the displays, switches, motors and the like will not have the shelf life of an F.

Cheers,

Rick

Probably not, but enough mechanical cameras fail as well. Stuff from the 60's or earlier are a real crap-shoot, especially junk like Zenit cameras.

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