Surprising demand for my old compact on ebay

[Kodakrevisited]

I sold this battered Canon Ixus 870 IS for £94.00, I auctioned it with loads of photos starting at 99p and it had 43 bids !!!!!, I sold it because my smartphone is more convenient and it wasnt getting used, they fetch good money...why ?? I bought it in 2010 for £120, I am very surprised by the demand

 

[alphaZ]

I sold this battered Canon Ixus 870 IS for £94.00, I auctioned it with loads of photos starting at 99p and it had 43 bids !!!!!, I sold it because my smartphone is more convenient and it wasnt getting used, they fetch good money...why ?? I bought it in 2010 for £120, I am very surprised by the demand
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Haven't you heard? Cameras are back in fashion, so are turntables and vinyl, what comes around goes around!

Amazon abandoning ship just as the ship is setting again!

Bad timing, what!

 

[peter826]

I sold this battered Canon Ixus 870 IS for £94.00, I auctioned it with loads of photos starting at 99p and it had 43 bids !!!!!, I sold it because my smartphone is more convenient and it wasnt getting used, they fetch good money...why ?? I bought it in 2010 for £120, I am very surprised by the demand

Gen Z is all over old point and shoot digital cameras right now. They prefer CCD sensors, so maybe prior to 2010 or 2011. Some of the Canons like the A-620 are pushing $200 now...maybe more.

I have a few dozen of these cameras of various make/manufacture kicking around but I actually enjoy shooting with them so I'm not so keen to part with them.

Loads of articles out there about this phenomenon, including:

Gen Z Discovers Modern Digital Cameras are Better Than iPhones

Gen Z are discovering the power of 'actual' cameras.

petapixel.com

 

[jackwelch]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

just google the price of Sony W830, still being made and sold by Sony and cheap too.

 

[Ellis Vener]

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[tkbslc]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

just google the price of Sony W830, still being made and sold by Sony and cheap too.

Because to teenagers, a 2008 camera feels more "retro". They already have their phone for "modern".

 

[Ellis Vener]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

Based on my life experiences, some people, especially easily influenced people, have more disposable money than good sense.

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[tkbslc]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

just google the price of Sony W830, still being made and sold by Sony and cheap too.

Because some people, especially young, easily influenced people have more disposable money than good sense.

Certainly not like us DPR readers! We would never order things we don't need. We definitely didn't invent an acronym for the impulse to buy new gear.

How dare the kids spend under 100 pounds to have some fun with their friends!

 

[Ellis Vener]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

just google the price of Sony W830, still being made and sold by Sony and cheap too.

Because some people, especially young, easily influenced people have more disposable money than good sense.

Certainly not like us DPR readers! We would never order things we don't need. We definitely didn't invent an acronym for the impulse to buy new gear.

How dare the kids spend under 100 pounds to have some fun with their friends!

Touché!

 

[Supisiche]

Why would anyone buy that for that price? They are modern day compacts made by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon and Canon that you can still buy new and comes with warranty.

just google the price of Sony W830, still being made and sold by Sony and cheap too.

Old compact cameras tend to have more quality control, consistent sharpness across the frame (everything looks at least ok), better build, etc.

 

[Richard Butler]

Even though that's the first camera I ever reviewed, it's not me bidding for it.

Richard - DPReview.com

 

[Hike Pics]

From my reading/listening to this current generation many have pretty much rebelled against the past status quo of spending big money and having high end devices. Out goes the $1k smartphones and in comes a $30-$50 flip phone. They are tired/sick of the "lame" social media AI-saturated photos. The photos their parents took back in the '80s and '90s are what they connect with instead. And to slow down : that's why they have been so instrumental in the film revolution. They just don't need to snap a photo and have it on every site within seconds.

Think about it - a generation that is money smart, recycles and values their time. That's what most parents would love for their children to grasp and value. In my opinion, they are the smartest, coolest generation I have seen since my own.

 

[Ed B]

We have a Canon SD800 IS that my wife loves.

It's a great little camera that's capable of excellent images. Indoors in lower light, it's best to use the flash, but that CCD sensor is very good, and image quality is just as good as most much newer cameras.

These Elph cameras were made way back when Canon was king of the compact camera world, and even though they have lower resolution (megapixels) than newer cameras, they're still very good when it comes to general photography.

 

[Kodakrevisited]

1980s 1990s steel framed mountain bikes are back in too, maybe thats a kind of similar thing

 

[Richard Butler]

1980s 1990s steel framed mountain bikes are back in too, maybe thats a kind of similar thing

I'm not sure the steel hardtail ever really went away. I think Kona kept the Explosif in its range for a long time and all sorts of small brands like Cotic kept making them.

Not quite 90's (my London housemate had a '96) but I was able to get my 2001 DeKerf repaired, find an appropriate fork and get out on it again:

https://flic.kr/p/2mZJQHE

R

 

[Wayne Larmon]

Gen Z is all over old point and shoot digital cameras right now. They prefer CCD sensors, so maybe prior to 2010 or 2011. Some of the Canons like the A-620 are pushing $200 now...maybe more.

I have a few dozen of these cameras of various make/manufacture kicking around but I actually enjoy shooting with them so I'm not so keen to part with them.

Loads of articles out there about this phenomenon, including:

https://petapixel.com/2023/04/04/gen-z-discovers-modern-digital-cameras-are-better-than-iphones/

The PetaPixel article is about modern digital cameras being (arguably) better than modern smartphones, not about grainy old digital P&Ss. This New York Times article is about the retro appeal of old digital P&Ss:

The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera

Young people are opting for point-and-shoots and blurry photos.

Because this article may be behind a paywall, here are some excerpts

The cameras of Generation Z’s childhoods, seen as outdated and pointless by those who originally owned them, are in vogue again. Young people are reveling in the novelty of an old look, touting digital cameras on TikTok and sharing the photos they produce on Instagram. On TikTok, the hashtag #digitalcamera has 184 million views.

Modern influencers like Kylie Jenner, Bella Hadid and Charli D’Amelio are encouraging the fun and mimicking their early 2000s counterparts by taking blurry, overlit photos. Instead of paparazzi publishing these photos in tabloids or on gossip websites, influencers are posting them on social media.

...

This time, the poor picture quality isn’t for lack of a better tool. It’s on purpose.

Compared to today’s smartphones, older digital cameras have fewer megapixels, which capture less detail, and built-in lenses with higher apertures, which let in less light, both of which contribute to lower-quality photos. But in a feed of more or less standard smartphone photos, the quirks of photos taken with digital cameras are now considered treasures instead of reasons for deletion.

...

Zounia Rabotson’s earliest memories are of traveling and posing in front of monuments and tourist attractions as her mother pressed a button and a digital camera whirred to life. Now a model in New York City, she has returned to her mother’s digital camera, a Canon PowerShot SX230 HS made in 2011.

On Instagram, Ms. Rabotson, 22, posts grainy, overexposed photos of herself wearing denim miniskirts and carrying tiny luxury handbags. She says that she looks up to models from her childhood and that taking photos in a similar style makes her “feel like I’m them.”

With this said, my circa 2002 Canon S45 took great images, so long as I shot RAW, locked the ISO to the lowest setting and paid close attention to the shutter speed. Because old P&Ss had smaller tolerances than modern smartphones have (no computational photography enhancements) , people that just shot JPEGs on full auto in low light generally got grainy, noisy images.

Which is illustrated with the sample images in the New York Times article. They are mostly shot in low light conditions and probably weren't painstakingly processed from RAW files.

I love my Google Pixels because I can generally shoot JPEGs in full auto in low light and get great images and never need to go near a RAW processor.

Wayne

 

[CMCM]

Ha....now that surprises me. I've got several of the old Canon compacts stashed away, haven't used them in years and years. Maybe I should sell them....

 

[Hike Pics]

I had a Cannondale M300 in the '90s. I think it was a CAD2 aluminum frame. Because of the mountains where I live I wanted the lighter frame for climbing. But the downhills would beat me to pieces. I do have a steel frame modern Penny Farthing that's fun to show off.

I found an old steel frame Raleigh road bike. I fixed it up and did a third century with it. Wasn't fun.

 

[Ainisru]

I sold this battered Canon Ixus 870 IS for £94.00, I auctioned it with loads of photos starting at 99p and it had 43 bids !!!!!, I sold it because my smartphone is more convenient and it wasnt getting used, they fetch good money...why ?? I bought it in 2010 for £120, I am very surprised by the demand

Gen Z is all over old point and shoot digital cameras right now. They prefer CCD sensors, so maybe prior to 2010 or 2011. Some of the Canons like the A-620 are pushing $200 now...maybe more.

I have a few dozen of these cameras of various make/manufacture kicking around but I actually enjoy shooting with them so I'm not so keen to part with them.

Loads of articles out there about this phenomenon, including:

https://petapixel.com/2023/04/04/gen-z-discovers-modern-digital-cameras-are-better-than-iphones/

Huh... My peers and their siblings just like the look of them. They literally don't pick it because it has a ccd sensor. No one cares. The harsher flash that these compacts have (because phone's LEDs are pretty soft light), simple processing, or the tighter dynamic range is attractive.

Their moms, dads, aunts, and uncles shots pictures of them and they want that look that these old digitals give. No one really shot pictures of them using a film camera.

Unless you're like me, on the edge of being the oldest Gen Z, sure, from 1996 until say 2003 pictures of me was taken on film. Afterwards, it was all digital.

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I am sad to see this place gone. I use different types of cameras and this is the only place I can have a conversation with everyone.

 

[RAZORBACKSRULE 1]

I love the old CCD sensor Digicams especially the old Fuji Super CCD cameras . I have a large collection of them they were dirt cheap but not anymore .