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Expert: John Oliverio - 6/27/2006


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I have a Canon AE-1 Program and a Canon T-50. They are the last peices of equipment from my days as a photographer in the mid/late 70's. Are they of any value? Both are in excelent condition. I doubt that I shot more than 75 frames with either.  

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Cheikh,

There really isn't much of a market for old film cameras.  There are MANY of them for sale on eBay and pawn-shops.  A search for "canon AE1" on eBay turned up 84 items for sale.  Most of the ones that actually had bids were multi-lens kits.  And it seemed to me that the ones that were just selling a body and lens that got bids were either un-usual (black body) or had recently been serviced.  I think the highest bid I saw was around $85 USD.  

John

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I can answer questions about point and shoots and 35mm SLR`s from the 1960s to present. I can also handle most questions on digital cameras from "camera" makers, like Nikon, Olympus, Canon, Sony, etc. Though usually I`m not too familiar with the driver interface, as 3rd party devices for download are more efficient. Sorry, but I can no longer answer questions about the value of old cameras.

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