I've had a pretty good week for adding to my film camera collection. The first bit of luck came when I noticed a Craigslist ad for a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm f/2 lens advertised for $25. Looking at the completed listings on eBay, the approximate value for this camera and lens in this condition looks to be around $60 to $80, so I drove out there and picked it up. I've got a test roll in there now, so at some point I'll be able to do a writeup for that one.
Then I gambled on an eBay auction for a
Canon Canonet QL17 GIII, a 35mm rangefinder from 1972. The value of this camera is a little harder to pin down, it currently looks to be selling for between about $60 and $150. Some lower priced cameras needed only replacement light seals and some were in worse shape. The best condition cameras fetch the higher prices.
