Point & shoot prices are mental. People will pay £250 for something that'll break in a year so they don't have to focus for themselves.
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The prices of even things like Pentax's went up astronomically in Lockdown.
sep 1, 2025, 12:07 pm • 0 0 • view
this makes me think I should maybe sell my vintage Pentax KX (fully manual, brass body), which was secondhand when I bought it in 1982.
sep 1, 2025, 12:17 pm • 1 0 • view
I'll do you £40
sep 1, 2025, 12:18 pm • 0 0 • view
ha, nope. They're £120+ on eBay.
sep 1, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Drat, I was sure that scheme would work.
sep 1, 2025, 12:20 pm • 1 0 • view
nice try though ...
sep 1, 2025, 12:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Damn I have 2 OM10s and a Minox 35GT languishing upstairs...
sep 1, 2025, 12:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Starting bids of £1.13 and £3.76 respectively on ebay 🤣🤣🤣
sep 1, 2025, 12:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Philistines on eBay - those are nice cameras!
sep 1, 2025, 12:31 pm • 0 0 • view
This was mine.. £250.. (!) www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32671766...
sep 1, 2025, 1:43 pm • 1 0 • view
That'll be the K1000-Adjacent Effect
sep 1, 2025, 12:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Yh. Basically anything made of plastic from the 90s/ 00s with complicated electronics is 5x what it used to be. Honestly, learning Sunny 16 and zone focusing has saved me at least a grand...
sep 1, 2025, 12:11 pm • 1 0 • view
I think you're exaggerating a bit! I have a fancier camera but the one I was replacing today was the little point and shoot I carry around - last one I bought lasted me something like four or five years, and I just got this one for a hundred quid, it's fine
sep 1, 2025, 12:14 pm • 0 0 • view
I have about 25 cameras, the saving is a volume thing too...
sep 1, 2025, 12:19 pm • 1 0 • view
