It made me laugh because I actually did get one of my favorite cameras at a thrift store for $3.50, and I know that's what I sound like every time I tell someone hahahah
But seriously people say that all the time and it drives me crazy and then one day someone gave me their SX-70 and then I became that person. But still.
@@3XiG3 So many stories of people finding these cameras at thrift stores for like $5. Since it was the first in the list, I was just jealous at this point.
@@MichaelSeneschal for real? Here in Europe analogue point and shoots are real hipster stuff and super sought after. The times where you could get a good steal at a flea market or thrift store are over. You’re lucky you can grab a Yashica T2 or a Mju for around 100€. Contax T2 are very very rare. No one I know bothers with these because of their 1000€-2000€ pricetag 😅
@@3XiG3 I’ve found some great deals at thrift stores, but nothing like a T2 for $5. I found a Canon AF35M for like $2, and a Polaroid SX70 for like $10.
“I found this cherry condition E36 body M3 at my local thrift store for $5.” He has me going for a while too. “What kind of ?!@&$%€?! Thrift store does he go to??”
I think your right. He travels a lot, so maybe it was 5€ or 5£. I know there are more types of currency that would my comment funnier or cooler but I am too lazy to look it up at this moment in time.
Props to Jason and his camera collection, as over the past year they've helped me find my passion and direction in film photography - at a thrift store for 5 dollars.
My favorite thing about your channel is not just because you are so incredibly funny but you actually make incredible photos and very interesting videos
@@leepeacher4178 its the original xpan: Fuji TX series, and fun fact the hasselblad xpan is a collab work with Fuji back in the days. Therefore, Fuji TX is the ancestor of Hasselblad XPan
@@nthnth1815 Not an ancestor, literally just the same camera - Fuji made the TX-1 and TX-2 and Hasselblad rebranded them for international release. The lenses are the same, bodies are the same, the only difference is the branding and paintjob
And boom an X Pan! This made me laugh because every time I come home with a new camera I get asked ‘how much did you spend on that?’ My standard response from now on will be ‘$5 from the thrift store’
"... and I got it at a thrift store for $5" The first time I heard I was so amazed and believed it. As I heard it after each camera, I understood that it was in jest. I did like the video. Great production value. There are too many RU-vid videos created with a goPro that bobs up and down causing me to become seasick.
Getting to the end of the M6, I was repeatedly saying Please say it, please say it, please say it... "...for $5..." And you genuinely had me laughing out loud and pausing the video. I do watch you channel for the analog content, but most of all because your storytelling is so goddamned on point every time, even when doing the usually boring humblebrag-list of "Oh these cameras?"
I actually believed the 5 dollar price tag until you got to the Leica M6. Then I laughed out so hard realizing you were probably joking from the beginning.
Absolutely hilarious, every single time, and wonderfully endearing. Wanted to bite the drywall when he said 5 dollars the first time...and then once he said it again, life was okay again.
holy shit I just found this channel and I thought it was going to be a generic photography youtube channel but DAMN. This writing and humor is incredible. Probably because I, like Jason, have no soul.
Glad to see you use the crappy old lenses (my obsession, collection), little jewels they are! Each one is a child to me, each with talents and problems, and oh what wonderful problems! Flare and haze and separation oh my! But I love them all. I'm running a lens orphanage ($5 from a thrift shop, to be sure) - now I'll be wanting to start an unloved camera orphanage (well, to be honest, already getting there...). Thanks for inspiration, validation!
I've never watched your stuff so I came here expecting a standard RU-vid video and you just came at it with banger line after banger line making me rewind the video to make sure I heard you right, definitely subscribing
Enjoyed.....I have a few of the same cameras and lust seriously after a few of the others. But what I mainly collect and love is strictly mechanical cameras . Olympus OM1? A masterpiece of engineering and lens design. Oh....I’m gonna give square space a try, too.
Your videos are amazing, I love the vibe you give off the the quick wit sprinkled throughout the genuine information you’re putting out. I’m supposed to be getting a SX-70 Sonar today, but anyways keep creating, love everything you’ve put out!
Photography and aesthetics is such a funny thing. For example, look at the bathroom shot at 8:08. It’s so mundane. But the color and composition is exceptionally pleasing. And a toilet is about as mundane as you can get. But it’s a great picture. Human beings are weird.
I just decided to sell all my 35mm film cameras and switch to medium format (I'll keep the Leica R6 though, just for sentimental reasons). My digital camera is an Olympus Pen-F, which is particularly designed to being configurable to emulate the look and feel of film. And I think, it does a really good job at this. So, no reason anymore to spend money for 135mm films. Medium format still has a significant and visible advantage over digital, though, so I'm looking for medium format cameras now. Right now, I'm deciding between a Fuji GL690 or a Koni-Omega Rapid. Maybe I buy one of each. My large format cameras are also from Italy, btw, but not from Gibellini. Mine are from Samuele Piccoli, he calls his cameras Stenopeika (don't ask me why). I also have a Polaroid camera, but the new one, which uses Zink paper. I call it my fridge camera, because I usually stick the photos made with it on my fridge.
In England, a thrift store is called a 'charity shop' and the only thing your genna find in there is a bucket of old walking sticks, some old wigs and a cloud of disappointment when you ask the manager ''Have you got any old cameras'' and they laugh and say '' yeah, they all go on ebay'' ( and not for 5 bucks )
Dude you got some serious steals at thrift stores😂😂 this video was awesome and made me laugh out loud more than once! I’m loving the Jupiter 12 on my Canon P as well!
Incredible ending lmao.. Btw did you ever investigate the panorama adapter for your Mamiya 7? I think that would have been cheaper if the wide negatives were your goal but hey sweet 0$ camera and Stuart Little DVD
I’ve owned just over 100 analog cameras over the years and at one point I had a closet with 48 cameras and 60 lenses. Name the camera and I’ve probably owned it and I never paid more that $200 for a camera. When film made a resurgence I sold all but 7 cameras for massive profits. Pro tip for finding good camera deals- go to small town thrift stores and antique shops. If the cameras price is high then haggle with the seller saying “I won’t even know if it works until I put a roll of film in it and get it developed, anyone buying these cameras is taking a risk. The online sellers have tested and even performed maintenance on the cameras to make sure they work properly. Have you personally tested it?” Most mechanical cameras aren’t difficult to fix unless you need replacement parts, don’t be afraid to fix a sticky shutter or clean up some sticky gears.
I legitimately picked up an Olympus OM-1/50mm 1.8 at a thrift store for $5. The viewfinder was black, they thought it was broken. The MLU was just engaged. I also got a Nikon FE, 50mm 1.8, and SB-10 flash for $75. It had the manuals and case for the flash but no box. One last flex, I got a Besler 23c enlarger, a half dozen Nikor steel tanks, and the rest of a guy's darkroom set up, chemicals, and about 50 rolls of expired film for free from Craigslist. 2005-2010 was a good time to be into film photography. I will always regret not buying a complete RB67 for $100 from KEH. They were basically giving them away back then. Oh shoot, last last one for real. I met an older guy in my home town when I was underemployed (2010 was not a good time to graduate from college). He'd been a working photographer early in his career and a hobbyist the rest of his life. We talked photography quite a bit and when he found out I shot film he gifted me one of his cameras. He had a bunch of great ones; Leica M4, Nikon FM2, Speed Graphic, but he chose his Rolleiflex 2.8D for me. 11 years later and I'm still in awe when I think about it.
The only way I am parting with my M6 is when they pry it from my cold dead hand. The other dead hand will be clutching my Pentax 6x7. On that basis... subscribed.
