Just thought I would share that yesterday I went out to a local Salvation Army. I was looking around for some random things, when I got to the counter (where they keep the more expensive small goodies *i.e. CAMERAS!) I decided to take a look at what they had.
Here's what I ended up walking out with:
-Vivitar 220/sl 35mm camera
-Vivitar 2800 flash (with colored covers for colored flash)
-Vivitar 50mm f/1.8 lens
-Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 lens
-Vivitar 2x1 auto tele converter
-2 bottles of lens cleaner
-49mm polarizer (fits the 50mm lens)
-A friggin' sweet leather messenger style camera bag
Now you'll see that there are two prime lenses (50mm & 200mm) there that are alright for a cheap start. (4 with the tele converter! +100mm +400mm). They were both M42 screw mount, which I already have adapters to attach to my Canon 7D. Plus a bunch of other stuff I can sell online (to buy more lenses
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Now to the CHEAP part:
I paid $25.00 for all that!
It was usually $50.00 but it had a blue tag on it, and there was a 50% off sale on blue tags that day.
Point of this story:
Go to local thrift shops
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
ask if they have any old camera gear
look for M42 screw mount lenses! (cheap adapter, I got mine for $7 each) *look up M42 mount if you don't know what it is*
I hope this helps or provides hope for someone!
Here's what I ended up walking out with:
-Vivitar 220/sl 35mm camera
-Vivitar 2800 flash (with colored covers for colored flash)
-Vivitar 50mm f/1.8 lens
-Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 lens
-Vivitar 2x1 auto tele converter
-2 bottles of lens cleaner
-49mm polarizer (fits the 50mm lens)
-A friggin' sweet leather messenger style camera bag
Now you'll see that there are two prime lenses (50mm & 200mm) there that are alright for a cheap start. (4 with the tele converter! +100mm +400mm). They were both M42 screw mount, which I already have adapters to attach to my Canon 7D. Plus a bunch of other stuff I can sell online (to buy more lenses
)Now to the CHEAP part:
I paid $25.00 for all that!
It was usually $50.00 but it had a blue tag on it, and there was a 50% off sale on blue tags that day.
Point of this story:
Go to local thrift shops
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
ask if they have any old camera gear
look for M42 screw mount lenses! (cheap adapter, I got mine for $7 each) *look up M42 mount if you don't know what it is*
I hope this helps or provides hope for someone!
