Good price for a used Canon 1V-HS?

[tamedia]

Sure was. Only 250 rolls through it. Body condition suggested it was on its first counter sequence as well.. Went back to the hotel and did a quick google search for prices elsewhere. Got right back on the train and went and bought one.

Japan is also the place to go for used medium format. It's abundant and cheap!

The Japanese really treat their camera gear with care and respect. Try to find a decent used body here downunder.. no comparison.

[paul13walnut5]

I would spend $150 on a 3 instead.  How much do you need the 100% viewfinder, metal body, shutter blind and EOS link software?

The EOS 3 is plenty tough.  Plenty fast (especially with PB-E2)  Same AF as 1VHS with the option of using ECF!

Unless you put a premium on simply having the best film camera Canon ever made (this was maybe something cool in terms of status 12 years ago) the EOS 3 will do 99% of what the 1VHS does for 25% of the price.

I would only spend serious money on a 1VHS if it was brand new / totally mint unused, as a collection piece.
If I were buying a camera with some mileage and with a view to adding some more, then I'd buy a 3.

Oh that's right.  I already did!

What nice flashgun, or fast prime could you buy with the $400-$500 saving?

Just my opinion.

[DigitalDivide]

Last year I managed to pick up a 1V-HS for $420 US in a 2nd hand store in Japan (their used market is massive) and it was in mint condition (as were the three others sitting next to it for the same price). I have seen excellent 1VHS bodies here in Australia for $550 USD (parity exchange rate)

Where is the best place to find good used equipment in Japan?  I go there fairly regularly for work and would like to check out what is available.  You say a second hand store so it sounds like a smaller place than the Bic Camera and Yodabashi Camera superstores, where I often go to drool over the latest Canon stuff that they have out on display.  Most of my recent trips have required at least a few days in Tokyo, which I imagine must have a whole district of used camera stores.  Somewhere around Akihabara perhaps?

A 1V for under $500 US sounds like a great value.  I was looking at used 1Vs at KEH last year before I took the plunge into DSLRs with a 5D2.  (I don't want to abandon film completely, but my EOS 10S is 20 years old and it would be nice to upgrade to the ultimate Canon 35mm body.)  I could swear the 1Vs were selling for quite a bit more than $500 over a year ago.  Maybe they have come down as the demand drops off and FF DSLRs are getting more affordable?

I always enjoy scoping out used medium format too.  Maybe I can add to my collection of Bronica gear.  Or, if my wife doesn't forbid it, expand into Mamiya, Pentax, Rollei...

[Eddie_2001]

I just tried to sell my 1v on eBay with both motor drives and 207 rolls exposed for $600.00 and it didn't sell! Had 8 watchers and 11 bids but none met my reserve of $600.00. And the camera is like new and just cleaned and checked by Canon!

Now there's your problem, people just don't bid on things with reserves. If you set a start of $600 you might get one bid and sell it for that, if you start it at $1 with no reserve you might get more, and if you start it at $1 with a $600 reserve it just won't sell. Such is the nature of ebay, I've seen it waaay too many times (and I probably was one of those watchers, i watch everything happen at the 'bay).

That is exactly what a good friend of mine said (he is an eBay power seller) - don't use the reserve feature. He also suggested un-bundling the motor drives and film (I was also including 8 rolls of Provia 100F) and selling just the body alone, and each motor drive separately as well.

I'll try that method and see how it goes....

Ted

[treyconnally]

Ya know... Since the beginning of this post, every 1V-HS I had on watch on eBay & Adorama sold.... 

Did you guys buy the freaking cameras I wanted!?

With that being said, does anyone here have a EOS-1V(HS) for sale?

^^^Interested^^^

[bdunbar79]

Ya know... Since the beginning of this post, every 1V-HS I had on watch on eBay & Adorama sold.... 

Did you guys buy the freaking cameras I wanted!?

With that being said, does anyone here have a EOS-1V(HS) for sale?

^^^Interested^^^

I've always thought about getting one.  My dream 1V would be an ebay purchase for around $400.  Not that that can happen, but I'd pay $600 for a 1V and definitely as Paul said, an EOS-3 is a good deal anyday.

[wickidwombat]

Sure was. Only 250 rolls through it. Body condition suggested it was on its first counter sequence as well.. Went back to the hotel and did a quick google search for prices elsewhere. Got right back on the train and went and bought one.

Japan is also the place to go for used medium format. It's abundant and cheap!

The Japanese really treat their camera gear with care and respect. Try to find a decent used body here downunder.. no comparison.

tell me about it I got a used 600mm f4.5 FD lens from a guy in japan and the thing is like brand new yet probably over 30 years old crystal clear glass and not a spec of paint missing

[akiskev]

Meanwhile in Greece...
I got a mint condition EOS 3 (with grip) for 200 euros and a mint condition 1V-HS for 300 euros. Not a single dust particle in viewfinder. The guy who sold them was not a pro, he was just a collector.

[Eddie_2001]

Ya know... Since the beginning of this post, every 1V-HS I had on watch on eBay & Adorama sold.... 

Did you guys buy the freaking cameras I wanted!?

With that being said, does anyone here have a EOS-1V(HS) for sale?

^^^Interested^^^

I guess you weren't watching mine! Contact me off list if you want.

Ted

[dr croubie]

This is not a sales forum, I know. But as I've said my 1V HS is available to the right person. I don't need to sell it, but I will to a person who appreciates what it is.

Well, I was thinking the other day, that if I ever go on a real photography trip, it'd be nice to take 2 film bodies, one for Velvia, the other for B+W iso25 for landscapes and/or iso400 for street (depending on where I go). 1v taking Infrared film is definitely a plus, but I don't think I can justify *another* $500 on a toy (seeing as on monday i'm signing up for $500,000 of debt; ie buying a house). So it'll probably just have to be a little 1100D-film-equivalent (seeing as the glass and film are the important bits).

[distant.star]

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Wow, going under 500 large would scare the hell out of me. I'd be afraid to buy a new pair of socks until I felt things were stable!

You did mention one of the great things about film. I've used ISO 50 B & W  in the 1V and gotten beautiful stuff -- even in the scanned negs. Landscapes with ISO 25 (if you could find it) would be amazing.

Best of luck with the house/home!

This is not a sales forum, I know. But as I've said my 1V HS is available to the right person. I don't need to sell it, but I will to a person who appreciates what it is.

Well, I was thinking the other day, that if I ever go on a real photography trip, it'd be nice to take 2 film bodies, one for Velvia, the other for B+W iso25 for landscapes and/or iso400 for street (depending on where I go). 1v taking Infrared film is definitely a plus, but I don't think I can justify *another* $500 on a toy (seeing as on monday i'm signing up for $500,000 of debt; ie buying a house). So it'll probably just have to be a little 1100D-film-equivalent (seeing as the glass and film are the important bits).

[dr croubie]

Landscapes with ISO 25 (if you could find it) would be amazing.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-x-Efke-KB25-25-asa-135-36-B-W-january-2013-/160814214166?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item2571462c16
Haven't bought any yet, I can get it per roll from my local B+W shop on special order, but I might just spring for the 5 at once (and it's iso25, x-raying in the post won't be as bad as x-raying P3200).

But with all the processing notes I saw on it somewhere, I sure hope I can find someone to process it, or that new house is getting a room converted to a darkroom.

this guy seems to like using it...

[treyconnally]

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This is not a sales forum, I know. But as I've said my 1V HS is available to the right person. I don't need to sell it, but I will to a person who appreciates what it is.

D.S,

I'll do whatever it takes to be a worthy purchaser.

I've private messaged you. 

[distant.star]

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I'm afraid $30 per roll would stop me. And the 1V HS can use that roll in three seconds if you let it! Obviously, you won't do that with landscape work, but it's pretty scary.

Interesting article. Thanks.

Landscapes with ISO 25 (if you could find it) would be amazing.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-x-Efke-KB25-25-asa-135-36-B-W-january-2013-/160814214166?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item2571462c16
Haven't bought any yet, I can get it per roll from my local B+W shop on special order, but I might just spring for the 5 at once (and it's iso25, x-raying in the post won't be as bad as x-raying P3200).

But with all the processing notes I saw on it somewhere, I sure hope I can find someone to process it, or that new house is getting a room converted to a darkroom.

this guy seems to like using it...

[Hillsilly]

(and it's iso25, x-raying in the post won't be as bad as x-raying P3200).

I buy film regularly from the US and on ebay and have it posted (my local camera shop wants $28/roll for velvia....).  Have never had any problems with x-rays.  Looking at the ebay sellers I use (generally pbarcelon, but occassionally hotshot), I don't recall seeing any negative comments about x-rays.  Not to say that it doesn't happen, but the odds of film being wrecked in the mail seem quite low. 

By the way, no need to let anyone else process your B & W film.  That's just lazy!  Just get a change bag, a developing tank, some developer and fixer, a couple of beakers to measure liquids (ie the developer and fixer), a thermometer and a watch.  The whole process will take about 30 minutes (15 to 20 minutes of real work and 10 to 15 minutes of film washing and cleaning up).  And you can do multiple rolls at once.  Its much faster, easier and cheaper than driving to a shop to drop film off and then going back a few days later to pick it up.