Old canon equipment: any use?

[Spooky]

A friend of mine has been having a house clearance and has discovered a cupboard full of old canon lenses, cameras, filters etc. not to mention a collection of cine cameras, projectors and Kodak film cameras.

She has called me to suggest what she might do with them; my initial thoughts are that the lenses might be worth something, and the filters, providing they are still compatible with current canon bodies.

As a nikon user, I do not know if canon have changed their lens mounts in the move from film to digital.

Also I am not sure where the best place is for her to get them valued. I have suggested she stays away from eBay for the moment.

Any thoughts? I am heading over there this weekend so can get model numbers.

Cheers

Spooks

 

[andyred]

A friend of mine has been having a house clearance and has discovered a cupboard full of old canon lenses, cameras, filters etc. not to mention a collection of cine cameras, projectors and Kodak film cameras.

She has called me to suggest what she might do with them; my initial thoughts are that the lenses might be worth something, and the filters, providing they are still compatible with current canon bodies.

As a nikon user, I do not know if canon have changed their lens mounts in the move from film to digital.

Also I am not sure where the best place is for her to get them valued. I have suggested she stays away from eBay for the moment.

Any thoughts? I am heading over there this weekend so can get model numbers.

Cheers

Spooks

Hi

Yes Canon changed to the EF mount some time ago, so they may be EF or the older FD mount...

I'd certainly get the model numbers, even the FD mount lenses are worth something...

Pop them up here or start a new thread in the Classifieds section for Price checking http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=72

 

[Spooky]

Thanks for the advice. They are FD lenses; have put up a price check in the classifieds.