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i’ve been buying legacy lenses for about 4 years and my experience has been;Got my eye on a couple of 28's but wont arrive till into the new year - bloody xmas! - so have held off for now. Going to hold off on the 24mm and keep an eye out around the local charity shops and flea markets.
There are plenty of minolta's available from Germany and Japan, limited UK options. Will keep a look out for Canon and vivitar/sigma/miranda as well
car boots - probably bought about 3/4 lenses and a couple of camera bodies.
Local ads - my best hunting ground - full Canon kit and Minolta body with 3 lenses. also another Minolta plus lens, Pentax and 3 lenses and an OM10 with lenses. Downside here is that you simply have to get lucky and be looking at the right time! in 2 cases, though, I had to travel 50/60 miles to do the deals. I have alerts set up to warn me if anything comes up.
Online auction - probably 5/6 lenses.
Charity shops - I was lucky in that the town where I used to live had a charity shop where one of the volunteers,had set up a camera section. When I was last there (a couple of years ago) it was very well stocked. other than that, though, I’ve only ever bought one lens in a charity shop.
I do know there are a number of camera shops in the UK who sell legacy lenses and I’ve actually just sold some of my surplus kit to one of them. i’ve trawled through all the well known, and many not so well known names, and if you would like any details, then feel free to send me a PM.
the one thing I would say above anything else is to be as careful as you can in checking for fungus, haze and the like. it was only a few weeks ago that I inspected a lens, bought it, but didn’t see the haze until I had a closer look at home!
Hope some of this helps.