Expedition Photography

If you are like me, you've been in this situation more times than you remember. Strolling through a flea market, scavenging the thrift store, just looking for a nice case that says " film camera - $25 " and are greeted with a glorious Nikon rangefinder with 2 lenses and host of accessories, donated by some clueless person. It will glow upon upon it's opening as you salivate over your treasured find. These are very nice dreams I have late at night, in my deep slumber. Reality is of course is that you walk into a second hand store, and look at some old Polaroid camera's and maybe a "Sears Super whatever the hell they called those things".  Hopes and dreams absolutely shattered. NOW, don't get me wrong, I have found some very nice things for very cheap, but it only happens once in a blue moon, so when the time comes when you do come across something decent, your reaction is to buy. But I discourage this behavior. I have been burned and stuck with junk

Old digital cameras just do not get the same love as old film one's. Why is this? Are they really that out of touch with the current line up out of Japan? (I know cameras are from other countries as well, but mostly insanely expensive ones such as Leica and Hasselblad). Of course older, vintage type film cameras will be sought after because of their historical value, but even the film cameras of the 90s and 2000s are still demanding a rather respectable sum. But early digital? Prices for these cameras have tanked, possibly even to their lowest levels currently (January 2017). Let's compare two film cameras from the two Japanese Giants: Canon and Nikon. The Canon 1V was released in 2000, after the first generation of digital SLR cameras had been released. You would imagine this would make this film camera rather unwanted, correct? Wrong, the Canon 1V is a minimum of $500, with really mint ones closing in on $1,000. Compare that to the Canon 1DS, the first full frame Canon