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The shop spedialses so "Nikon products, bath new and used, and its mooden cabinets are packed ful of classic ‘areas and lerses, Although mary of the ier products have been dscontied ty Nkon years ago, boxed and unused Nikon ames and erses are stl source fom all ove the worl. brand-new, boxed Back Nkon F was sod last yar for $5,000, This ‘camera as one item that propetor Gray Lever wishes he had bough rset Fing the best examples of used equipment sro easy task, and Grays has amernbe of stat who speaks ent Japanese and vist Japan fou or fve times ayes to add tothe store'sirwentory of Nkon equipment Often the finds are extremely rare, such asa Nkon Ar eval camera, wtich was manufactured i 1941, dung the Second World Wa forthe Japanese military The lens tht accompanied the camera was a 173mm fved-apertue 14 5 optic that hada simpeleat-type shutter “Tanks to contacts across the werld fa lens nt curently instock at Grays itcan usually be trecked down, athough tis atten ‘comes ata price. Boutque stores arent amays the cheapest places rom ich to buy used equipment, but they do provide altel of service that ciclo mat and the used products are general o highest qualty. ALADDIN’S CAVES. File fom floor to celing wth photographic ‘equpmet you never realy know wat you wil nd nan Aladdin's cave-style store From old broken cameras new digtal medum-format backs, theres something for everyone and there ays the hope of nding a bargain Mr Cad epitomises the Aladdin cave style of store. Every inch ofthe warehouse sed shop used to store both nen and used equipment, and you can buy ‘everything fom cameras to dalsoom sinks As wel a buying equipment fiom pr indvduals, much ofthe stacks bought from comparies and institutions that are upgrading to new equipment, parkcuaty inthe digtal age This mears that there ' plenty of medun- and large-format fequpment, and big slecton of enlgers and sudo ightrg, However, may ofthe realy sought-after items sel qucdy Mr Cacs webste aims that he business is Europe's largest supplier ‘fused photocranhic equiprert, with goods ported to no fener than 22 countries in the past year While collectable cameras. are alas popu, there hes been 2 recent surge mn whol aperture manval focus lenses With most DLSRs and ‘compact stem cameras now able to record HD video, these shallow! depth of fla lenseshave Atthough you may often pay lite more in boutique stores, ‘the contion of used equipment is ‘generally superb Smallindependent store ae ideal for part-exchanging your used ‘equipment become increasingly popular with people shootng vdeo. \With such cameras and lenses nt staying ‘on the selies for long ts a good dea toletretalers know if here a partcuar tem you are looking for Most second hand retalrs keep ait of tems wanted bycustomers and tis obsousY in ther ierests to help tr to track don the tem (oF to reserve for you fone comes ‘SMALL INDEPENDENT CHAIN STORES. 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Be anare fg.an tem rom abro3, you may have to pay expensive postage or Courier ees, and ts rom outside the EU you il 30 be subject to mport duty on Some tens. If your purchase costs than £100 tis advisable to pay forthe tem using a red cara, sof the goods turn out toe faulty als to materiise oof poor ‘quai you are covered by Section 75 of the Consumer Crit Act Purchasing oer the rteretis an excellent way of buying photographic equioment = if you do your research, Soea Sear) ‘vere to buy Second-hand equipment EVERYTHING? yone woul rather onn a mit-conition camera than a ng model, buf you pln to actualy use the camera her than to's piece, does condition realy matter? Obvious, the mast stil full working order, but f you are planing alter thatthe bods scratched cellent condton wi often sel for double or even tiple the price of hose that show a ite mere wear a tear Some dealers pide themsehes ‘on seling only the very best examples of used careras, bt f the cameras gong tO be used rather than dsplayed ona shel it may be worth savng money anc opting for a more rough-and-ready version en) Stew _ S4ae¢ However, as the saying goes, if deal seems 10. good tobe true, then prcbably CHARITY SHOPS AND CAR-BOOT SALES Neatly every chanty shop that you walk into wit have a smell collection of cameras ‘and photographic equpment have al need stories of valable tems being brought fr pennes,ineaity you are nll to find a Leica Standard, Honever there are often some nice cameras to be found atchanty shops fo a good pice. Cameras fam the 1970s and'80s are the most common, and accasonally you ‘may come across Pentax K1000, Pertax [ME Super or Canon AE-1, allot which are (eat cameras for students, However, often iste lenses on these cameras that ae cof particular interest. Look out for dassc 50mm 7.8 optics, suchas the Nikkor E series, which particularly great to use on ‘madein Nikon DSLRs. Pentax K-mourt lerses ill aso fon Pentax DLSRS, so ‘often a camera might be verth buying purely forthe lens, Itisnotust id SLAs and lenses that you shui look out fo, s some compact Cameras ae becoming collectible and can be found on the shes of chanty shops, Wich out for Opus XA and Canon CCanoret cameras, andl sa Kodak Brownie 127 cameras made of Bakelite \Cr-boot sees are so good places to ind a bargan, Hower, be warned, someone seling a Nkon D35 fof $200) without a battery charger which ‘ost then it coud bepe Lenses come in all shapes and sizes, and curiosities have always . existed. Richard Sibley looks at a few second-hand optics that Minolta STF 135mm f/2.8 « Strive to offer something a little bit different by speciasts or they st on the ior INTRODUCED | pic bee to Miata banding buts stil manufacture as Sory 135 STF lens. The Smooth Transtion produce extremely smooth bokeh. Unusual, DESIGNED for medical dental and b forerse photographers, tis 120mm 14 Nikkor ‘and 1167. The sthatthe, DC ET telephoto focal length die images ul fam not butifyou are ‘may find the Mino version fr less, subscribe 08456767778Nikkor 18mm /3.5 Nikkor 35mm {/2.8 PC Specialist lenses Canon EF 50mm f/1.0L USM ALTHOUGH the 181m focal natn issomething ofa standard for cameras with APS-C-szed sensors, the Nkkor TB 35 was quite ararty when was released n 198! impressively the lens designed for 35mm Nikon SLR cameras, and shows mnal curiineardsiorton for such a tide ens, Fr ths reason itis an interesting op for aryone wth ful-frame Nikon DSLRS. Those sing Non DSLRS vith APS-C-szed sensors are ‘Probably bette serviced by ane of the many 200m 0 fued-focal-ength 18mm lenses, and ofcourse wilrequre an extemey wide 12mm opt to replicate the 1&mmlens’s equivalent fed of vw. Prices for this lens can vay grea but you ae lucky you may ist find one for under $500, Zenit Photosniper PERHAPS thie most vel-knonn of our odd lenses the Zenit Photosniper The kts based ‘ound a 300mm 45 Tat-3 ler, bulb the KMZ factory inthe Soviet Union trom 1953 undl alate as 2005, This rather bas lens conssts fst three dass elements and has aminrmum, focusing dstance of 3m, However, is the accomparying camera and trigger support that make the Photosrper area ody, Each kt comes vith a moded Zenit camera, inthis example aZeni-E, adapted special for NIKON rioduced the frst 35mm focal enath erspectie Conta shit ers in 1962, and there have been three diferent designs, th the ast dscontinued as late a5 2004 Th 28 version wes in service between 1968 ard 1980 and as eght ferent in seven fou Unike modem PC lenses, ths lens doesnt feature att mechanism, oly a shit contral that can move the front ofthe es up to Timm n ary ‘one of 1 aferent pastors around 360° The lens corrects for small perspective distortion which ‘made t popular atthe tme among architectural ‘horographers, before the wider 28mm PC lenses proved themselves to be more versatile. Ths compl ns must be focused pe current electronic Nk PC-E ses ork vay. The aperture must aso be set marly with 2 separaterng to open the aperture fly to ad fous ‘Although they may rot have the tt mechanism these oder lenses can bought for less than atic ofthe price of new Nikkor PCE lenses, se wth the Photosniper tigger and shoulder support and thus renamed the Zent-ES, The tiger shoulder support connects to the camera andilens, anda linkage made that alos the ‘gun tigger to fire the camera's shuter Focusing 'Sacheved by movinga meta whee! a the front ofthe gun stock which ets you focus and support the lense eaung your ether hand fee to use the tigger, The aim ofthe Photosniper was to alow the 300mm lens to be more stabilised ven used handheld, but image ssabisaion stems naw make the system redundant. As the ens has an M42 fi itcan be wed via an adapter on sutable camera systems but the actual Photosnper attachment wlll fre the moctied “Zenit camera supped More of acurcsy than of practical se, the Zent Phat certany raise more than 2 fe eyebrons, and alam bel you use iemacty cenve wally, ever CANONS SOnim 1 OL USM lens the fastest AF optic for aninteschangeabie-ens camera Laurchedin 1989, thes row been dscontinucd and replaced wth tne 50mm f12 version, The cnignal is part of Canons L series of high-quality professional lenses, ands constructed of 11 elements rine grouns and weigrs neatly kg 2.21). Combinng a lxge aperture with a USM rotor mears the lens focuses extremely quick, ‘evenin low ight Despite its pis pons this ens it without its problems anc mary people consider the far cheaper EF SOmm 4 andi 8 USM lenses tobe sharper at most apertures. Lee the 50mm 10.95 opi the 11.0 ens has hel ts value and in many cases increased in real 358,700 yen which based on the in 1989, was around £1,522. The runatonalrches Gov ‘tarates tis igure to rouchly $2,300 toda, so the lens has done well to hold Its valve real termsCanon 50mm (/0.95 ONE OF the most coveted lenses of alltime ‘tignally desired as one of wo standard less fo the Canon 7 rangefinder camera Together with the ‘camera, the paring was know asthe‘ Canon Dream! Ithad the widest aperture setting of ary optic when i was ntroduced in 1961. Itonigally cost around 57/000 yen, whch, based onthe historical exchange ae, was around $160 or $60. Taking the average age and inflation into account, the ens i real WHILE 30077 ard 500mm teen miror lenses are fly corm th ‘examples ofthis type of ot thats greater reach, One of the more corrmon fs the Pentax SMC Reflex ,000mm 11 Weighing hefty 2349(5Ib andreary 25cm 10h) ong this es ifcut to rarchold, especialy ven het thas the equnaiet fl of ew of 1'500mm lens when used on any current Penax DSLR Even with r-carerastabisaton, handhodnos dict, and wth aed 11 ‘aperture ahigh-senstvty SO seting and bight Pentax SMC Reflex 1,000mm f/11 terms stil woth the same today, or peshaps more ‘aah, the ens was only ever made ofthe Canon 7 sens of rangefnder modes, though it can be comerted to fi Leia screuethvead or Memount cameras, Corwertng a 50mm 10.95 lens to do so wil reduce ts vale sight, butte lens wil become far more practical. As well a ting Leica cameras, the len can ao be used on compact system cameras ASECOND- HAND LENS THERE re 2 few things to look out for when buying a pre-owned lens, and mast of the checks can be made without having ‘meuntthe lens on a camera “Te most obvious § to examine the ens cements for marks and scratches. The rear element can be jst as susceptible to