Camera gear for sale

[wellinghall]

I have made the great leap, from Olympus to Canon. Would anyone be interested in my old gear, before I put it on eBay?

E-620 four-thirds body
Zuiko 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 lens (24-120mm equivalent)
Zuiko 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens (140-600mm equivalent)
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens (60mm equivalent)
Sigma 135-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens (270-800mm equivalent)
Various filters, spare batteries, memory cards

Comments

[emperor]

I'm currently in the position of thinking I want to move from my film SLR (which now almost never gets used, because film) to digital, but am put off by the cost. Roughly how much are you looking for?
[I think the answer is going to be "no" anyway, but am at least somewhat interested in having a think about it, IYSWIM. But feel free just to ebay the lot :) ]

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Looking at prices for completed items on eBay, I think reasonable prices for an off-eBay sale would be:
E-620 four-thirds body: £150
Zuiko 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 lens: £250
Zuiko 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens: £150
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens: £80
Sigma 135-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens: £120

Let me know what you think.

[gurthaew.livejournal.com]

I moved from an Olympus OM1 to two Nikon FM2s because it was getting hard to find alternative lenses for Olympus from the likes of Tamron and Sigma. At least with the Nikon, there was a good selection of manual lenses available second hand.

I got a Samsung digital camera, I don't even remember the model number now, but it wasn't very good. Then, in 2007, I got an Olympus u800 pocket camera for a holiday in Northern Sweden. I found that I started using it everywhere and the Nikons stayed in the camera bag.

Since then I have swapped the Nikon FM2s for a Nikon D3100 that I use whenever I need to take better quality pictures than the Olympus is capable of.

I still use the u800, it went out skiing with me a couple of weeks ago. It's showing it's age, there's a few bumps and scratches on it and the rear display has a few missing pixels after I dropped it onto some tarmac.

I think the moral of this tale is (a) that I don't need any more cameras and (b) that using a pocket camera taught me many things about digital photography.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Ooh, look, I'm in the present!

Obviously I have an Olympus, thanks to your extreme kindness. Skordh was going to buy me a macro lens or similar, but we haven't got round to it (pertly not getting round to asking your advice!) In your opinion, are any of the bits you are selling things that would be a good addition to my camera and the 2 lenses it has? I'm sure I remember you recommending getting some kind of filter - a daylight filter? - that could live on the lens fairly permanently?

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

..."partly", not pertly!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I was wondering what that meant!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ooh, look, I'm in the present!

!!!

Once I have recovered from the shock, I might be able to reply to your comment ... ;-)

Can you remind me what lenses you have got already? Depending on your answer:
- the 12-60 will give you more range / better quality
- the 70-300 will bring distant objects closer / let you photograph birds etc
- the 135-400 will bring distant objects a *lot* closer / let you photograph far-off (or small) birds etc
- the 30mm has a very large aperture, letting you photograph things in the dark, or give you a very narrow depth of field.

The body may give you slightly better image quality, and would give more features, than your current one.

I largely use filters to protect my lenses - if one gets scratched / broken, it is easier / cheaper to replace. I have several, although I am not sure which (if any) would fit your lenses.

If you ever find yourself running out of battery / memory*, then a spare battery / card might be useful.

*You know what I mean.

Happy to talk further, here, by email, or by phone.