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by Aloha 2135 days ago
200 dollars, for an AE-1? I remember when those were selling for 20 dollars.
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They’ve gone from being so old they’re crap to being so old that they’re cool again. All the sweet deals now are on 90s camera equipment.

The autofocus versions of the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens are competitive or cheaper compared to the manual focus ones even though they have identical optical formulas and the manual focus ones are almost guaranteed to need an expensive professional overhaul at this point.