All good advice. Not too many people know what to look for when purchasing a vintage used camera. I've been lucky so far. Every one of my vintage cameras work as advertised with the exception of the light meters in a couple of them.

Hey guys, we hope everyone is doing well with the quarantines (self-imposed or government imposed). This video is made to help all the people who consistently ask "how do I know whether this camera works". I struggled with this when I bought my first camera too, but was lucky and did not waste too much money before finding the cameras that I'm still using today. If you find it useful, please share with your friends who are looking to get into analog photography.

this will sound soooo dumb, but i bought an old film cam from a bazaar with the knowledge of a noob smartphone photographer and i missed the fact that it was missing the shutter curtain until i loaded a film and was already halfway through it thanks to your video 😂 thank you for saving me the disappointment of looking at developed photos of nothingness 🙏

rly helpful video! i recently had this sudden interest in film photography and decided to go ahead to purchase my 1st film camera. was thinking how should i even go about starting to test the camera to make sure it's in usable condition. it will break my heart if i ended up spending hundreds of dollars & a roll of film just to end up with an expensive paper weight hahah

Ain’t gonna lie, when I bought film for my “new” Minolta X-700, I immediately searched for test videos and this one was first, this video was very helpful and useful, big thanks, thanks as well for saving me 7€, cuz my Minolta has a dead shutter 😝

Thank you for this video, very well done! Have a wonderful day.

this is so cute and useful. i love your shirt as well.

The first thing my opinion, to check is the camera shutter!

Stuff I didn't know. Wow thanks 👍🏻

Thank you very much..for this helped me out a lot! I am just learning about these intricate vintage beauties. And PS...by the way, Your English is very good, You should be proud! I am guessing that your language of coarse is hard to learn, but so is English! Take care, best wishes.. And 2 thumbs up!👍👍😉🇨🇦

Thank you,this was very helpful 🙏

Thanks!

WOWOW this is so helpful!

I have a Vintage Pentax FZ 20 film camera, is has a little dust, but camera takes great negatives. It a autofocus.

THis is a fantastic video! Super well explained! Thank you!

thank you this was super helpful!

love the video! thanks for the insights

Do you think I can replace the black sponge thingy? I find it on my mom's old camera Canon Sureshot 38-60mm Zoom very rusty like.

Hey, this video was really helpful thanks. I can’t seem to find your video on checking second hand lenses though, is it in a specific playlist on your KZfaq account? Thanks

Pretty good guid thank you a lot :) but half the time i would not have understand you without subtile

Hey which one is better Pentax k1000 or Nikon fm. I'm gonna buy my first film camera 🙌. Please reply 😅.

Where’s that other video

best watching in speed 1.25

Where do you buy film camera ?

Re, self timer. Do you know anybody in the history of the World who has ever used a self-timer? No, me neither. It is not a function that needs to be checked.

camera is older than you??? aaah no not in my case . very judgemental comment ffs lol x

From the looks of it you're a fellow Singaporean, and though I've been shooting for a while I still found this video very informative! Do you guys have a social media?