Massive Camera Bargain Hunter here, massive deals if you are patience. I definetly need to make a similar video with some additional tips and tricks but drop 3 here: 1. "Lot" or "Combo" buys, especially if you can do them in person (to check everything is in order) are a great way to get items buy selling off the stuff you don't need. Example: My Nikon F5 cost me +$500 (yes I made money) as I got it with a lot of cameras and sold the other 4 in a week. 2. Mis-spellings / Alternative Spellings Often people will describe something (lack of knowelge) only one way or they don't know the mount etc. So for 99% of people searching for something it doesn't ping in their search engines. While search engines are getting smarter at the end of the day they still will arrange thing such that the closest matches pop on top and you might need to go a few pages down to find the items people have goofed. 3. Damaged Filter Rings / Front Elements Depends on your use case etc, but often always check front damaged lenses in case its JUST THE FILTER that is damaged, yeah... good times when you find that. Just be sure to add $5 for a decent set of lens clamp wrenches to get it off.

Also in this category, not misspellings per se but different spellings in different language markets. For Sony, Japan uses the "alpha symbol" in their listings ( e.g. α6000) while US uses "a6000" or "A6000" almost exclusively. Panasonic's model names differ by region, so make sure you're covering (for example) DMC-G85 / DMC-G80 / DMC-G81, which are all the same camera - and then you can play the game of "DCM-G80", "Pan*o*sonic G 85", "G800 Lumix", "G-85 Pannsonic" etc.

I gave up on this because it doesn’t seem very common nowadays but I guess I’ll try this again.

@@molybdnum thanks, for Fuji I can say about "X-T3" and "XT3" naming. Some people do not put dashes in the title.

I also tried and found some bargains using other language misspelling of Camera, e.g. Portugese Camara (quite a lot of Portugese speakers in Sydney). The 'Camera' titled deals are usually the best, especially if someone has a large-ish set that was gifted to them😂

I got my E-M5 for free since the seller didn't know the value of their Leica 25mm

What the hell are those prices lmaooo

@@snappy8k British pounds. If it helps I payed 500 + 500 Norwegian kroner 😂

Whaaat

Awesome deals mate, but hahahah, just scored a similar set of GH5, check my other comment... you might have made an even better one though, but I haven't priced the gimbals, microphone variable ND and 3 tripods yet to tell for sure 😂

I can so relate to your comment, my wife has no idea as to the value of my collection and I’m sure it will end up in a bin.

@@alangamble3236 ...aw bless...when you and me meet up in the afterlife we can have a chuckle as we say "if only they'd sold that on eBay they'd have made a fortune" 😲😁😁😜

Cex is not cheap but 2 year warranty is great

I find that MPB are getting far too greedy with their prices at the moment. Just recently there have been a few occasions where their prices were only just short of what you'd pay for a brand new one with a two year warranty if you look around. They are also generally dearer than the other retailers, a couple of which also give you a twelve month warranty on their secondhand gear. Because of these reasons MPB are no longer my go-to for used equipment.

I did exactly the same!! That's how I got my copy. I sold the gh3 and basically gor the lens for free 🎉🙌

Definitely NOT for beginners ! Tiny screws, flex cable & connectors, complex assemblies...

@@edwardfletcher7790 much more simple than you think but definitely high risk high reward kinda dill.

Ummm that sounds great but £500 isn't nothing to most people..

@edwardfletcher7790 I agree, but it was a classic person selling who was in a rush, who couldn't be bothered to sell it all individually. Their impatience meant that instead of getting £1,000 they only made £560. To my mind, I either got the 4 lenses for free (they are all boxed) or the camera for free. If I'd already got the lenses, I could sell them separately and end up with a free camera.

Thank you so much ☺️🙏

That's the same for "cheap" vintage lenses ! What was described like 30€ old soviet lenses by youtubers is now priced at no less than 100€...

@@Bbbbbb-zr2yg they are so full of it

Woah! That's epic

I’ve visited pawn shops in my area. No digital cameras for sale. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

A quid?!?!?! Omg you win haha 🏆

Oh, this has been winding me up SO MUCH recently! I won an auction yesterday in the last 5 seconds, but two people had been stupidly fighting it out and cranking the price up for four days leading up to it! And all for nothing (other than to increase the price for me, it seems! 😅)

​@@HughRaine I've had this happen a number of times. I guess people don't realize you can watch it or simply bookmark the page. Or, they like paying more or possibly helping the one auctioning the item, who knows?

You have no idea how much it warms my heart to know a sniper had the price hiked up on them. 😏​ @HughRaine

@@vermis8344 Just waiting isn't sniping. Using some service is. Again, why would you bid way beforehand?

​@Scott__C Exactly! I entered my bid myself just like anybody else. I enjoy the last few moments of an auction, even if I lose! It's a rush! So I would never use sniping sites. Weird he accused me of that without any info.

I agree. Honest and thorough.

this is my experience too; I recently purchased a Mamiya RB 250mm lens (BIG medium format lens) on eBay and had it arrived in Australia in under a week (~5 days) and was so well packed and presented I almost felt guilty about opening it, and in almost mint condition despite been described as "B" condition (I would have rated it as at least an A probably an A+)

I did! I love the size of the prints so much but it's a chonky boi!

Whoa! Bargain hunting trophy for you! 🏆 🙌

@@MicroFourNerds I’m also a cheapskate so I love me a bargain 😂

I have exactly the same problem with my EM10ii! Could you explain how did you make the fix? Or maybe you can point to a good description of the fix?

@@wj45I searched KZfaq for walkthrough videos and found quite a few. I don’t remember the exact video I watched unfortunately. It’s a bit fiddly and requires some soldering, but it’s ultimately a quite simple fix.

I would, yes, especially with companies like MPB where you can usually see the quality of the glass. Nine times out of ten with "good" condition lenses, it might mean a cosmetic scratch on the lens body, or scuffs on the lens mount, and the glass is usually fine 😁 always best to really check out the photos and descriptions though

Aww yes! I've always found the customer service to be so high from Japanese sellers

You can on certain models, but not others. gm1 yes, gf7 yes. Gh1, not unfortunately. Thankfully the menus have lots of easy to understand icons alongside the Japanese on the GH1 😂 The process was a bit fiddly for the gf7. It involved getting the camera into service mode, then extracting some sort of file with loads of numbers onto the sd card, then computer. Then replacing a specific sequence of 4 numbers in that document, and re-loading the file onto the camera. I found an old tutorial on an old forum, which led me to a video in Chinese that I followed lol I felt like a right hacking genius when I managed it 😅

​@@MicroFourNerdsI felt the same way back in 99' when I bought my first digital camera in Japan. A Kodak DC210, US$300 there but US$800 back in Australia. Flashed to English with a FW upgrade over serial cable ! LoL 😁👍

G9 for sure!