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Please Review Camera Submission Guidelines Below

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  START HERE - CAMERA APPRAISAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 
  • We do not appraise the following:
        1) Digital, Aerial, Video or Movie cameras
        2) Slide or Movie Projectors
        3) Enlargers or Film Developing Equipment
        4) Light Meters or Similar Photographic Related Items
  • Required Camera Information:
        1) Manufacturer's Name
        2) Model Name
        3) Lens Name
        4) Shutter Name
        5) Camera Type
  • As a FREE service all Appraisals are limited to one item per day.
  • Multiple submissions will be deleted from the list.
  • Thank you for your cooperation - Gary

  OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN SUBMITTING A CAMERA FOR AN APPRAISAL

( NOTE: Items with Red Dot are the most important )
 
  • Manufacturers Name?  ( EX: Kodak, Ansco, Argus, Leica, etc )
  • Model Name?  ( EX: Argus C-3, Ansco Karomat, Leica IIIc, Kodak Medalist )
  • Size? ( EX: Overall dimensions - Height, Width, Depth )
  • Shape? ( EX: Square, Rectangular, etc. )
  • Exterior Color? ( EX: Black, Brown, Maroon, Green, etc. )
  • Exterior Covering? ( EX: Cloth, Leather, Paint )
  • Exterior Metal Finish? ( EX: Matte or Polished Chrome, Black Paint )
  • Camera Body Material? ( EX: Wood, Plastic, Metal )
  • Camera Types?  ( EX: Rangfinder, Twin Lens Reflex (TLR), Single Lens Reflex (SLR), Box, Folding Roll Film, Stereo )
  • Bellows? ( EX: Color of Bellows - Black or Colored )
  • Film Format? ( EX: 35mm, 120, 116, 620, Medium Format, Sheet Film, Glass Plates, etc. )
  • Lens Focal Lenght?  (EX: 50mm, 35mm, 75mm, etc)
  • Lens Name?  ( EX: anastigmat, cintar, nikor, etc. )
  • Serial No.'s? Outside of a few cameras serial no's are not important in identifing a camera's model name..
  • Shutter Name?  ( Don't submit the Shutter or Lens Name as the Model Name )
  • Country of Origin? ( EX: American, English, French, German, Japanese, etc. )

  ANSWERS TO COMMON CAMERA QUESTIONS

 
 

  CAMERA DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE

 
If you are not familar with common camera terminology we have typed ( see below ) a short but simple description of a basic, ordinary camera with all of the necessary pieces of information necessary for identifying this particular camera.

      Camera Description Example:

"I have a 50's Argus Argoflex 40 TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) that is made of brown plastic, uses 120 roll-film and is in excellent condition."

This example in one SENTENCE told us the Year Made, that it was made by Argus, the model name is Argoflex 40, it was a TLR camera, made of Plastic & the Color, uses 120 film and it's Condition. This example shows you that you don't have to know a lot about cameras to give us a brief desciption with a lot of information.