The section on the Variations of 17.5mm and HIT type cameras has just
been updated at

http://www.submin.com/17.5mm

There are now instruction sheets available for 15 different cameras, 595
images on 332 web pages, more than 150 camera 'names', more than 1000
files and 56.6Mb in total.

For each camera listed there statistics on weight, dimension
specifications and results taken from Ebay over the past year to gauge
expected value and what may be obtainable.

If anyone can not access from the Internet, or prefers to have their own
copy please contact me off list and I can supply on a CD-ROM.

Under www.submin.com/forsale/ebay international is a link to the 17.5mm
menu of Ebay search hot keys.

http://www.submin.com/forsale/ebay/hit_menu.htm works under the
web-frame to display in the main page area the results of hot key
searches on Ebay for over 150 named HIT and 17.5mm type cameras. The
list also includes some price guide figures. There is no exact guide as,
for example, the Beauty
<http://search-desc.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResu
lt&ht=1&query2=beauty+taiyodo&search_option=1&minPrice=&maxPrice=&catego
ry0=625&srchdesc=y&exclude=&st=&SortProperty=MetaNewSort&maxRecordsPerPa
ge=100&region=0&available_to=3&worldlocation=locatedin&located_in=0&ebay
curr=999&submit=+Search+&siteid=3&query=beauty&shortcut=&ebaytag1code_tm
p=0&ebaytag1_tmp=ebayctry&ebaytag1code=0&ebaytag1=ebayctry&ebaytag12=eba
yreg&from=R6&currdisp=1> (Taiyodo) ($250) but on Ebay a couple of
bidders took that recently to over $400. Frequently cameras that
McKeown's lists as $24-40 from Camera Fairs go for $80 to $150 on Ebay.
Judge for yourself as dates and figures are given through out the
section.

Gerald





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