Unboxing 73lbs of mystery camera gear from Japan

I'm jealous, you bought half of Japan including my most wanted goodies ha ! btw that round plug cable is not serial but Super VHS I believe.

FUN-FUN-FUN :) :) :)

I bet those write-once sd cards are for law enforcement.

I plan to do the same thing, but with vintage Japanese woodworking tools.

Can I have something you don't want from the lot? :-P

What kind of keywords do you use to get these on Buyee?

that FA macro would be my pick. Also the MX to replace my k1000

About 6 years ago I was in Thailand and stopped by a strange warehouse shop that bought container loads of second hand stuff from Japan. They had shelves with hundreds of the top 35 mm cameras from 50 years ago. (Also some of the "gotta have" stereo gear from that same time frame.) Fast forward to a recent trip there and all the film craze stores that popped up, all the imported second hand stuff from Japan is drying up. There were more shuttered film camera shops than open ones, and the open ones were dumping stock at 30% to 50% off.

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Imagine all the things these bad boys have witnessed over the years.

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Wow, the Pentax 50mm 1.4 is an amazing lens. I have used it on film or adapted to Sony or Fuji and it's really sharp.

I'd imagine this was sold by a city police department in Japan from "old tech and equipment found in the basement" for funds. A lot of it makes sense with the special SD card camera for the DSLRs, the abudant amount of flashes and macro lenses, and the slide film scanner that hooks up to a monitor for the film side of it. Fun fact, slide film was used for forensic photography, better archival and easily/readily seen with a projector when needed in court or during an active investigation case.

I love how you immediately acknowledged the weird way of counting to seven 😂 thank you

Nice set of gear in the bundle, and of course some less good. The 28-70 F4 is not a bad lens at all, I have to get another one as mine had some beer accidentaly spilled on it (don't ask). But on my K-1 it produced nice images, if not outstanding. However a bit of PP they do come out really nice. Oh and it is so much smaller and lighter than my monster 24-70 F2.8. As for the 360 and 540 flash guns, they are brilliant! Finally those *ist bodies, the only pentax film bodies with the 11 point AF system that early DSLR's used, and not the 3 point one in earlier film bodies. Shame the shutter cog is so brittle.

Wow full of PENTAX😂

Can I buy

Importing used stuff from Japan is quite a business in my country (Thailand) by now. All imaginable stuff that can be imported including camera & related product. Some company do that as a HUGE job lot - thinking of a container box full of photo gear!

The fun part is that some place would have clearance sale at regular interval too. Sometimes it would be as much as 90% discount. So it's possible to get some decent glass or camera for flat price at only about $10 each. In some extreme case it would be sold BY WEIGHT - imagine getting 10 kg of all sorts of photo gear for only about $15 - how insane is that!😄

This seems like the entire old photography inventory of a police department or something.

Thats actually sick for chain of custody if the images on the SD card cant be removed once written. It holds everyone accountable

Damn, no wonder I cannot find any cheap camera purchases from Japan. 🤣

Any cameras from police department

I'm not thinking about details, but it would be interesting to hear if you break even, loose or make money on deals like this. Or if it's different from box to box.

In terms of quality, the MX is the star of the show here . They’re so nicely made . My very battle scarred black mx is my go to film SLR. Those MZ cameras are very plasticky but great backup cameras and they have lots of features and abilities and as you surely know you can mount all the lovely vintage K mount lenses on them.
I’m sure those of the K20W digital models that work will be cool for people to have .

And you have the Pentax Hammerhead flash - It was used for off camera flash. Quite rare - but can be used of every Pentax model - mostly seen on Pentax 6x7's

see you scored a MZ-5. I had an MZ-5n - Brilliant camera. I used mine for 10 years.

These are fun adventure. I actually left Iowa yesterday and am now in Japan.

Probably the reason why no one really jumped on it was the Pentax gear - not a lot of people line up to buy Pentax.
Don't get it why... personally love Pentax.

I've used Olympus Canon Minolta and Konica manual film slrs, but the best all mechanical manual film SLR of them all is the MX. Size, handling, features, reliability... Honestly I think it's the platonic ideal of the manual 35mm SLR.

The *ist was actually the smallest 35 mm autofocus camera body ever made. 🥰 I've shot with one before many a time and loved it. The best part is the little light show on the mode dial during the power on self test.

In trendy parts of Seoul, I sometimes see "old camera popup shops" filled with refurbished only point-and-shoots, camcorders and basic SLRs. I see prices ranging from US$80 to US$350. It's easy to imagine them outbidding you on bulk old cameras.

Cannot believe NO BUBBLE WRAP. Shutter shake not good….

Buyee has no shipping standards?

Approximately 90% of the world's population have absolutely no idea how much 73 lbs is. I'll assume it's a lot, since you made a video about it

sounds like a police department dumped all their gear

These are mesmerizing to watch!

Thank you for the Pentax video [Been waiting...lol]. You got me into Buyee. I have saved a boat load! Recently got three $200 priced cameras for only $100-$120. Couldn't believe I won. Lots are fun to bid on!

Wow ive had a hard time finding the film version of the Pentax *ist and you had two in your lot that’s amazing

Did you not pay for buyee's inspection service? I've ordered several times and never see anything so unprotected sent from them.

Didn't know that about the K20 W! I got one on buyee that was converted to IR. Have been loving that camera and all this time I've been thinking that the W means like water resistant or something.

You are much braver than I. I used to live buying gear from Japan, but I stopped years ago. Standards have really changed, I suddenly got a lot of damaged gear, fungus, misrepresented items, and more. Never again.

That Canon 28-70mm lens is actually surprisingly good. Adapt it to a mirrorless and test it out. Maybe even make a video. And be ready for your kids to think it sounds like a robot.

Whats the name of that auction? Buyee doesn't work in my country.

Are you sure that was a serial port on the film scanner ?
Looks like an svideo port to me

I travelled the world with that camera the Canon powershot a200 in 2004. I still have it and it’s 2 megapixel sensor. The biggest card at the time was 512mb.

The NIkon F80 was Nikon's last consumer-level film SLR and packs most of the features of the F100. It's the most advanced camera of its size class and you can get them for a bargain because everyone else is lusting after an F5, F6 or F100.

i will say it is kinda wild that they sponsored you and didn't even give you the extra protective packaging they offer :/

Thank you for this very entertaining, well made video. And thank you for giving me the pleasure of buying a huge lot of cameras without having to deal with the realities of it myself. (Believe me, I have already exceeded all reason in buying vintage cameras!). I hope you sell everything quickly and for good prices. As a note, you can request Buyee to add protective packaging -- they will wrap things up in bubble wrap -- to ensure safe shipping from Buyee's location to the US and the price is very reasonable.