simps
newbie
Reged: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1
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Hi Guys
apologies for being a newbie, both to the forum and to "serious" photography both...
I have inherited a mint condition F2AS from a deceased uncle, it appears he bought it new in 1977 and hid it from his wife whilst using an FG(?)
The question is.. do I sell it (and where) and use the funds to buy a decent digital set up, or do I soldier on with film?
Thanks
Simon
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
Posts: 9477
Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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Aperture Photographic have a couple listed at around £350-390 but thats retail so private or trade in is going to be less (trade in especially). The F2AS is a fine camera but even so resale values do seem to have taken a hit.
If it were mine I'd just keep it and use it - but then I'm very poor at getting rid of kit... 
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Nigel
Completely BSRIPN 
ElSid Gallery
A camera in the hand is more fun than one in the cupboard........
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Ethelred the Ill-Named
Reged: 26/09/2006
Posts: 2343
Loc: Nottingham
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Good digital of today will pass through obsolesce to obsolete to rubbish within 3 years. Digital progress is rapid. Good obsolete film gear will become classic and is probably actually appreciating in value if it is near mint.
I suggest that you keep the F2AS. If it is in pristine condition then use it very carefully, but do use it and savour the experience.
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TimF
Senior Member
Reged: 30/07/2001
Posts: 16484
Loc: Herts/Beds border
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Definitely keep it. If nothing else it'll be a wonderful thing to use for a change from a modern all-singing, all-dancing thingy. 
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Tim BSRIPN
You see something happening and you bang away at it. Either you get what you saw or you get something else--and whichever is better you print. - Garry Winogrand
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colin343
enthusiast
Reged: 17/05/2006
Posts: 266
Loc: glasgow
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KEEP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im going back to film , well side by side with digi..
its a great camera you have..
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John_K
addict
Reged: 03/09/2006
Posts: 575
Loc: North Yorks
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Don't use it carefully. Thrash it mercilessly again and again. It will just keep coming back for more. The F2 series of cameras were by any standards timeless, really well constructed and the nearest thing to un-burstable. Absolutely magnificent machines. It will be 30+ years old now so will benefit from a service and a general check over. The metering head will probably need calibrating anyway, and these ones don't have the same problems as the earlier ones fitted to the original 'F' models The cost will repay itself time and time again.
Have fun.
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