Camera buying guides
A guide to each system worth collecting — what the range contains, how the models differ, and what each one actually fetches at UK auction. Every guide is built from the same sold-price records as the model pages it links to, so the figures in it are the figures on the site.
- Lens family guide Canon EF Lenses Canon's EF mount launched with the EOS system in 1987 and became one of the most widely produced lens families in photographic history. From affordable nifty-fifties to L-series professional glass, EF lenses remain in…
- Lens family guide Canon FD Lenses Canon's FD mount served the company's manual-focus SLR system from 1971 until the arrival of the autofocus EOS line in 1987. FD glass is prized today for its optical quality, build, and the bargain…
- Camera family guide Hasselblad V-System The Hasselblad V-system — the 500, 501, 503 and 555 medium-format bodies built around the iconic square 6x6 frame — is among the most revered camera systems ever made, famously carried to the Moon.…
- Camera family guide Nikon F-Series Cameras Nikon's professional F-series single-lens reflex cameras — from the landmark 1959 Nikon F through the F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6 — defined the working photojournalist's tool for half a century. Built to survive,…
What a guide is for
Model pages answer one question — what is this worth. A guide answers the question that comes before it: which model, out of a range that often ran to dozens, is the one you actually mean. Each guide sets a system out in order, says where the meaningful differences sit, and prices the range against itself so the gaps between models are visible.
The valuations are UK auction hammer results, collected and checked as described on our methodology page. They are the wholesale level reached in the saleroom, excluding buyer’s and seller’s commission; dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.