[synicalx]

> not going around and inflating the price of the other vintage camera stuff I want to buy.

I don't think I've ever seen the vintage camera market this inflated, stuff that would have been <$50-100 5 years ago is going for $400+ and that's if you can even find stock of it. Even film has skyrocketed in price, despite more of it being produced now than any other time in the last decade or two.

[mullingitover]

It's somewhat encouraging that there's more of an interest and that it's driving prices up. It means there's less chance that film will die completely as a consumer product. You can still afford some professional grade gear that's in excellent condition for peanuts, as long as what you're after isn't particularly trendy. I paid about a hundred bucks for a Canon Elan 7 that's in perfect working order and works with all my modern EF mount lenses and flashes. That's about the price of shooting and developing four rolls of film! Just stay away from the rangefinders and you're generally fine.