Originally posted by eddie1960 i got a superb 50 1.4 tak on potobello for a fiver a few years back on vacation
My best there was a manual focus Zeiss T* Planar 50mm 1:1.4 with Nikon chip on another stall - for a tenner! It had a small scratch on the rear element, but I was still able to sell it for £100+
And last November I picked up a huge lot of gear from someone else who wanted to close down for the day - an Optomax 500mm f8 T-mount lens, an Optomax 300mm f5.6 M42 auto aperture, Hanimex 28mm f2.8 M42, a Cherry-Phago 2x converter, and a dead Praktica body, all for £15.
But these are VERY exceptional - most of the dealers there are badly overpriced, especially at the Kensington end of the market.
No photographic bargains today, I was at an SF con, but I did pick up a small wheeled case on the way home - I'm going to be flying to Dublin later this year and Ryanair charge more for checked luggage than for the actual flight, so I needed a bag that falls within the Ryanair definition of carry-on luggage. Won't be flying until August, but I have a couple of weekend conventions before then, and it'll give me a chance to see how much I can get into the thing without going over the airline's limits.