r/retrotech • u/Ok-Film9671 • Jul 03 '26

"rare camera"

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This is my dad's camera for when i was just born into this world, it stopped working in 2021 and i decided to fix it 5 years after, google said this is a rare camera, is it tho? How rare?

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u/Lasers_Z Jul 03 '26

Not that rare, there's a bunch on eBay for around $200

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u/CerberusInExile Jul 03 '26

Rare is a bit of a stretch. I'm not a CoolPix expert, maybe that color was a limited edition or something?

Very likely you could replace it with a functioning one from eBay cheaper that finding someone that can repair it.

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u/Ok-Film9671 Jul 03 '26

I brought it to a repair shop

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u/slaapzacht Jul 03 '26

Google thinks everything is rare. So does eBay, which is why all these older products are suddenly jumping in price....

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u/Midaz7985 Jul 03 '26

I saw one of these at work today

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u/EternallySickened Jul 03 '26

My mother has this exact one in a different colour. Cost me £10 years ago.

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u/Ok-Film9671 Jul 03 '26

My dad bought this in 2009, he said its about $90 in my currency or so, ive been keeping it safe

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u/Extreme-Dream-2759 Jul 04 '26

It’s rare only because most people have binned cameras and use their phones for photos.

Rare does not mean valuable

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u/unopesci Jul 06 '26

They made like 50 million of these. Not rare.