I know nothing about cameras...
... but I keep buying them at 'antique' stores. Why? No idea, other than they're cool. So far, I have nine 'vintage' cameras, five of them bought just this weekend for a total of $75. That's a bargain! You may ask, "Do they work?" and I would answer, "No idea." Right now, they look good as a collection on a shelf. So your next question should be, "Do they work?" and I would answer, "Maybe?!? We'll see." I had a Brownie 127 when I was about 10-ish. I went to Buxton in Derbyshire, England, with my family, and we found either an antique shop or a photography shop, I'm not sure, and I was telling my Mum that 'this camera is cool', and she said that she'd owned one as a child, and proceeded to buy it for me. I used it for a while, then 'upgraded' it to other cameras, but by the time I was in my teens, I guess I lost interest. I want to find another Brownie 127, but I live in the USA, which will ...