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BiNew for cameras and lenses

Sell or buy a used camera or lens, checked before anyone pays.

A clean body and shiny glass say little about shutter wear or fungus inside the lens. With BiNew, the seller brings the gear to iPoint in Hackensack, NJ, we inspect it, and the buyer reads our report before paying the seller.

Selling your camera or lens on Facebook Marketplace

Serious buyers ask about shutter count and fungus before they pay. Show your confidence in your gear instead.

  • A free iPoint line in your listing. It tells buyers the body or lens can be checked by a third party before they pay. It costs you nothing.
  • Sell beyond local pickup. Facebook Marketplace will not ship anything listed over $500 (Meta Seller Protection Policy), and many used full-frame bodies and pro lenses sell for more than that. Through BiNew, a photographer in any US state can buy it.
  • Paid before it leaves iPoint. Your gear is released only after you confirm the buyer's payment. No waiting for delivery or a platform payout.
  • No platform fee off your price. Facebook takes 10% of shipped orders (Meta Help), and other marketplaces charge their own selling fees. With BiNew the buyer pays for the inspection, and you keep the full price.

How used camera deals go wrong

A worn shutter behind a clean body

Most modern interchangeable-lens cameras are built for at least 100,000 actuations, and the rating is not a guarantee (Apotelyt). A body used for years of events can look nearly new, so "low shutter count" in a listing means little without a number you can check.

Fungus, haze and oily blades inside the lens

Lens problems live between the glass elements, where listing photos never reach. Fungus shows as fine threads or a web, haze as a soft fog, and oil on the aperture blades can make them slow or sticky. A bright light shows all three.

How to check a used camera before you buy

Bring a memory card you trust, a small flashlight and a lens you know works.

The camera body

  • Shutter count. Take a photo on your own card and read its EXIF data with a shutter count checker. Nikon, Pentax and Sony record the count in the image metadata for many models, Canon only for some, and Panasonic and Olympus or OM System keep it in firmware or hidden menus (Apotelyt). For those, ask the seller to show it in the menu.
  • Sensor. Shoot a plain wall at f/16 and view it at 100%. Dust shows as soft spots, a scratch as a sharp line on every frame.
  • Hot pixels. With the cap on, take a few seconds' exposure and zoom in. Bright colored dots are hot or stuck pixels.
  • Everything else. Every card slot, button and dial, the viewfinder, screen, ports and battery, and in-body stabilization if it has it.

How to check a used camera lens

  • Fungus and haze. Shine a flashlight through the lens from both ends. Threads, fog or spots that do not wipe off mean walk away.
  • Aperture blades. Stopped down, they should snap closed cleanly and look dry, with no oily shine.
  • Focus and stabilization. Autofocus should be quick and quiet from close to infinity, and stabilization steady with no rattling.
  • Rings, mount and serial. Rings turn smoothly with no zoom creep, the mount and contacts show no dents or corrosion, and the serial matches the box and receipt.

What the BiNew report covers for a camera or lens

  • Identity. Serial numbers of the body and lenses, matched to the box and the listing.
  • Shutter count. Where the body records one.
  • Sensor. Test frames checked for dust, scratches and hot pixels.
  • Body function. Shutter, autofocus, stabilization, card slots, viewfinder, screen, buttons, dials and ports.
  • Lens. Glass checked under light for fungus, haze and scratches, plus aperture, focus and zoom.
  • Battery. Charges and powers the camera.
  • Condition and contents. Photos of every side, and what is included compared with what the model shipped with.

The report describes the gear on the day we inspect it, and it stays with iPoint until handover.

How a BiNew camera deal works

  1. Agree on the deal anywhere, at your price.
  2. The buyer requests BiNew and pays the inspection fee up front.
  3. The seller brings the gear to iPoint by appointment. It stays with us.
  4. We inspect, test and photograph it and send the buyer a written report.
  5. The buyer pays the seller directly. iPoint never holds the buyer's money.
  6. Handover. Once the seller confirms the payment, we hand the gear over or ship it to any US state, with optional shipping insurance. If the deal does not close within a week, it goes back to the seller.

Drop-off in Hackensack, NJ, near NYC

Comparing a private sale with a used camera store in NYC? BiNew gives the private deal an independent check, just over the George Washington Bridge. Sellers drop gear off by appointment, and buyers can be anywhere in the US. Service area and directions.

Ask the seller to bring:

  • The body and every lens in the listing
  • All batteries and the charger
  • Body and lens caps, the hood, and the grip or strap if listed
  • The box and the receipt, if they still have them

Sell or buy a used camera with BiNew

Selling?

Show your confidence in your item.

Get the free iPoint line for your camera or lens listing and reach photographers in any state.

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Buying?

See it checked before you pay for it.

Have the shutter count, sensor and glass checked before you pay the seller.

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