Sometimes bargain photography involves thinking that’s just plain wrong.

As any cheap photographer knows, eBay is a great place to pick up secondhand photography gear. But while bargains can be had in digital camera accessories, it’s often more difficult to find a deal on lenses, cameras and flashes. Unlike other types of photography equipment, these pieces of kit hold their value a lot better. What’s a bargain photographer to do?

Fortunately, most people don’t have the most acute sense of spelling in the world, especially when they are typing quickly. It’s easy for the eager eBay seller to errantly mistake “Canon” for “Cannon” or “Nikon” for “Nikkon” in their hurry to unload their photography equipment. The result? A lot of photography auctions that never make it in to the results most eBay shoppers ever see. And that’s where you, the bargain photographer, step in.

Below are links to search for all the most common eBay misspellings for the most-common photography goods. Don’t expect to escape with something for nothing - these photography auctions still get bids. But often times you can pick up some bargain photography equipment for 10-20 percent less than what a typical auction ends at. And that can still be a big difference, especially on a lens that typically runs a few thousand dollars.

Here are the links to search for photography misspellings by brand name. The mistakes range from the easy-to-confuse to the truly bizarre (Really, who would mistake Nikon for Nikoon?). Get searching.

• Nikon
• Canon
• Olympus
• Sony
• Kodak
• Pentax
• Panasonic
• Minolta
• Leica
• Sigma
• Tamron
• Vivitar
• Sunpak
• Bogen

Any photography companies you think should be added? Leave me a comment and I’ll see that the list gets updated.

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