New year, new gear: 6 ways to get more money for your old cameras

Preparing a camera to be sold
(Image credit: Future)

Often at the turn of a new year, we look to make improvements and changes – whether that be in the way that we take photos, or what we take photos with. If you're looking to trade in your camera for a bigger, better, or simply newer one, there are a few ways to go about it.

Dedicated sites such as MPB (in the UK), and KEH.com (US) are great places to buy, sell and trade used camera equipment, while eBay can offer a bigger captive audience, but it's a less specialist approach.

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Dan Mold
Deputy Editor

Deputy Editor on PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, Dan also brings his technical wizardry and editing skills to Digital Camera World. He has been writing about all aspects of photography for over 10 years, having previously served as technical writer and technical editor for Practical Photography magazine, as well as Photoshop editor on Digital Photo

Dan is an Adobe-certified Photoshop guru, making him officially a beast at post-processing – so he’s the perfect person to share tips and tricks both in-camera and in post. Able to shoot all genres, Dan provides news, techniques and tutorials on everything from portraits and landscapes to macro and wildlife, helping photographers get the most out of their cameras, lenses, filters, lighting, tripods, and, of course, editing software.