What have you just BOUGHT?

Leon C said:
A Nikkor 200mm f4 AI that has a little fungus in the rear glass so should be an easy clean and a Nikon D100 (To complete the D100/200/300 Trio ;) ) Not landed yet so pics to follow.
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Pic of the Lens, landed earlier and a little sad as they forgot to look hard enough, as it had a little oil on the blades, when the Ad clearly said it didn't....just more work! ho hum!

Still in nice condition though, a later AI one and cheap enough.

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rhl-oregon said:
I bought this SLX in order to have its charger and battery pack for my 6008i, which has been needing a battery pack rebuild for a year. So yesterday I was able to shoot some frames of Acros that has been in the film back all that time.

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As I wrote above, the twin of this SLX is available on eBay for $399.
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Be aware that the battery packs for the SLX and the 6008 are the same, but the internal fuses have a different rating. The later 6008 cameras draw more heavily on the battery to power the increased automation, so it's possible you may experience a blown fuse. I don't think you'll put the camera itself at risk, but I'm no expert on that sort of thing. Fuse replacement is very simple.
Now, the battery re-cell question: I've dealt several times with Eric Hiss at Rolleiflex USA, otherwise known as DW Photo. They are the last struggling incarnation, sort of, of the Rollei empire. Eric is incredibly knowledgeable about all Rolleis, and is a wonderful guy to talk to (he was very helpful in sourcing diopters for my Rollei finders). He offers a battery rebuild service for $118.00 which replaces the old cells with NiMH cells, which will also mean a new charger if your present battery has nicads. He sells those as well, but the proper chargers can also be found online. You can send your battery to be re-celled, or you can exchange it for one already rebuilt for a faster turnaround.
One thing about Eric: he just never gets to his email. If you need to contact him, phone at 415-513-7470 (San Francisco). He can answer any questions you have about both your old and new Rollei SLRs.
And one last warning about batteries: there is a seller on eBay from Montreal, mignon-1, who offers replacement 3-D printed battery packs containing lithium cells, sold with their own chargers. He specifies that they are useable with all Rolleis except the 6008. When I purchased my first Rollei, a 6006, its battery would barely hold a charge, so I purchased one of his. In all fairness, it worked fine, and his support was excellent. However, when I first contacted Eric to source some eyepiece diopters, I mentioned my use of mignon-1's battery. Eric told me to stop immediately and said that he had seen a number of cameras fried because of their use. Overall, he had no kind words for this seller! Nevertheless, mignon-1 has numerous enthusiastic reviews on his site. I decided not to take the risk, and had batteries for both my 6006 and 6001 done by Eric.
I do suspect that the simpler Rolleis like the SLX or 66006 may be OK with these batteries, but there's so much going on electronically in the later ones! I would avoid the risk altogether.
Hope this helps a bit!
 
rfaspen said:
Yes please do tell. I live in fear that my one and only will fade fast someday soon. Didn't shell out the unreasonable $$ when those batteries were more easily found.... So....
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I got it on Fred Miranda. Guy was selling a 240 and had two new batteries he bought earlier this year. I bought one of those for $172. Less than US retail but still a lot for a battery.Leica Amsterdam actually has them at a good price !40 euros but they aren't allowed to ship to US. I guess if you wanted to go shoot some street photos in the Red Light District you could kill two birds with one stone. :)
 
B + W 58mm linear polarizer

Brand new, $20 + postage on eBay

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Chris
 
New here, but a long time SLR user.
Stopped in at a thrift store yesterday and picked up a near perfect Canon GIII for all of $20.00 Just have to re-do the light seals which are on the way.
 
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex with Tessar 45mm f/2.8 and some Series VII (maybe?) filters, for $40.

See post in Zeiss area for more.

(Pics pending)
 
CP93 said:
Good price!
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Thanks and agree, it's nice for a 22yr old DSLR and all works fine, no sticky grips, a bit grubby when it landed but a 20 min clean sorted it out, came with Nikon battery, which fits other cameras here, so all good.

Needs a cover for the rear screen but no marks on it but that's just the way my head likes things.
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