What have you just BOUGHT?

[seany65]

I bought a metal 40.5mm lens hood for my minolta 110 zoom slr mk2 to use instead of the rubber hood that I have and a 40.5mm spacer ring to make the hood deeper. Dunno if it'll now cause a bit of vignetting, I'll have to see.

I also bought 5 cartridges of lomo 110 Orca 100 film.

 

[shawn]

Hasn't arrived yet but just purchased a Phocron XA.

Shawn

 

[ellisson]

Leica M3 winder lever to replace the standard one on an M4 camera. The M4 lever is awkward for me and does not have the solid, confident action of the one piece M3/MP winding lever.

 

[Harley75]

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Saw this on a well known auction site and decided to take a gamble.


The gamble paid off - after a simple CLA it is like new🙂

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[lxmike]

An AF Nikkor 50/1.8D for my F801. The 801 is very slow bu today's standards but very sturdy and reliable.🙂

 

[f.hayek]

Awaiting a Hasselblad 4/50 CFi FLE. Maybe not wide enough 😱 ??!?

 

[twvancamp]

27mm 2.8 for my XPro1

 

[CameraNutGuy]

Petri 7s, Petri auxiliary lenses and Petri filters. All like new in original boxes with Petri stamped silica packet.

 

[CameraNutGuy]

Saw this on a well known auction site and decided to take a gamble.


The gamble paid off - after a simple CLA it is like new🙂

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Nice example. I have one and love it!

 

[Vince Lupo]

I found this little (or big?) beauty on eBay this past week. A Kinnard tripod, made in about 1948. The pride of Milwaukee! Compact tripod (that weighs almost 3 lbs!) that extends to over 5ft tall. A great addition to my many camera bags!

The legs are made of spiral stainless steel -- it takes a bit of practice and time to elongate the legs, but once they're all opened and locked, it's a pretty sturdy unit. I tested it out with my Graflex 2x3 Pacemaker and it seemed to do pretty well. We'll see how it works out in the field.


Kinnard Tripod1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Kinnard Tripod2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Vinny and His New Tripod by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Try to disregard the Cicada carcasses 🙂

 

[Vince Lupo]

For gentlemanly birdwatching of course.

These little beauties just showed up -- a pair of C.P. Goerz 'Trieder' binoculars, 12x power. The serial number puts these binoculars at circa 1900! Pretty nice for 121 years-old.

I took the lenses apart and cleaned them, and now the view is pretty clear. The leather case needs a bit of help, and I ordered a length of saddle-coloured leather to remake the shoulder strap.

Cool thing is one of my old glass plate cameras is a Goerz Vest Pocket Tenax, so this is a nice pairing. Only problem is that the camera is much much newer -- 1910 🙂


Goerz Trieder1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Goerz Trieder2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[agentlossing]

I had mulled the idea of dropping money for a nice M4/3 body (like the EM1 II) but after browsing some shops over the weekend, I ended up with an EM5 classic and a 20mm f1.7 for under $300 all told. I'm happy to have the lens again, with a quite decent body to go with it.

 

[Rayt]

Sold a whole bunch of stuff including a very nice M3 DS, IIIf RDST, the 21mm Elmarit ASPH and got myself a 21mm Summilux. If I can only keep one lens then this is it.

 

[Doug]

...and got myself a 21mm Summilux. If I can only keep one lens then this is it.

Congratulations on that, it should be a honey of a lens if the crisp 24mm Summilux is any measure (despite some geometric distortion).

 

[Rayt]

Congratulations on that, it should be a honey of a lens if the crisp 24mm Summilux is any measure (despite some geometric distortion).

Here’s a shot from the second day I had it @1.4. Not disappointed. I cropped it to square on a whim and it does look like a digital Rolleiwide.

L1002498-1 by ray tai, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

I could not help myself. I listed a Canon 100mm f3.5 in black and chrome on my eBay watch list and in due course the seller offered me a substantial discount on his B.I.N. price. Lens lust over came me and I thought what the hell, why not? And I had not even been drinking! 🙂 Such a pretty little lens...............

I anticipate it arriving in the next day or so - DHL are expensive as delivery agents but they are unbelievably efficient - rapid as all get out and with updates on delivery status arriving perhaps at least twice per day. In three days it has gone from deliver to DHL in Japan to arrived in my home city in Australia. That is impressive considering that Japanese deliveries are normally fast in any event (often under 10 days).

I look forward with anticipation.

 

[Wouter2]

Yesterday ... a Rolleiflex 2.8F Xenotar white face with prism finder ... well used but cared for condition ... paid $150. Will arrive next friday. Miracles exist.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

Nikkor 200m f4 non-ai Mint. I do not need it but it was $13. Could not pass it up along with 11 33 rpm 70's rock albums for $6.

On another note just got back a roll of expired FOMAPAN that my wife shot with a Yashica as seen above. Outstanding quality. Will be using FOMA in the future.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

A Leica IIIf that I placed an opening bid on, without ever expecting to win. No one else bid, so now it's on its way to me at an absurdly low price. It looked mint in the pictures, and the seller says it's working perfectly, but we all know how that can go! It should arrive Saturday.... Fingers are crossed!

 

[Musashi1205]

As I’ve posted further up, my new x100v now with its proper outfit:

Ohne Titel by C R, auf Flickr