What have you just BOUGHT?

Two inop Nikonos III bodies (with 35mm lenses) for repair, one is already fixed. One of the 35mm lenses is perfect, the other was flooded, jammed and will become an adapter to use other lenses on the Nikonos. Sticking a Nikon lens mount in the donor lens barrel would probably be too easy, so I think I'm going to make the adapter Konica AR which will allow me to use most other SLR lenses made and all of the lenses I own.
As for other things purchased, I got this, straight from 1917...
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/hacking/OliverNo9.jpg.html

...which arrived in great shape and every function works, except the bell which is just an adjustment.

Phil Forrest
 
I just (re)bought a IIIg. A late model from 1959. This will be my 3rd (or 4th) in the past decade iirc. It came from Tamarkin (no affiliation) and I am more than pleased with the condition and price. Naturally one showed up in the classifieds just days after mine arrived...funny how it can be months & months without such a camera on RFF, and then...

Anyway, the IIIg is a camera that I cannot get away from (nor do I wish to). Previous sales were more about needing cash (and having several Canon screw mounts) than anything else.

But if there is one camera that just meshes with me as a photographer, the IIIg is it. None of the Canons do what this camera does for me. And I've had the greatest Leicas: M2, M3, M4, M6, IIIf, IIIc, and IIf--and they didn't either.

It comes down to the VF. Having well-defined corners to the bright-line frames and a view undisturbed-by-focusing tools--this is my compositional nirvana. I think I've learned my lesson and this will be the last time I (re)buy this camera
 
This week I bought a total of seven 110 kodak gold ultra films - 3 expired in 2002, and four in 2004 and one 110 "Foto processing" 200asa film which expired in 2000. All boxed, the 3 first-mentioned look like new.
 
A genuine Sony battery grip for the A7II. The $39 Powerexrta grip worked great until I added a Really Right Stuff L plate and the door would pop off every time I opened it. As a bonus, the tray from the cheap grip works in the Sony.
 
Just snagged a dozen glass plate holders with leather purses for my Goerz Vest Pocket Tenax. They were sitting right under my nose and once I realized what they were I grabbed them.

Now I just have to start using the camera!
 
Picked up a Welta Weltax at a flea market yesterday.
Somewhat uncommon combination with Stela shutter and Erisar lens.
Nothing particularly special about it, but it is in good condition.
Of course the 6x4.5 frame mask is missing.
 
I was recently GIVEN this Hasselblad 2000FC/M camera with A24 back, (metered) prism finder, waist-level finder and the almighty Planar 110mm f2 lens plus some accessories.

GREAT! JACKPOT!
But somehow I feel that this generous gift creates more problems for me than it solves.

The whole setup is in dire need of a CLA: the mirror sometimes does not come down again after firing the shutter, the shutter got jammed open once, only releasing (closing) when I changed the shutter speed, one of its titan foil curtains is crumpled (shutter seems tight and working nonetheless), lens needs a good internal cleaning (haze).

A CLA would be expensive I assume, if I can find someone in Europe who takes on these cameras at all. These cameras are rare and have a reputation of being difficult to service, so the journey might end there. And even if: it's money thrown at a camera that for lack of spare parts becomes a brick if the electronics go bad or the shutter quits/tears.

On the other hand the lens is one of the holy grails of medium format photography, so it would be great to shoot it. Sadly there do not seem to be any medium format systems that V-system lenses can be adapted to. And for my 35mm Nikons I have great native portrait lenses already.

So what to do? Sell as-is? Keep and have someone do a basic CLA to free up the mirror, then shoot it until it fails?

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This week I bought a Minolta 110 SLR MKII. I wasn't planning to, but the price at the time I started bidding was £16 and I ended up paying less than £35 inc postage. I've cleaned it and tested it, and it seems to be in good condition on the outside, and seems to working well enough.
 
lukx said:
I was recently GIVEN this Hasselblad 2000FC/M camera with A24 back, (metered) prism finder, waist-level finder and the almighty Planar 110mm f2 lens plus some accessories.

GREAT! JACKPOT!
But somehow I feel that this generous gift creates more problems for me than it solves.

The whole setup is in dire need of a CLA: the mirror sometimes does not come down again after firing the shutter, the shutter got jammed open once, only releasing (closing) when I changed the shutter speed, one of its titan foil curtains is crumpled (shutter seems tight and working nonetheless), lens needs a good internal cleaning (haze).

A CLA would be expensive I assume, if I can find someone in Europe who takes on these cameras at all. These cameras are rare and have a reputation of being difficult to service, so the journey might end there. And even if: it's money thrown at a camera that for lack of spare parts becomes a brick if the electronics go bad or the shutter quits/tears.

On the other hand the lens is one of the holy grails of medium format photography, so it would be great to shoot it. Sadly there do not seem to be any medium format systems that V-system lenses can be adapted to. And for my 35mm Nikons I have great native portrait lenses already.

So what to do? Sell as-is? Keep and have someone do a basic CLA to free up the mirror, then shoot it until it fails?

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You got the kit, including the one of the best lenses ever made for Hasselblad. Just fix it. BTW, the lens is an FE and not a V-system. While the V will mount on the 2000, the FE lenses won't work on the V. Also, that metered finder alone can run 500 Euros or more.
Someone was very generous to you.
 
Bought a "slow" Rectaflex and had to put a new curtain on it. The Xenon 50/2 I found had an aperture blade missing but that made no difference, it was the infinity adjustment that was a problem. Great for macro, I think that was the point, but stopped down infinity is fine in the sun. Wish I could hang the seller, figuratively, for missing parts but it was attaching the second curtain that took time. The inventor, Corsi, used a unique design.
 
I also bought a Kodak Retina from an ebay seller and got defrauded. The bellows was ripped from the body, the focus was immoveable.

At first, ebay ruled in my favor and I sent the camera back. After I dispatched it, they switched to rule in the seller's favor, and my appeal was finally overturned.

Stay away from ebay seller named misc_resale.

Sorry, I didn't know where to rant about this.
 
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This came today along with a number of lens adapters.

HUGE Shout out to CameraWest.

They had three GFX 50Rs for sale in their used department. I bought the cheapest one that was just the body, charger and two batteries. The camera arrived early this week and looked mint but the first card slot wouldn't hold the memory card in place. I contacted Ben through the chat feature and he quickly had a FedEx return label to me. I sent him a video of the broken card slot and he said the camera would have to go to Fuji for repair. Because of that delay he offered to ship me one of the other 50Rs once they got the broken one back. I asked about same accessories (2 batteries) and he told me to hang onto one of them. They received the broken camera yesterday and I asked if I could pay to upgrade to next day Fedex, Ben offered to split the cost with me.

The replacement camera arrived today. This one was listed at $600 more and came with the original box and all accessories. Mint condition and looks like it had 41 activations on the shutter.

Thanks CameraWest!

Shawn
 
Bought another 'pig-in-a-poke'. Some months ago I did just that and received and absolutely gorgeous Red Scale Elmar. This new purchase is a Contax iia with an f1:2 Sonnar. Currently 'in play' with FP4+ rated 200 asa. It joins my two Leica iiif. I blame this C-19 thing.
David.
 
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