What have you just BOUGHT?

CharlesDAMorgan said:
A Leica III (serial no 124071 which should date it to 1933) with nickel Elmar 50mm F3.5. Bought from Red Dot Cameras in London, serviced 8 months ago and is as smooth as silk.

An exquisite camera, already half way through the roll in under a day!

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what a beautiful camera :)
 
Just received and tested a Moskva 5. Beautiful camera and great, sharp lens. To be honest, wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. It smell kinda musty though, so could do without that :)
 
200 sheets of old brovira speed paper in 30x40, seems to be not fogged. And a few record rapids.
And a hooker with three boobs.
Is there anyone reading thse or only posting?!
 
I bought one of the "As Is", for parts or repair, Olympus XA cameras that KEH has listed. $45 + 7 for shipping. They have 7 more XA or XA2 just like this -- in good cosmetic condition, except someone has wired the shutter button with a lead and jack to fire a flash. I'm really stumped about what the use-case was.

http://www.ebaystores.com/KEH-Camera-Outlet/_i.html?_nkw=olympus+xa&submit=Search&_sid=22689279

I'm betting the XA will be functional, and that I will succeed in taking off the top cover, and removing the lead. So far, I'm 4 for 4 at winning the KEH As-Is lottery: Canon T90, Pentax Auto 110, Nimslo 3D, and Stereo Realist. All of them work, after very minor fiddling.
 
I just bought a new old stock Holga 120N + fisheye lens for it. Both for around 5 bucks - less than the shipping! LOL...

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How Not To Pack A Scanner

How Not To Pack A Scanner

Especially not for shipping to the other side of the world.

HP G4050. So much for scanning my films...

this is AFTER the guy didn't post it until I complained... The box isn't even as big as the scanner! Do people not understand glass anymore?
 

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A Nikon F100, been dreaming about it for a while. Next up is buying a lens for it, guess I'll just go with the 50mm 1.8g.
Oh and a backup back for the sq-a, getting hard to find.

First post after lurking around for 10+ years!
 
markbakovic said:
Especially not for shipping to the other side of the world.

HP G4050. So much for scanning my films...

this is AFTER the guy didn't post it until I complained... The box isn't even as big as the scanner! Do people not understand glass anymore?
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Ouch! What are these people thinking, if they're thinking, at all.

I recently had to take back a Rebel film camera with lens sold on Ebay, as buyer claimed it was not as described. Not true. Anyway... rather than ship back in the box I had used, the camera was shipped in a USPS "padded" envelope (thin plastic, single layer of bubble wrap), with no additional protection. And, it survived!
 
wwfloyd said:
Ouch! What are these people thinking, if they're thinking, at all.

I recently had to take back a Rebel film camera with lens sold on Ebay, as buyer claimed it was not as described. Not true. Anyway... rather than ship back in the box I had used, the camera was shipped in a USPS "padded" envelope (thin plastic, single layer of bubble wrap), with no additional protection. And, it survived!
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See I wonder if just wrapping it in a plastic bin liner would have worked better: near identical protection but at least it tells the postal workers "careful, this one was packed by an idiot". Your camera might have benefited from feeling fragile...

@Jonne: Welcome! you lurked about as long as I did until just recently... Good luck with the F lenses!

@Pherdinand: Is yours a true triplet design, or is the one on (her) left actually a cemented doublet, making her more of a Tessar type?
 
markbakovic said:
See I wonder if just wrapping it in a plastic bin liner would have worked better: near identical protection but at least it tells the postal workers "careful, this one was packed by an idiot". Your camera might have benefited from feeling fragile...

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Good thought. Might be a factor.
 
wwfloyd said:
I bought one of the "As Is", for parts or repair, Olympus XA cameras that KEH has listed. $45 + 7 for shipping. They have 7 more XA or XA2 just like this -- in good cosmetic condition, except someone has wired the shutter button with a lead and jack to fire a flash. I'm really stumped about what the use-case was.

http://www.ebaystores.com/KEH-Camera-Outlet/_i.html?_nkw=olympus+xa&submit=Search&_sid=22689279

I'm betting the XA will be functional, and that I will succeed in taking off the top cover, and removing the lead. So far, I'm 4 for 4 at winning the KEH As-Is lottery: Canon T90, Pentax Auto 110, Nimslo 3D, and Stereo Realist. All of them work, after very minor fiddling.
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The camera arrived quickly, since I live in Georgia, where KEH is based. As I expected, the camera does work, and it is very clean, with hardly any indications of use.

I just watched 2 great YouTube videos on XA service, part of a larger set:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9z3759ifs8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COwOf6rFFY

It will take a little more disassembly than I expected, to get at the shutter button... so, I will work on it in a few days. In the second video, I can see exactly where the shutter button contacts are, to which the custom flash lead must be attached.
 
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