What have you just BOUGHT?

A Canon G10 and a G9x, both silly cheep compared to going prices, pity the latter has no VF even the poor one on the G10/11 is better than nothing.
 
As a first trial into the alternative processes, I'm entering the kallitype expericences with some materials bought in Bostick & Sullivan: Revere Platinum cotton paper, a Kallitype printing kit and gold toning kit. I will begin with "small" 9x12cm amb 4x5 contact prints with an old Kodak printing frame that I have. If it goes well, I maybe will try to have a larger printing frame and also to make larger prints, like half frame or 13x18cm.
 
I bought a 49mm thread metal lens hood for my pentacon electric 50mm lens, to repalce the one that got severely dented when I dropped my PLC3 😱 in an art gallery in Manchester. The camera and lend are all good, it seems the hood took the fall and because it got dented nothing else happened.

Finally! Justification for buying metal lens hoods at last!
 
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I bought this combo (basically mint) for the lens but it turns out I am very impressed with the body too. I cleaned the viewfinder and it is nice and bright. The 35mm finder is huge. Meter still works and I was able to calibrate it while I had the top off. It was about a stop low.

Lens is beautiful. Very different from my other Canon 50mm LTMs.

Shawn
 
I just purchased a very nice ONA leather strap on sale for MP240 in chocolate brown. Am moving the Gordy's combo wrist/shoulder strap from MP240 to FujiX100F. The leather Gordy's uses is a bit narrow and works better on lighter cameras and the X100F is better suited to a wrist strap vice the MP240. And the Domke goes to the Nikon F.
 
shawn said:
Yes, I was really surprised by how solid it feels and how smooth it winds and shoots.

Shawn
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I purchased one on a whim to gift to a friend (who had the rangefinder itch). I spent the better part of an afternoon inspecting it and testing various functions. Let's just say it wasn't as easy to gift as I thought it would be. 😀
 
Welta Weltini (II), probably made in 1939 or even into early WW2, as it's production aparently continued up into 1941. Oddly enough, has a Compur Rapid shutter with a Steinheil Cassarit f2,8 50mm lens, a combination I have found in no catogue (ussual lenses with this camera are Tessars or Xenars, at most a Steinheil Cassar f2,9).



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I am awaiting the arrival of the following beauty - an Olympus OM 35-70mm f3.6. This little beauty is regarded as one of their sharpest and best short zooms. It has a constant maximum aperture. When I say "little" well it is an OM lens but for one of those lenses is not quite so little, weighing in at over 400 grams.

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I am awaiting the arrival of the following beauty - an Olympus OM 35-70mm f3.6. This little lens is regarded as one of their sharpest and best short zooms from that era. It has a constant maximum aperture. When I say "little" well it is an OM lens but for one of those lenses is not quite so little, weighing in at over 400 grams being packed solid with glassy goodness. But even so I felt that it would make a nice walk about lens on a Sony NEX 7.

I am beginning to feel the desire to try some more OM lenses on mirrorless cameras due to their relative small size and sound performance though I have to say I am not all that taken by their physical appearance which looks OK - but merely average. (Some lenses are pretty and some merely functional). While on the topic of new(ish) purchases I have also recently bought the 100mm f2.8 OM lens and found it is a nice performer which is particularly nice because it is tiny - being about the same size as most SLR 50mm lenses..... depicted below in a Sony A7 (not mine).

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In anticipation of a pending vacation

In anticipation of a pending vacation

Dear Board,


I bought 2 EZ-Share WI-FI cards and an SD to CF card adapter. I won't have internet access where I will be staying but will be visiting places with WI-FI.


A quick test proves that both cards work correctly and I can transfer pictures to my phone quickly.


I'll be able to share quick pictures without having to wait until I get home to transfer them all to my computer. We'll see how they work outside the comforts of home soon enough.


Regards,


Tim Murphy


Harrisburg, PA 🙂
 
peterm1 said:
I am awaiting the arrival of the following beauty - an Olympus OM 35-70mm f3.6. This little lens is regarded as one of their sharpest and best short zooms from that era. It has a constant maximum aperture. When I say "little" well it is an OM lens but for one of those lenses is not quite so little, weighing in at over 400 grams being packed solid with glassy goodness. But even so I felt that it would make a nice walk about lens on a Sony NEX 7.

I am beginning to feel the desire to try some more OM lenses on mirrorless cameras due to their relative small size and sound performance though I have to say I am not all that taken by their physical appearance which looks OK - but merely average. (Some lenses are pretty and some merely functional). While on the topic of new(ish) purchases I have also recently bought the 100mm f2.8 OM lens and found it is a nice performer which is particularly nice because it is tiny - being about the same size as most SLR 50mm lenses..... depicted below in a Sony A7 (not mine).

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I am waiting on the f4 version of this lens. I am going to slap it on my OM10 as a bummin around camera. I have always been a fan of the 2 touch zoom lenses. To me they are much nicer than the typical one touch.
 
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