What have you just BOUGHT?

Very late serial # Pentax K-5 IIs with 4510 shutter clicks. Also like new Pentax DA21 limited lens to go with it, and a Pentax K to M42 adapter to allow me to use some of my vintage Mamiya and Soviet lenses. While I will still be using the vintage cameras and lenses I own, it will be nice to experiment a bit with digital and immediate results.
This should be a fun year and this will allow me to ignore the news a bit.

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A Lee wide angle 82mm filter ring for the Lee 100 system so I can use my filters with my Fuji GF 20-35mm lens. I am hoping there will be no vignetting...
 
I bought an as-is parts body Canon 7 for peanuts. I was able to bring it back to life. Everything seems to work now even the meter. I've had one before but my esoteric inclinations lead me elsewhere.
This is a beautiful and well engineered camera. It does not get nearly the praise it should.
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You can run 35mm film through that Yashica. I have yet to do it in mine but have made the adaptations. Hopefully soon!

Keep us posted on your adaptation. I’ll check out YouTube too. I’ve also checked B&H, Freestyle, and Blue Moon for 127 emulsions. Rera 400 BW is $14, comparable to buying 35mm Kodak Ultra at my handy Walgreens; add $10 to scan at Nice Film Club, and that’s affordable for a camera I last used regularly in the 1970s.
 
Keep us posted on your adaptation. I’ll check out YouTube too. I’ve also checked B&H, Freestyle, and Blue Moon for 127 emulsions. Rera 400 BW is $14, comparable to buying 35mm Kodak Ultra at my handy Walgreens; add $10 to scan at Nice Film Club, and that’s affordable for a camera I last used regularly in the 1970s.

Not sure if you've seen these but maybe an option if you are going to use it a lot, there are DIY ones around but this is nicely done.

Made: FCK127: make your own 127 film

DIY: 120-to-127 Film Slitter by rodsmith
 
Keep us posted on your adaptation. I’ll check out YouTube too. I’ve also checked B&H, Freestyle, and Blue Moon for 127 emulsions. Rera 400 BW is $14, comparable to buying 35mm Kodak Ultra at my handy Walgreens; add $10 to scan at Nice Film Club, and that’s affordable for a camera I last used regularly in the 1970s.
Amazon has the Shanghai GP3 in 127 for less than $60 for five rolls, in case you don't mind giving them money. :)
 
Thanks. Don‘t know about the nomenclatura, but the IB is essentially a iiic/C without the rangefinder. Its finder only shows the frame for the 50mm lens.
 
Yes, the IB is scale focus rather than RF.
Somewhere there must exist a good book on the Kodak Retina RF series cameras...

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