What have you just BOUGHT?

Yes, that one, inside there is a tiny screw (1.2mm flat) which adjusts the RF
Zorkis are quirky, I kept a Z4 with a shutter full of holes as paperweight
haha

well the Zorki #2 seller has issued a full refund so I've increased my budget and bought #3 at £78

the seller lists ALL the parameters ( viewfinder, optics etc ) are 100%. and a CLA -- so hoping I'll get a decent one this time.....

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haha

well the Zorki #2 seller has issued a full refund so I've increased my budget and bought #3 at £78

the seller lists ALL the parameters ( viewfinder, optics etc ) are 100%. and a CLA -- so hoping I'll get a decent one this time.....

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After trying the soviets, I decided to buy a Canon LTM camera
 
Whilst waiting to pick up a couple of Nikon pieces of glass I was bored so picked these up to mess with:

Sigma Multi Minitel YS 200/4 with interchangable mount and 2 focusing rings, could be fun!

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The more interesting for me is the SUN 24-40mm 3.5, same YS mount, both for £24 so cheap fun.

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I’ve been looking and dithering over motorcycle boots for a few weeks. My old Doc Martens 1914s are fine but they don’t have ankle protection etc like proper motorcycle boots. Anything that I liked was $400 CDN and up and I really didn’t want to go down that road, so to speak. But I didn’t want to buy cheaper boots only to find out that, well, they were cheap for a reason.

Enter eBay — a quick search for a pair of boots my size located in Canada led me to this pair of Gaerne waterproof leather boots. I rolled the dice and crossed my fingers as the indicated size 46/11/28.5J didn’t quite line up (46 is more like a 12, but 11 and 28.5J seemed to correspond). They arrived today and they’re a great fit. Big enough to accommodate a thicker pair of socks but not so big as to be too big. A Goldilocks fit indeed.

Price for all this Italian goodness? $102 CDN including tax and shipping. Molto bene Vincenzo, molto bene.

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Tamron Adaptall adapters for Topcon, Pentax KM and Pentax KA.

Kenko 58mm UV and PL filters

Qty. 5 - Energizer 357 1.5V silver oxide cells

Light jacket - Has an inside chest pocket with zipper closure for a pocket 35 camera.

Chris
 
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I just snagged a secondhand Panasonic 100-300mm II for less than half of street price. It equates to 200-600mm on full frame in a lens about the size of a Monster energy drink, and lighter to boot. Too bad this came up at the end of Australia's football season, but there will be track and field early next year, then we're back to football. I chose this as the 100-400mm in Panasonic and Olympus are a bit out of the budget right now, and this lens is considerably lighter, too. Eventually I will get either the Panasonic or Olympus 100-400, but this will absolutely do in the meantime.
Unfortunately, it looks like I'm going to return the 100-300. It's very, very soft at the long end, so much that I wonder if it is even acquiring focus accurately. Distant horizon images are soft as heck, with shapes but little detail. This is at f7.1-8, with a shutter speed of 1/800-1200. It seems better at mid distance and short distance, but that's not why I bought this lens. It's going to go back, and the money will go towards the Panasonic 100-400 after all. As time goes by, I'll upgrade from the G9 to the GH7 for the phase detection.
 
Delta 3200 and Delta 400 to feed my Horizon Perfekt. 10 of each, now in the freezer compartment. And a second SD Quattro because I really needed one, a combination of needing a dopamine hit, being addicted to foveon and Mamiya gear, and having a plan to shoot everything on this one in 21:9 and Teal and Orange for the foreseeable future. Another shelf/cupboard/bag queen then...
 
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