What have you just BOUGHT?

[Jbennett68]

Rolleikin for my 2.8D

 

[wrs1145]

I just bought my last camera, another Nikon FM black.

 

[yossi]

Just got another toy camera, a fat boy. KONICA Genba Kantoku 35WB.
A rugged camera originally built for construction Site Supervisor in Japan in 1994.


This version has a 35mm f3.5 lens (most likely a simple 3-elements design, not sure) and the name of the original owner 丸文水道is still encased on the top plate of the camera. Coolcat!

 

[Jbennett68]

Just got another toy camera, a fat boy. KONICA Genba Kantoku 35WB.
A rugged camera originally built for construction Site Supervisor in Japan in 1994.
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This version has a 35mm f3.5 lens (most likely a simple 3-elements design, not sure) and the name of the original owner 丸文水道is still encased on the top plate of the camera. Coolcat!

I read about those recently. Very cool. Love the little construction worker on top.

 

[shawn]

Just got another toy camera, a fat boy. KONICA Genba Kantoku 35WB.
A rugged camera originally built for construction Site Supervisor in Japan in 1994.
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This version has a 35mm f3.5 lens (most likely a simple 3-elements design, not sure) and the name of the original owner 丸文水道is still encased on the top plate of the camera. Coolcat!

NIce, I have the first version of the 28mm model of that Konica. Not sure about the lenses on the 35mm but mine uses a 8 element lens in it. I think they scaled back to 5 elements in the later 28mm versions.

 

[Rollin]

Each year I seem to be in a Christmas photo habit in Nov-Dec getting myself photo books and/or a lens. This year:
The Complete Nikon Rangefinder System by Robert Rotoloni
An Alternative History of Photography by Phillip Prodger which I heard about on this podcast
Nikon A Japanese History by Giulio Forti Unfortunately the translation/copy editing from Italian is horrendously bad
Cristobal Hara’s Spanish Colour 1985-2020 because I saw this video


1958 Nikkor Lenses sales brochure that I stumbled across one night being sold by a online vintage kitchen shop
1941 Kodak ad off eBay
And the bargain of the year for me, a user condition Sonnar - I love Sonnars - Leica 135mm/4 for $244 from UsedPhotoPro!

 

[Uncle Bill]

I went down a rabbit hole.....

 

[skopar steve]

wrs1145 you are just kidding yourself🙂

 

[webouser2]

On-line training for GIMP and Darktable. I am exploring ditching LightRoom and Photoshop.

 

[p.giannakis]

On-line training for GIMP and Darktable. I am exploring ditching LightRoom and Photoshop.

I only use GIMP. Ditched Photoshop 9 and never looked back.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

2 rolls Ektachrome E100 135-36
1 OP/TECH USA Digital D Soft Pouch, Micro - to fit Olympus XA series

1 used Pentax K10D body (2486 actuations, good CMOS) with battery+charger
1 Minolta NP-400 lithium battery
2 Sandisk 32 GB SDHC cards

1 refurbished 17.3" Windows 7 laptop - for use with my old scanners and old software

The Christmas presents I want are way too specific - so I buy them myself! 😉

Chris

 

[boojum]

On-line training for GIMP and Darktable. I am exploring ditching LightRoom and Photoshop.

I also am fond of GIMP. For RAW there is also "a branch of RawTherapee" that is quite nice, ART. Folks wiser than me have touted it. It is also free.

"ART is a fork of RawTherapee, designed as a simplified alternative with a cleaner interface and a focus on usability and automatic processing. It was developed by Alberto Griggio and is available as a free, open-source, cross-platform raw image processing program. ART differs from RawTherapee by restructuring the user interface and processing pipeline, removing some tools, adding new local editing tools with various masking modes, and including an automatic perspective correction tool borrowed from darktable. It also offers full support for Canon CR3 raw files, improved metadata handling via exiv2 and exiftool libraries, and the ability to store star ratings and color labels in XMP sidecar files. The current version is 1.23, released for Windows and Linux. ART's official website is https://art.pixls.us/, and its source code is hosted on Bitbucket at Bitbucket."

 

[yossi]

NIce, I have the first version of the 28mm model of that Konica. Not sure about the lenses on the 35mm but mine uses a 8 element lens in it. I think they scaled back to 5 elements in the later 28mm versions.

I test shot half a roll of Kodak Double-X with the Konica 35WB and found that its metering is accurate and its 35mm lens is pretty sharp and distortion free, and that is good enough. 3 elements or 4 doesn't really matter. Below is one test shot:

There is one issue though. I can see obvious horizontal scratch lines at the upper portion of every frame, probably due to the pressure plate or frame gate. I haven't figured out how to fix this issue yet. Other than this, I am quite pleased with this P&S camera.

Edited: I have found that it is indeed a 3-element-in-3-group lens, a Triplet; and the horizontal scratch lines can be easily removed in the latest LrC.

 

[Dogman]

I have now completed my Zeiss ZM collection with the purchase of the 50mm ƒ/1.5 C-Sonnar. The lens is out for delivery with FedEx right now.

I now have all my most used focal lengths covered--21 (both models), 25, 35 (both models), 50 (both models) and 85. In addition to these wonder lenses, I also have a selection of Voigtlanders from 15mm to 90mm. All of them work beautifully on adapters for the Nikon Z cameras I now use. Merry Christmas to me.

It is now time to take stock and sell off a bunch of cameras and lenses, something I've been promising my wife for a couple of years. She will like that. Merry Christmas to her. 🙂



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[p.giannakis]

There is one issue though. I can see obvious horizontal scratch lines at the upper portion of every frame

I usually run a fluffy cotton ball and if there is something rough, it shreds the cotton.

 

[Muggins]

I usually run a fluffy cotton ball and if there is something rough, it shreds the cotton.

That's not a bad trick. If I remember to check, these days if I have a camera with rollers in the film gate (mostly box cameras, tbh), I'll give them a polish as well - roughness of polishing medium depending on roughness of roller.

 

[Rollin]

I have now completed my Zeiss ZM collection with the purchase of the 50mm ƒ/1.5 C-Sonnar. The lens is out for delivery with FedEx right now.

I now have all my most used focal lengths covered--21 (both models), 25, 35 (both models), 50 (both models) and 85. In addition to these wonder lenses, I also have a selection of Voigtlanders from 15mm to 90mm. All of them work beautifully on adapters for the Nikon Z cameras I now use. Merry Christmas to me.

It is now time to take stock and sell off a bunch of cameras and lenses, something I've been promising my wife for a couple of years. She will like that. Merry Christmas to her. 🙂



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My favorite 50, I sold all the other ones.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

With Christmas just around the corner I just happened upon this when I checked C-list just now....

Leica M-P Typ 240 Titanium Set - photo/video - by owner - electronics sale - craigslist

Bought new and intended to be collector's item. Selling to free up funds for another creative project. Never opened other than at time of purchase and for taking these recent photos. #114 out of 333...

orangecounty.craigslist.org

I don't think my wife would approve of it as a gift for myself.

 

[kxl]

I'm waiting on delivery of an Insta360 Ace Pro 2.

I wanted an action camera that can take halfway decent stills and that I can use for B roll footage to supplement my Nikon Z6 iii (for lifestyle/documentaries/interviews).

 

[kxl]

I have now completed my Zeiss ZM collection with the purchase of the 50mm ƒ/1.5 C-Sonnar. The lens is out for delivery with FedEx right now.

I now have all my most used focal lengths covered--21 (both models), 25, 35 (both models), 50 (both models) and 85. In addition to these wonder lenses, I also have a selection of Voigtlanders from 15mm to 90mm. All of them work beautifully on adapters for the Nikon Z cameras I now use. Merry Christmas to me.

It is now time to take stock and sell off a bunch of cameras and lenses, something I've been promising my wife for a couple of years. She will like that. Merry Christmas to her. 🙂

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I've owned all of those ZM's, except for the 85mm (either one). I've sold all except for the 50mm Sonnar. It's basically a body cap for my Zeiss Ikon.

Which ZM 85 do you have?