Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Very nice. I have my strap attached the very same way. When I bought it, the previous owner had the strap attached to the upper and lower lugs on the opposite side! I have no idea how they were able to use the camera that way - the strap interferes too much - but I guess it works for some people.
Pentax 6x7 MLU with TTL prism and 105mm f2.4. Camera and finder are mint not even a mark on the bottom of the body, the lens is more of a user but glass is good. Think the prism is overexposing by about 2 stops and will be starting a test roll momentarily.
45/4 bouncing around the USPS trying to be delivered.
Shawn
wjlapier
Well-known
Retro-Grouch
Well-known
Always been one of my dream cameras. Hope it works out well for you!
stephen_lumsden
Well-known
A pentacon 29mm f2.8. I have a lydith already but have found I hate preset lenses.
Wenge
Registered User
i'm now renting Tri-Elmar 16-21, Lanthar CV 35/2, and Sony 16-35/4.
the CV am going to buy, then sell Leica 35/2 v3 which I don't want to do but the pics don't lie
the CV am going to buy, then sell Leica 35/2 v3 which I don't want to do but the pics don't lie
Wenge
Registered User
Sony 16-35 is only reliable imo at f/4 or f/5.6
Wenge
Registered User
and Tri Elmar is for M and not Sony imo, M10 it's exc
mrtoml
Mancunian
Some glycerol and distilled water to make my own ink base for mono carbon inkjet printing.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Yet another SRT -- 201 with 50/1.7 MD.
Kai-san
Filmwaster
I picked up a very nice looking 1939 Contax II with a 1938? Zeiss Sonnar 2/50 for a low price, but there are issues. One of them would require to replace the film winding unit according to a local repair guy. But Oleg says he can fix it without parts. It will be interesting to see, I will have to ship it in a covert manner to avoid him having to pay twenty thousand Euros to receive it. The lens has a dent to the filter ring, is there a way to rectify it and possibly enable me to mount a filter or hood? It has quite a lot of cleaning marks, so I will test it to see if it's worth spending money on.
Dean Cho
Member
A magnifying eyepiece -- Nikon DK-17M, that were previously discontinued and are now very hard to find at a reasonable price. I got one in like new condition with a new eyecup for $50, free shipping. The eyepiece has a magnification of 1.2x, but since it effectively increases both the horizontal and vertical size of the viewfinder image, the image is effectively 1.44x larger. This is perfect for my Nikon F6, as this is about as large as it can get while still allowing one to see all the viewfinder displays readily. Makes manual focusing much easier. Have another one for my Nikon d850 -- works great for this camera too. Shame Nikon discontinued this item as it works great and is of very high quality.
nparsons13
Well-known
A very nice AGFA Ambi Silette with the Color-Solinar 50/2.8. In time I plan to get the other lenses for it.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
20000€? Why? Unless he is on the Moon. What are the actual shipping costs? Is there some sort of “value added“ tax involved in this transaction? If so, I‘d like to what this value added is and who added it
Kai-san
Filmwaster
Believe it or not, such are the customs rules in Slovakia. Anything sent for repair will be put in a socalled "customs storage" and the recipient will have to pay €20000 in deposit to get it out of this storage. This has been confirmed to me by Oleg and another repair guy in Slovakia (Gejza Dunay). I have never experienced anything like this in other EU countries like Germany, Britain (when they were part of the EU) and The Netherlands. So this is most likely specific to Slovakia. The shipping cost to Slovakia from Norway is €30.20000€? Why? Unless he is on the Moon. What are the actual shipping costs? Is there some sort of “value added“ tax involved in this transaction? If so, I‘d like to what this value added is and who added it
Malcolm M
Well-known
There is a tool which supposedly opens out dented filter threads- here's Jack the Hat on the subject.
Pig Iron Lens Repair Vise Tool v2 to fix Damaged & Dented Camera Filter Threads | eBay
Pig Iron Lens Repair Tool v2. NOTE: This tool cannot be used to re-cut filter threads, it is for reforming and straightening the overall circular shape of the threaded area.
www.ebay.co.uk
Kai-san
Filmwaster
Thanks Malcolm, I will get one of those. For that price it's well worth having in the toolbox.There is a tool which supposedly opens out dented filter threads- here's Jack the Hat on the subject.
Pig Iron Lens Repair Vise Tool v2 to fix Damaged & Dented Camera Filter Threads | eBay
Pig Iron Lens Repair Tool v2. NOTE: This tool cannot be used to re-cut filter threads, it is for reforming and straightening the overall circular shape of the threaded area.www.ebay.co.uk
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Just be aware that these can damage filter threads -- I'm not sure how you can avoid that happening. Perhaps putting tape on the threads will help, though I've never found that particularly effective myself.
One tip -- get a hose clamp and tighten it down around the outside of the filter ring, to prevent the filter ring from being deformed outward as you tighten the vise tool.
Kai-san
Filmwaster
Good tip, I was a bit concerned too about damaging the filter ring on the opposite side. As for the threads I'll try to put a thick double sided tape in between.
Dogman
Mentor
I'm in love with the old Nikon 12 mp full frame sensor and I just took possession of a very nice Nikon D3. It was advertised as being in excellent condition and the price was right. It really does look nearly new. I just checked the shutter activation count and it's less than 3600 clicks. Nikon says the D3 should be able to handle 300,000. That should take me right on through til my ride to the mortuary.
Did I do good or not?
Did I do good or not?
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I think you did more than good