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03-15-2022, 08:20 AM   #856
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QuoteOriginally posted by que es tu Quote
I traded in my DA 50 f1.8 and DA 35 f2.4 for a DFA 100 f2.8 macro (non-WR). I only used those 2 lenses on 2 occasions over the past 4 years, so I decided it was time to let them go and get a macro lens. Still waiting on delivery, but it should be fun!
I'm sure you'll like the macro as much as I like mine.

03-15-2022, 09:16 AM   #857
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I'm sure you'll like the macro as much as I like mine.
I hope so. I have been playing with a Canon 500d close up filter, but wanted a dedicated macro lens. The DFA gets good reviews. I was sorry to see my 35 and 50 go, but not using them seemed like a waste, whereas I like taking close up and macro shots with the close up filter, I figured I will use the 100mm more, plus it can double as a portrait lens!!
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Posted off a Nikon F801S the other day which I originally bought for the 28-70mm lens on it. I sold it for what I paid for it so I effectively paid postage (around €7) for the lens.

My DAL 50mm f/1.8 has gone now that I have replaced it with the F 50/1.7. It's a shame as I liked the lens but I doubt I'd have used it any more. Met up with the guy and he insisted I include the neoprene pouch I'd transported it in, which I agreed to but it has annoyed me a lot. Obviously just a cheapskate as he carries his K-50 around in a sheet of bubble-wrap.
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After several months posted on Mercari and PF Marketplace, my Domke J-1 Journalist bag is on its way to California. Sold on Mercari.

04-18-2022, 06:33 AM - 2 Likes   #860
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My DA 20-40mm Limited is winging it's way to a new owner today. It's a shame, I did like it, it was nice to have a reasonably fast, good quality lens I could use in poor weather or on the beach. But I need to sell on a number of items in order to free up money for a new purchase. My K 55/1.8 will be going out tomorrow.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Jonathan Mac Quote
My DA 20-40mm Limited is winging it's way to a new owner today. It's a shame, I did like it, it was nice to have a reasonably fast, good quality lens I could use in poor weather or on the beach. But I need to sell on a number of items in order to free up money for a new purchase. My K 55/1.8 will be going out tomorrow.
After I purchased a GOOD copy of the HD 16-85 WR, the only thing I liked about the 20-40 LTD I owned was its size. I quickly sold it.
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After I purchased a GOOD copy of the HD 16-85 WR, the only thing I liked about the 20-40 LTD I owned was its size. I quickly sold it.
Yes, the 16-85mm is staying. I love the Limiteds but the 16-85mm is much more practical and despite not being a Limited or star series lens it's optics are superb.

My K 55mm f/1.8 was sent out to a new owner yesterday.

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I've sold my last FA Limited - the 31mm - to a local PF member who will pair it with his K-1 (that he also bought from me). He's happy with the purchase and even though the 31 is a great lens it just wasn't getting enough use with me. I've got nothing else left that I plan on selling.......at this stage..........although that might change.
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The 55mm f/2 Takumar is going off to a new owner tomorrow. I've kept the f/1.8 version.
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I've been purging some nonworking vintage cameras I tend to acquire at times. Selling them as a lot on the 'Bay seems to work extra fast. Even describing them as probably nonworking, offering 5-6 of them (fills a priority flat rate medium box) at around $60 has resulted in same-day sales a couple of times now. Not bad for pieces which are really only good for displays unless you really need to pull some parts from them or something, plus is cleans up my garage and cabinets!
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I let the Fuji experiment end for good, and will do very well with K-s2, eM1 and zs100. My F17-28 and primes bypass the defective solenoid until I find the will to do the surgery and let the A/DA lenses play along.
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I recently de-acquired a K20. Damn lens mount on the body tore right out. Anyone have any experience reinforcing stripped screw mounts that hold the lens mount ring to the body?
Maybe I'll try carefully filling the stripped screw mounts with super glue.
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Let go of 8 rolls of Konica Chrome R100 slide film recently. Was inspired by someone I follow on twitter, as he was letting go of some expired film he had he wasnt going to shoot, and would mail em out to whoever donated to a specific foodbank organization. Figured Id do the same since my film stash got way to big, & had the person donate to a sun bear rescue conservation for them.
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My Jessops 300TTL flash unit went to the council rubbish dump recycling centre earlier this week. Nothing wrong with it, mint and boxed condition in fact because I bought it (c1995) only as a back-up to my Pentax AF280T. It had old-style Auto and Pentax film-era TTL modes, but I've got too many other and better flash units.

It's been on and off Ebay for about 3 years. First for £5, just to find it a nice home. But an identical one right next to it went for £10 - one that was in poorer condition but sold by a "dealer" (why do people trust dealers more than private sellers? I don't).

So, because many people believe "you only get what you pay for", I raised the price to £10. I then got a "potential" buyer who maintained a stream of questions for about 2 weeks, all of which I was able to answer positively, but then I never heard from him again.

I considered Ebay again last week and saw that one had just been sold for £30! But from a "dealer" of course. That was the last straw, it went to the dump. Anyway, what stops me just calling myself a "dealer" on Ebay? Anything legal?

A final take from this is you are paradoxically less likely to sell if you ask too low a price because people assume it's rubbish. Either that or give it away for 99 pence which does not even pay for the wrapping.

/ Rant over

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