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03-08-2018, 08:55 PM   #11866
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A box of legal size file folders and hanging folders for the file cabinet. Tax season starts soon ...

03-08-2018, 11:39 PM   #11867
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A pair of LG 32UD59 32" UHD 4K LCD monitors . Running them at 4K 60 in 10-bit using DisplayPort on my GTX 960 . And calibrated with my old Spyder 3 Pro.
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Just ordered Fotodiox Pro M645 - PK adapter from Adorama through Pentax Forum, so hope my account can be credited.

Hoping to locate a reasonably priced Mamiya 645 80mm f 1.9 full-frame use on my K-1. This lens apparently cannot be adapted to the Pentax 645 mount because of incompatible mount registry distance.
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Sort of photo related accessories arrived yesterday. A very lightweight (1kg/2lb), yet properly good 55L backpack (Bergans Helium 55), should work well with a padded camera insert. Also got a set of gaiters to make wading in the snow less cold and wet.

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I wish I had had some gaiters like those yesterday battling the foot of very heavy wet snow in my driveway. The pack is nice also.
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Bottom feeding yet again on evil-Bay ... starting price was 15€ with 8€ delivery ... I stalked it and bid towards the last minute. I was the only bidder and all arrived today.

Spotted this one mainly for the "bokeh" of the Fujinon 55/2.2 which I was searching for (and going to "de-tab" it) ... plus the F 35-70/3.5-4.5 was an added bonus ... both are good, but the bodies KO. The Zenit has a well used and as usual oily 44-2 ... body works because one cannot break a Zenit.

And the best part maybe the Auto Rikenon 35/2.8 with it's odd shaped aperture scheme. The Ricoh body is KO. This should be an experiment to use and I was quite surprised that Foto-Sandor in Germany wants 169€ for their copy of this lens !!! Is it really worth something like that ?!

Auto Rikenon 35mm 35 mm 1:2.8 2,8 Lens M42 M 42 Digital | eBay

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I like the IQ from my 50mm Rikenon, what kind of shape is it in? And why is the aperture strange? Put up a shot of it please.

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Just ordered a new cord for the block heater in the Tundra. The exterior plug on the current decided to almost catch fire, and it takes a while for the heater and defroster to get going now.

For computer stuff, bit the bullet and order an "Apple Magic Track Pad" -- the original not v 2 -- the original rates better for some reason, and was less money.

Also had an issue with PayPal on C$714.83 tires for an ATV. They put the payment through twice for the same invoice on the same day on sequential lines. On contacting them "We don't have a cancel button" even though the two charges were for the same invoice. The vendor, on the other hand, ran through a refund with an email notice from me that the "dispute" was nothing to do with them. They replied "PayPal made the error, but we DO have a cancel button". Now the refund is "pending" on my PayPal account. Cost me some bank charges for going into overdraft for a few days. I'll be following up with PayPal about this.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Jean Poitiers Quote
Bottom feeding yet again on evil-Bay ... starting price was 15€ with 8€ delivery ... I stalked it and bid towards the last minute. I was the only bidder and all arrived today.

Spotted this one mainly for the "bokeh" of the Fujinon 55/2.2 which I was searching for (and going to "de-tab" it) ... plus the F 35-70/3.5-4.5 was an added bonus ... both are good, but the bodies KO. The Zenit has a well used and as usual oily 44-2 ... body works because one cannot break a Zenit.

And the best part maybe the Auto Rikenon 35/2.8 with it's odd shaped aperture scheme. The Ricoh body is KO. This should be an experiment to use and I was quite surprised that Foto-Sandor in Germany wants 169€ for their copy of this lens !!! Is it really worth something like that ?!

Auto Rikenon 35mm 35 mm 1:2.8 2,8 Lens M42 M 42 Digital | eBay
I was looking on fleabay and came across a white K-s1 with a matching white lens. It is £135, has 1295 actuations and is pristine, bar a failed aperture block, but, conveniently, there is a replacement solenoid as part of the sale. I think there is a few quid to be made here if you are handy with a soldering iron
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pentax-k-s1-20-1MP-Digital-SLR-Camera-White-Kit-w...97.m4902.l9144

I was tempted but I really am too ham fisted to even consider it
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Portobello Road came up trumps - a VERY clean 50mm f1.8 AF Nikkor for £40, which I haggled down to £34. It's the older type of AF with the motor in the camera body, like Pentax, which means that (a) it's full-frame not APS-C and will work on 35mm or full-frame digital and (b) the lens still has manually settable aperture, both fairly desirable features. The down side is that AF won't work on a few recent and lower-end Nikon bodies. I think it's in slightly better condition than the one I already have, except that it's missing the rubber grip ring for manual focusing for some reason. Whatever, I'll get some test shots and see which is best, and sell the other one. REALLY annoyed that I paid £60 for the one I've got less than a year ago...

And got a nice job lot of lenses and converters on eBay for £25.50, which also included a Weston Master II and a nice ex-WW2 navigational computer (a specialised slide rule) which is destined for my own collection of weird scientific stuff.

later - already found a ring of rubber grip material the right diameter for the Nikon lens on a lens in the "job lot of crap no offer refused" box (current contends fourteen or fifteen faulty SLR bodies, mostly Minolta Dynax, various non-working flashguns, four very faulty lenses, etc.) which I'll probably try to sell a little later this year. I'm on holiday for a few days at the end of the month, don't want to list them until I get back. I'll probably offer say six of the nearly working Minolta bodies as a job lot, the real garbage can be one big buyer-collect box - I think that if I start for a penny someone will be mug enough to buy them at some price, if only to salvage the motors, prisms, and other fun stuff. And if it's only a penny they're still out of my flat...

more later - and there's a thread on the navigational computer here if anyone is curious
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?125826-Navigational-Computer-MKIII
The one I bought looks to be in much better condition, but I won't know for sure until I get it.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Cerebum Quote
I was looking on fleabay and came across a white K-s1 with a matching white lens. It is £135, has 1295 actuations and is pristine, bar a failed aperture block, but, conveniently, there is a replacement solenoid as part of the sale. I think there is a few quid to be made here if you are handy with a soldering iron
Pentax k-s1 20.1MP Digital SLR Camera - White (Kit w/ DA L 18-55mm Lens) | eBay

I was tempted but I really am too ham fisted to even consider it
I got one reportedly in that condition for $75, and it turns out the solenoid works only the LCD display is faulty. Fun little camera for less than the cost of a beater K1000.
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I am such an easy mark for K lenses and odd film-era accessories

K100/4 Bellows lens (hood,case,caps) and Auto Bellows M with box and papers (identical to the Auto Bellows K that I missed). I also own the Auto Extension Tube Set K, the Helicoid Extension Tube K, and the Macro Rail, so experimenting with the Bellows lens can take many forms (there is no focusing helicoid in a Bellows lens).

If you like this old stuff, watch @oneill in the Marketplace. Murray O’Neill Is a well-regarded wildlife tog, wrote an e-book on all the Pentax Bellows and Macro accessories - and he’s thinning the gear he acquired to write the book. Super nice guy to buy from.
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ZZZZzzzz got the Z, used with 6,500 shutter clicks, should be here in 3-4 days. Going to mount the 90mm on it first.
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A Peak Design Messenger Bag 13 in charcoal. It‘s just as long I can get the K1 with the 150-450mm together inside, but not to big for daily use.
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