[photolady95]

I picked this up in the Marketplace last week:





Now I have four cameras, can shoot most of my lenses without having to switch in the field.

[SSGGeezer]

I picked this up in the Marketplace last week:





Now I have four cameras, can shoot most of my lenses without having to switch in the field.

Now you just have to carry them all!

[Marcus Rowland]

well, I know I said I was going to give up on job lots, but the last one was so good that I decided to buy another from the same seller which arrived today, and it's even better! For £45 including delivery I got

Opteka 19-35 3.5-4.5 AF for Canon Eos - boxed with hood and filter - looks like it's EF, not EF-S, so works for 35mm as well as digital
Nikon F55 body with 28-100 AF
Canon new FD 35-105 f3.5
Canon new FD 50 f1.8
Canon T70 body
Pentax P30 body
Pentax SMC A 1:4 35-70, boxed
Pentax SMC A 1:1.7 50mm, boxed
Olympus trip 35
All working well and should be very profitable.

And (destined for a charity shop)
Two super 8 cameras, a camcorder charger with fittings for five different batteries, and a crap 35mm AF compact camera

[aurele]

Got 30's last month, and decided to make myself a decent gift : a K-1 with 11k actuations for a 1,100€. Perfect shaped.

Got it in the Pentax shop in Paris, held by a true lover that have a great collection of old lenses, even a 6x7 800mm f4 (17kg !) . Amazing shop !

I think i will have to let go the 16-50 i won't use much now.

[BigMackCam]

Nothing particularly interesting through the door lately... I'm waiting (and could be waiting some considerable time) for a couple of rarer Soviet lenses to become available.

However, I won a charity shop eBay auction the other day for a Zenit E and Helios-44-2. Not much to get excited about there, except that the lens looked like one of the earlier gloss black 44-2 models, and the auction photos - although not the best - showed it to be in nice condition. I already had a gloss black "zebra" model, but not an all-black, so that's why I bid.

The camera and lens (and case) arrived today. The camera is in very clean condition, though I haven't checked operation yet. The lens, however, looks almost unused... It's a 1972 model and there's not a single mark on it. The optical elements are also immaculate and unmarked... just a couple of tiny dust specs inside (which I won't bother cleaning), and one bubble in the glass of the second from front element - nothing that will affect IQ. Focus and diaphragm working smoothly, too. Unfortunately, there's some oil on the blades, so at some point I'll need to strip it and clean those.

A lovely example and something of a bargain

[UncleVanya]

Got 30's last month

I'm daft - having trouble reading this. Are you saying you turned 30? If so congrats and good self gift!

[edom31]

Now you just have to carry them all!

It'd be a good problem to have...

[WPRESTO]

even a 6x7 800mm f4 (17kg !)

They're probably holding that for someone who does candid street photography. Did Pentax originally offer an optional Honda Civic in lieu of a case for transport?

[aurele]

I'm daft - having trouble reading this. Are you saying you turned 30? If so congrats and good self gift!

Yes, i turned 30.I guess my english ain't perfect yet
I'm on what used to be the wrong side of the fence. Now 40 is the wrong side, and 30 ain't a bad side anymore.

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They're probably holding that for someone who does candid street photography. Did Pentax originally offer an optional Honda Civic in lieu of a case for transport?

Well the 6x7 attached to it, looked like small.
The case is around 7kg, and built like a tank. I was really amazed at the size of the lens. I was huge, and huge ain't a word strong enough.

[Jonathan Mac]

I picked this up in the Marketplace last week:



Now I have four cameras, can shoot most of my lenses without having to switch in the field.

Clearly you don't have enough lenses

[photolady95]

Clearly you don't have enough lenses

Clearly, but I have lenses I don't even use anymore after acquiring better ones. And I bought three others last month. A F 35-105mm and a FA 100-300mm silver version and one more, a Tamron adaptall 2, 28mm with P/KA mount.

[WPRESTO]

Saying "I have too many lenses" is like saying "I've eaten all the chocolate I need this lifetime." However, true confession, I tend to sell lenses I'm not using because I believe it's a crime they are not being used, so I want to pass them on to someone who will use them. Lenses I've sold recently; Tamron 400mm f4; Irix 15mm; Pentax 150-450mm.

[Marcus Rowland]

Something weird about the Opteka 19-35 I mentioned in a previous post; I always think of Opteka as selling relatively cheap lowest common denominator crap, but I went looking for reviews and am now fairly sure that it's identical to the Vivitar Series 1 and Cosina 19-35mm AF zooms. Same design down to the huge AF on the barrel, same ridiculously large filter, etc. etc. So now I'm wondering who actually makes them, and why Opteka are marketing a lens that seems to be aimed primarily at the 35mm niche. Anyone know?

[cyberjunkie]

Something weird about the Opteka 19-35 I mentioned in a previous post; I always think of Opteka as selling relatively cheap lowest common denominator crap, but I went looking for reviews and am now fairly sure that it's identical to the Vivitar Series 1 and Cosina 19-35mm AF zooms. Same design down to the huge AF on the barrel, same ridiculously large filter, etc. etc. So now I'm wondering who actually makes them, and why Opteka are marketing a lens that seems to be aimed primarily at the 35mm niche. Anyone know?

99% sure it's Cosina.
If there is a Cosina version, it's Cosina-made.
The only exception are a couple of old fifties, that (very likely) had Tomioka optics and Cosina barrel.

EDIT:
I have already written my answer to Rowland... so I take this chance to update the status of my low cost acquisitions.
Time of low budget, I concentrate on low cost lenses (which could give some positive surprise)
Here are my last findings:

Auto Makinon Multicoated f/3.3 200mm
joins the other two high speed lenses I already have, made by Makina Japan (Porst 1.8/135mm and Weltblick 1.8/35mm)


Auto Revuenon f/1.8 50mm
Tomioka-made



Kawakami Seiki RoLMAX f/3.5 135mm
made by the same company that made Kowanon/Kawanon lenses



Auto Revuenon f/3.5 135mm (with leatherette focusing ring)
very likely Tomioka-made


Soligor Auto f2.5 135mm
probably Sun-made


Sankyo Kohki Komura f/3.5 200mm
fortunately it cleaned up nicely




cheers

Paolo

[pepperberry farm]

Wow, that says quite a bit.

The image quality is great, 16MP is more than enough for pretty much anything if you think of it (unless you want to crop more than half the picture away), and the form factor is just great. Pretty comfortable while being also very small. I'm looking forward to running all my lenses through it

Oh, and it's WR too...

easy, pal... don't make me miss it too much...



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