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09-09-2018, 09:45 AM   #13801
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I haven't posted in a while because I had three job lots come in together and I'm actually overwhelmed with it all - some very good stuff e.g. a nice Nikon body and lens, Olympus OM10 and lens, Super Takumar 55/2, and so forth, a huge number of lenses of varying quality, and vast amounts of weird junk, e.g. a bakelite gizmo for sharpening razor blades that is probably worth something to bakelite collectors. I'm not going to try to keep track of it all here.

But today I had a fairly good car boot haul - a Minolta Maxxum 500si with 35-70 and 70-210 AF lenses for £20
Four Rolleicord filters for £3
A fuji digital camera (Forget the model, I only wanted it for the memory card) for £2

also
An apple bluetooth keyboard for £8
Two electronic labelling machines (Dymo and Brother PTouch) for £4
and 400g of Parmesan for £3

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QuoteOriginally posted by UncleVanya Quote
Those may offer more precision than smu's. Send a box to me and I will validate.
I see you are living in the USA. I am not sure if this kind-a-stuff will pass US customs...
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QuoteOriginally posted by yucafrita Quote
I see you are living in the USA. I am not sure if this kind-a-stuff will pass US customs...
There are importers that offer them.

nice
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QuoteOriginally posted by Racer X 69 Quote
There are importers that offer them.

:nice:
Great. So you could finish the metric job that Jimmy didnt.

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Svbony Red Dot Sight

I was reading in another forum about the new Olympus EE-1 red dot sight, and how some people use RDS's for shooting BIF or motor sports.

I wondered to myself if it would work well for the sports I shoot. I currently have a bad cataract in my right eye (being fixed in November ) which means I can't use the 'two eye' method to keep track the action outside of the viewfinder.

The EE-1 seemed rather expensive as a test at US$129, but I found a Svbony RDS on Amazon for CA$40, and it came with the attachment to mount it to the hot shoe. At that price I thought it'd be worth a try.

Today I got to try it out at a rugby match and was pleasantly surprised. For the test I used my K3 and DA*300mm mounted on a monopod. The AF settings I used were: AF-S, A-9 focus points, focus priority and medium hold. I disabled the AF button and used the half press on the shutter button to focus. I'd track the action and fire off a 4or 5 shot burst when the action seemed intense.

I shot 665 images, and according to 'exiftool' 664 were in focus ! Focus priority obviously works well in AF-S mode. Needless to say not all the images were of what I wanted. The frame on the RDS is approx. four times what you'd see in the viewfinder do I didn't always get the focus in exactly the right place, or the focus would be on someone on the edge of the action.

Next week I'll try it out at a soccer game and see what happens there. So far it seems like a good buy for CA$40.

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The hot shoe adapters have previously had poor alignment - too sloppy - but for what you are doing it seems to work.
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QuoteOriginally posted by UncleVanya Quote
The hot shoe adapters have previously had poor alignment - too sloppy - but for what you are doing it seems to work.
Yes, there is definitely some play in it. The screw which holds the hot shoe adapter to the rail needed to be cranked real tight (I might try some gorilla glue on it), and the hot shoe adapter itself seems to be a fraction small for the hot shoe. But, unless you knock it doesn't seem to move, and it was easy to recheck the alignment periodically.

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Got tired of trying to hand sew, truck needs custom seat covers so decided to give this a go.
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Got tired of trying to hand sew, truck needs custom seat covers so decided to give this a go.
Sewing is great. My mother taught me but I'm still not very good due to lack of practice. I sewed a few parachutes when I was flying more rockets.
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I’ve been stitching things up since junior high school.

Easy squeeze.

No pain, no stain.
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Awaiting Arrival Of a Manfroto Model # 694 CX Carbon Fiber Monopod I won On an Auction Site
$ 200 Retail Value I won It For $ 51 Dollars total including Shipping
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Well, I just won a vivitar 100mm f3.5 macro for £39. It is missing its 1:1 adapter but I can source the cosina variant for £20. Do I have a bargain? By all accounts it is the same as the FA 100mm. Thoughts? Is it worth buying the adapter?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Ex Finn. Quote
Got tired of trying to hand sew, truck needs custom seat covers so decided to give this a go.
That's a cute one. I have a machine. Do I use it much? Nope. Yet I keep on putting things off because I know I COULD take it out to make things rather than buying. Vicious cycle. lol
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Bought a 10" Galaxy Tab A for my truck. Had to do some plastic forming of the center console to make it fit with the USB cable attached. Snug fit for sure.
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That's a cute one. I have a machine. Do I use it much? Nope. Yet I keep on putting things off because I know I COULD take it out to make things rather than buying. Vicious cycle. lol
Its awesome, not planning to use it a lot thou so did not spent a ton of money.
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