[gaweidert]

For grins and giggles I got a Head 1080p Action Cam at Ollie's Outlet for $29.99. I am going to do one of two things with it. Take up base jumping, mountain biking, sky diving and get a wing suit to jump off mountains in Switzerland. Or I am just going to screw around with it.

Cute little thing.

[Cerebum]

Today I received a box from a purveyor of film stuff (Nik & Trick) containing
Bellini Hydrofen
ID-11
1ltr of Adofix,
Adoflow
A roll of Kodak vision 250D
A glass bottle for the ID-11
3 measuring syringes
An Amazon parcel contained a vacuum pump and stoppers for said glass bottle
And the last parcel contained my photobook review of 2021
I think that counts as a good haul

[BigMackCam]

Today I received a box from a purveyor of film stuff (Nik & Trick) containing
Bellini Hydrofen
ID-11
1ltr of Adofix,
Adoflow
A roll of Kodak vision 250D
A glass bottle for the ID-11
3 measuring syringes
An Amazon parcel contained a vacuum pump and stoppers for said glass bottle
And the last parcel contained my photobook review of 2021
I think that counts as a good haul

Who's been a busy lad?! Or rather, who's going to be busy

I've almost bought a few items individually from Nik & Trick, but their shipping prices have put me off. I guess it's better value when you buy several items from them in one go? They stock some great stuff, and appear to be genuine enthusiasts...

[BigMackCam]

For grins and giggles I got a Head 1080p Action Cam at Ollie's Outlet for $29.99. I am going to do one of two things with it. Take up base jumping, mountain biking, sky diving and get a wing suit to jump off mountains in Switzerland. Or I am just going to screw around with it.

You should set up a forum poll with those choices and go with the majority. My pre-vote is for the wing-suit and Swiss mountains...

[ChrisPlatt]

2 new oscillating table fans

I use these in the bedrooms, mainly to assist our small window air conditioners.

Despite regular cleaning and lubrication after several years the old ones have gotten rather noisy.
I will leave those in our building's e-waste recycling area with a note that they do still work.
Someone will adopt them and be pleased with their new free treasure find.

Chris

[lmd91343]

I was determined to try and get through 2022 without buying anything

I tried that so many times over so many years, this year I decided to take my mad money and get all the things to round out all my kits so that I stop haunting the for sale lists, eBay, sales at stores, and PF listings and stop wasting my time.

I got:
K3 III, when released
K1 II, like new, Map camera, Japan
K3 II, like new, Map camera, Japan, converted to IR 720nm
F 80-200, eBay
F 17-28 fisheye, eBay
DFA 28-105, resold
Sigma DG 24-135, resold
Sigma DG 24-60, kept- BEST ZOOM EVER
FA* 300 f4.5
FA 77 from PF member (edit add)
Samyang 20mm
Samyang 8mm
SMC Takumar 20mm and hood
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Irix Blackstone 11mm
Many filters

Now if I could only get that SMC Takumar 120mm f2.8

[carlb]

I tried that so many times over so many years, this year I decided to take my mad money and get all the things to round out all my kits so that I stop haunting the for sale lists, eBay, sales at stores, and PF listings and stop wasting my time.

I got:
K3 III, when released
K1 II, like new, Map camera, Japan
K3 II, like new, Map camera, Japan, converted to IR 720nm
F 80-200, eBay
F 17-28 fisheye, eBay
DFA 28-105, resold
Sigma DG 24-135, resold
Sigma DG 24-60, kept- BEST ZOOM EVER
FA* 300 f4.5
Samyang 20mm
Samyang 8mm
SMC Takumar 20mm and hood
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Irix Blackstone 11mm
Many filters

Now if I could only get that SMC Takumar 120mm f2.8

That is quite a haul Well done.

[Gary H Perth]

I tried that so many times over so many years, this year I decided to take my mad money and get all the things to round out all my kits so that I stop haunting the for sale lists, eBay, sales at stores, and PF listings and stop wasting my time.

I got:
K3 III, when released
K1 II, like new, Map camera, Japan
K3 II, like new, Map camera, Japan, converted to IR 720nm
F 80-200, eBay
F 17-28 fisheye, eBay
DFA 28-105, resold
Sigma DG 24-135, resold
Sigma DG 24-60, kept- BEST ZOOM EVER
FA* 300 f4.5
Samyang 20mm
Samyang 8mm
SMC Takumar 20mm and hood
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Irix Blackstone 11mm
Many filters

Now if I could only get that SMC Takumar 120mm f2.8

Agreed - the Sigma 24-60 is unexpectedly magnificent. I parted with mine to get the 16-85 for my K70. Now I have a K1, I think it would be a perfect general purpose zoom, although my Sigma 28-105 UC III is very very good.

[gaweidert]

Well a box arrived from Amazon yesterday. I am building my own solar generator. Less expensive than the "Store bought" units and easy to repair and failed components. I will be using a LiFePO4 battery so more recharging recycles than most of them too. When done I will be able to charge the batter from solar panels I already have or from a wall outlet. Package included:

- Rich Solar 20A MPPT solar charge controller.

- Giandel 600W pure sine wave inverter.

- A fuse block.

Next month a 50A battery and power supply to charge the battery from an outlet. I already have the solar panels to do the job that way. I will probably install it all in a plastic milk crate for portability and wire the charge controller so that I can use it to charge the batteries in my caravan/rv trailer too.


Will Prowse on Youtube has a video of the one he made. Big fan of that young whippersnapper.

[Gary H Perth]

Could not resist a very small tele zoom for my K1. Pentax-F 70-200mm, not the smc version, that I picked up yesterday.

I went for a walk around the lake this morning, caught a Night Heron and a Spoonbill.

[D1N0]

I had Zenmarket bundle me four lenses. (they do it for free unlike Buyee) Arrived today.

SMC Pentax-A 35-70 3.5-4.5 turns out to be broken. Rear element is rattling in the body and aperture lever is bent. Hopefully I can fix it.






SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm 1:4
This one looks OK but not to sure about the heavy wear on the front of the focus ring (edit: It's the filter ring that's missing. ground or broken off). It may be decentered. I also wonder what the lenscap for this one is. A regular 49mm won't fit (nor will a 49mm filter) (wel that mystery is also solved. There is supposed to be a 58mm filter thread. No more.)





SMC Pentax-m 28mm 1:2.8

A pretty common one but didn't have it yet. It looks fine even though sold a junk. There was fungus but just on the skylight filter on the other lens that was sold with it (next one after this).




The last one came with the 28mm so I had no choice but to buy it too. SMC Pentax 200mm 1:4. Front element bit dirty but have since cleaned it. I think it won't reach infinity because it seems to extend further than the copy I already own, but perhaps Pentax changed it a bit.





Edit: The 35-70/35-45 is fixed. You can screw out the plastic rear plate. Lens and fixing tube came out so I could just put the lens in the rear plate and screw tube onto it to fix it and screw it all back. I wonder if it is a lens at all. Looks pretty flat to me, or I was lucky not reversing it.


close up shot with it at 70mm macro:

[stevebrot]

A package arrived yesterday from Adorama that I truly thought I would never see. Several months ago, Pentax announced EOL for the O-GPS1 unit for hot-shoe mounted GPS and Astrotracer function on selected Pentax dSLR cameras. Six months went by and O-GPS1 stock began to disappear from the usual online vendors' stock. On a whim this last November 11, I checked out Adorama and noticed that they were offering them as backordered at the regular price of $196.95 USD. I figured there was no harm in seeing whether they might be able fulfill and since the O-GPS-2 was probably a year or more away, it may have some value if it ever shows.

A quick look with Google this evening and it is possible that I may be able to double my money or more*. Who would have known.


Steve

* Amazon wants $700+ for new from Japan.

[D1N0]

A package arrived yesterday from Adorama that I truly thought I would never see. Several months ago, Pentax announced EOL for the O-GPS1 unit for hot-shoe mounted GPS and Astrotracer function on selected Pentax dSLR cameras. Six months went by and O-GPS1 stock began to disappear from the usual online vendors' stock. On a whim this last November 11, I checked out Adorama and noticed that they were offering them as backordered at the regular price of $196.95 USD. I figured there was no harm in seeing whether they might be able fulfill and since the O-GPS-2 was probably a year or more away, it may have some value if it ever shows.

A quick look with Google this evening and it is possible that I may be able to double my money or more*. Who would have known.


Steve

* Amazon wants $700+ for new from Japan.

A dedicated K-70 for Astro work is rumoured. They will hardly be able to sell that with no astro -tracer available.

K-70 dedicated to astrophotography (question n°12):

• Features: The imaging system is 10 times more sensitive to the H-alpha spectral line than the standard model.
• Restrictions: Not for daytime use.
• Price: ¥150,000 (tax included) [twice the price of the standard model]
• Release date: 2022 or later

The O-GPS 1 is quite old now. Surely a more compact unit would be possible

[pepperberry farm]

SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm 1:4
This one looks OK but not to sure about the heavy wear on the front of the focus ring (edit: It's the filter ring that's missing. ground or broken off). It may be decentered. I also wonder what the lenscap for this one is. A regular 49mm won't fit (nor will a 49mm filter) (wel that mystery is also solved. There is supposed to be a 58mm filter thread. No more.)

I had the same lens with similar damage - missing the entire filter ring; I ended up epoxying a step-up ring just inside of the filter ring used to be and used that for lens hood, holding the cap, etc....

[stevebrot]

A dedicated K-70 for Astro work is rumoured. They will hardly be able to sell that with no astro -tracer available.



The O-GPS 1 is quite old now. Surely a more compact unit would be possible

One would think so, on both points. The addition of AW seals on the O-GPS2 is a huge improvement. A little smaller form factor and provision for external power would be great too.


Steve