So, has anyone come across any hidden treasure lately?
Here I was, trying to save money for a film scanner, and guess what I had to contend with today? I was in the camera shop at Market Square in Victoria this afternoon, chatting up the owner, when I asked if he had anything in the 85-105mm varieties for my Spotmatic. Expecting the usual answer, I was shocked when he pulled out a SuperTakumar 85! It had been traded in all of three days prior to today, hadn't been inventoried yet or graded. The cosmetics weren't perfect (some light wear and a name), but the glass was super clean with barely any dust in it. I thought about it for twenty minutes while I checked out the rest of the Square, then came back in to get it, as I wasn't sure the chance would ever present itself again (I rarely see lenses outside of the 50, 55, 135, and 200 for Takumars on the Island, and had never seen an 85 in person before). So I'm stoked, as I now have a better lens for people shots and portraiture, I'm just going to have to wait a little longer for the scanner.
Got any stories?