[IHS]

It is indeed...That shot looks familiar, only more festive with the Christmas tree and a much nicer lens. What type of battery pack is that?

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[Boris_Akunin]

I got this heap last week:


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First, the boring parts:


2x Minolta X-700


Tokina 35-105mm f/3.5-4.3



Soligor 2x TC with removable optics


Soligor C/D 28mm f/2.8


Makinon 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5


Travenar 135mm f/2.8


Hanimex 200mm f/4.5


And the interesting ones:



Minolta MD 200mm f/2.8
Tamron SP 26A 35-210mm f/3.5-4.2 (Adaptall-2)
Minolta MC 100mm f/2.5
Minolta MC 50mm f/1.4
Minolta MC 35mm f/1.8

[JuanEstrada]

Awesome Boris! I got the 35mm f1.8, but the previous model, the all metallic one. I traded it for the 45mm f2 and 5 bucks.

[Jonathan Mac]

That's a great haul. I have that Tokina 35-105 in K-mount and it's a pretty sharp lens.

[Boris_Akunin]

Awesome Boris! I got the 35mm f1.8, but the previous model, the all metallic one. I traded it for the 45mm f2 and 5 bucks.

That's a good deal you got there! It's a bit large for APS-C use (I prefer my MC 50/1.4 with the Lens Turbo) but I'm keeping it just in case I can ever afford a fullframe MILC. (Sony needs an affordable normal prime and a competitor to the Fuji 18-55, though)

on a Sony A7:


source: Artaphot.ch

That's a great haul. I have that Tokina 35-105 in K-mount and it's a pretty sharp lens.

That's good for the guy who just bought it... I don't like manual zooms (especially push/pull-zooms). I shouldn't have sold my MD35-70/3.5, though.
If it wasn't for the minimum focus distance (1.5m, the macro mode only works at 105mm), I might have kept the MD 35-105/3.5-4.5.
In terms of sharpness and contrast, some of the Minolta zooms are excellent (they tend to have rather strong distortion, though):

at 50mm (on APS-C):



source: Artaphot.ch

[LesDMess]

I got this heap last week:

source: Artaphot.ch

A very nice heap!

Nice reference too.

[Jean Poitiers]

A very nice heap!

Nice reference too.

Agreed ... and for the reference, too. J

[rob1234]

It is indeed...That shot looks familiar, only more festive with the Christmas tree and a much nicer lens. What type of battery pack is that?

Ha - nice set-up! Lens is el-cheapo DA35/2.4, but I find it works really well on film.

"Battery pack" is just a grip called "Grip Strap FDP" - quite rare I believe, mentioned here on Dimitrovi's page: Z-1p / PZ-1p

[Cuthbert]

Last purchase of the year:



It's though to find an A-1 or any other vintage Canon for the matter with the original case.

[IHS]

Ha - nice set-up! Lens is el-cheapo DA35/2.4, but I find it works really well on film.

"Battery pack" is just a grip called "Grip Strap FDP" - quite rare I believe, mentioned here on Dimitrovi's page: Z-1p / PZ-1p

Ah...Looks good! The search begins...Thanks.

[swamp boy]

It's though to find an A-1 or any other vintage Canon for the matter with the original case.

Very nice! Do you already have FD lenses and sibling Canons? The A-1 would be a great camera to own.

[Cuthbert]

Very nice! Do you already have FD lenses and sibling Canons? The A-1 would be a great camera to own.

Yes, although my FD system is not huge in comparison with my Pentax gear, I've a 50 mm f1.2, a 50mm f1.8 and two Makinon zooms...even if the last two are too heavy to be carried for "real" use.

The 1,8 is destined to this camera and will act as companion to my F1N, I was undecided between the A-1 and the T90, but in the end I got this one for a decent price, and I'm curious to try this very famous camera to see if it's at the height of its reputation.

[womble]

When I was a teenager I wanted the A1 because it had more modes than my ME Super with just manual and Av. Now I have a K-3 and what happens? I only use manual and Av... I think I probably wanted an amp that went to 11 too...

Cheers, Kris.

[wkraus]

Ah...Looks good! The search begins...Thanks.

I have the grip for my Z-1p and (while I must admit that I almost never use the Z-1p these days) it makes the body just perfect for my big hands. It actually has one extra function: it has a metal base plate that fits with an obscure quick release system that must be even more rare. And an unintended extra: it covers that part where the bottom plate of the Z-1p tends to break next to the battery door.

[drmoss_ca]

Here's my 645N, with 75/2.8. In the mail today arrived a 150-300/5.6 zoom (I have a 45/2.8 and the Macro 120/4 already).



Not shown, but in reserve for when I'm bored enough to photograph them, I have a K1000 that I bought new at Fox Talbot in the Tottenham Court Road in 1976, and an ME Super that replaced it sometime in the early 80's (and another ME Super that KEH sent me when mine went a bit wonky), along with my wife's SF-1 from the late 80's (yes, and a spare that KEH etc), my SF10 (ca. 1990) because I was jealous of hers but not willing to spend so much—and which I never use as it is DX speeds only—stupid! Also on the shelf is an Olympus Pen FT, two Nikon FM3a's, a Nikon F6, a Leica M7 and an MP. In medium format a Bessa III, Fuji GSW645, Fuji GA690III, Rolleiflex 2.8GX, Hasselblad 500c, and I have to confess to having a Graflex Crown Graphic on the way. Lenses? Don't start. I'm sick and I know it. Please don't ask about scanners...or my freezer that is dedicated to film, and don't ask about digital cameras either. I have given away, to deserving individuals, a Bronica RF645, Leica M5, Olympus OM-1 and OM-2n. (Alright, that irritated me enough to write that I went back to KEH and have another OM-2n on the way...) Before all these, I started with my brother's Olympus Trip 35, a 1960's Praktica Nova, then a Praktica LLC (or was it an LTL? Stop-down metering anyway) and a Rollei 35. Those cameras went by the wayside in part exchanges.

I wonder why the SF1 gets so little love? It's clunky and ugly and the autofocus is slow, but it takes a lovely picture fairly reliably. That's why I replaced my wife's failing example with a $25 KEH version earlier this year. I still enjoy it and it does things like this without trying:



Chris