Hi everyone. I’ve been in self-imposed exile for awhile dealing with a few personal issues. Things have been resolved and everything is now fine.
So I’m back. For my first post in 2010 here are a few things I picked up over 2009. The uber-coolest gear is the kit at the bottom, and partly what makes it so cool is the incredible price!
Number 1) Firstly the Pentax stuff. Here's a pristine Takumar 135mm/f3.5 with matching 2x teleconverter from Tamron. The T/C is not something I see very often. Cases, caps and lens hood included. Price: $20.
Wow, those old Taks are nice, the manual focus feel is so buttery smooth.
Number 2) Next up is a K1000 with 50mm/f2. And look here… a Vivitar 28mm/f2, made by Komine. Price: free.
Number 3) Whoa Nelly! What’s this? It is a mouth watering crème de la crème of thrift store finds, that's what!
- Rolleiflex SL35
- Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.8 Planar
- Carl Zeiss 135mm f4 Tele-Tessar
- Matching flash
The camera body and both lenses are the very highly regarded versions made in Germany. The flash is made in Singapore. Price: a smoking hot $15 for camera + lenses + accessories. The flash cost an additional 50 cents.
The Rollei and lenses work
perfectly. All the seals have been maintained and the light meter is fully functional. The flash also works. I ran a roll of cheap black & white film and everything turned out just fine and dandy and peachy. Here are a couple of snaps, taken wide open.
And
don’t anyone tell little laker about this 'cuz I bought the Rollei kit from a thrift store just down the road from where he lives!
Last edited by tranq78; 01-09-2010 at 12:43 AM.
Reason: My computer probably had a mapping error. Can now link photos properly.