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So, what have you blown your money on lately /p/?

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 06:33:43 No.3425159 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3425161 >>3425199 >>3425237 >>3425721 >>3429023 >>3429060 >>3429075 >>3431247

I've been on a bit of a spree in the last 30 days.
But I just keep finding deals that I said i wouldn't buy 'X' unless it is under 'Z' price. But then it happens. I have the money so should or shouldn't I?

What have you found lately that was just too good to pass up?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 06:36:48 No.3425161 Report

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>>3425159
Today I found a 70-200 2.8E FL ED VR with a Really Right Stuff foot for $1600
Used once.
Box and receipt with it from less than 60 days ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 06:39:30 No.3425162 Report

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Zeiss Ikon contessamat for $5 at a garage. I was really stoked but realized after buying that zeiss tax doesn't apply to it, sold for a very small profit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 12:32:39 No.3425199 Report

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>>3425159
>I have the money so should or shouldn't I?
Always buy more gear. It's what photography is all about.

>What have you found lately that was just too good to pass up?
Leica M9 for $1500. Then talked him down *more* to $1400. I had to pull cash out of savings and hope my paycheck was late, but goddamn. Those still go for like $2000-2500 on eBay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 12:51:45 No.3425202 Report

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I'll go shopping for a lighting setup at home this weekend

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 13:56:02 No.3425221 Report

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I'm going to buy a Canon SLR. Looking at EOS 1, 3, 30, 33, 50, 100. All apart from the 1 should be under £100 I think. I just play at photography really because my technical understanding is crap, but I reckon it will be loads of fun to have a bash at film again, and not too expensive because you can just get the prints developed and scanned, and then I'll print any decent ones on my Epson XP-960. Great purchase that, haven't used it enough but prints are truly stunning and up to A3.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 15:03:08 No.3425237 Report

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>>3425159
You shouldn't buy gear once you have enough, nad that means a camera with the lens it came with.

You want to actually invest in yourself, your education, your experience. You want to inspire yourself, get creative so what you are photographing is the priority.

When I saw Fire Woman by Bill Viola, I intuitively felt there was a huge depth behind the visuals. I got his book, 'knocking at an empty house' and was right.

It is entirely possible today, to imagine a visual and create it. You can save up, hire actors, models, sets, lights, anything, it is limitless in this time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 20:46:45 No.3425324 Report

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Got a sweet deal for a Sony AR7riii body and a 100-400 FE 100-400mm G Master super-telephoto zoom lens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 20:48:02 No.3425325 Report

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>>3425324
Sony A7riii*

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jan 2019 20:49:31 No.3425326 Report

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>>3425237
>You shouldn't buy gear once you have enough, nad that means a camera with the lens it came with.
Counterpoint: the world is currently a dumpster fire and we’re two minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock so you should do whatever makes you happy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Jan 2019 18:23:45 No.3425720 Report

Quoted By: >>3431523

>>3425221
Bought an EOS 33 + Tamron 28-80 on ebay. Got some Ektar 100 coming as well. I am more excited than I should be about going back to long obsolete technology. OTOH, scoring a very nice camera for £40 is a bargain I'd say.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Jan 2019 18:25:29 No.3425721 Report

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>>3425159
Well, I bought a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 since I am in need of a proper wide-angle for astro and other landscape stuff. Got it for fairly cheap as well, now I just need to pray it actually arrives.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 02 Feb 2019 15:25:37 No.3428648 Report

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Bought a Lowepro Fastpack 350 Bag for $15

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Feb 2019 16:32:28 No.3428676 Report

Quoted By: >>3428765 >>3429580

I was recently tempted to buy a Canon 5D mk IV for $2000, but I decided to back out.

Seems like a great camera, but I'm on a crop sensor now and have a few EF-S lenses.

I would rather wait for a decent mirrorless camera with an RF mount that can adapt old lenses as well as take new ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Feb 2019 16:34:10 No.3428679 Report

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>>3425221
I'd like the do the same thing

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Feb 2019 16:57:33 No.3428685 Report

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>>3428679
>>3425221
#metoo, as I have a few EF lenses and film is aesthetic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Feb 2019 21:04:38 No.3428765 Report

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>>3428676
smart move.
Canon "croppled" the video in that thing to save market share for the C line.

Also "croppled" is the new term for this bullshit game that camera companies want to play with the video modes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 05:59:36 No.3429023 Report

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>>3425159
I haven't done it yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a Nikon F3 my local shop has.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:02:40 No.3429027 Report

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>>3429023
i have one it's nice mang.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:04:10 No.3429028 Report

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>>3429027
200 and comes with the motorized film. I think I could get it down to 175 without it. Banged up a bit, but it's a trust worthy source with a return policy, and i really like the shop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:20:30 No.3429036 Report

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>>3429028
I bought mine with the motor grip and a 55mm 2.8 micro for $200, all in near mint condition two years ago.

From an old NYPD cop that bought it new at b&h.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:25:09 No.3429037 Report

Quoted By: >>3429040

>>3429036
is the motorized grip worth it? im not doing anything high speed with it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:27:04 No.3429039 Report

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>>3428648
Nice one

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:35:16 No.3429040 Report

Quoted By: >>3429042

>>3429037
I'd get it and sell it online if it's only a $25 difference.

I like the grip.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:38:49 No.3429042 Report

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>>3429040
wait these things are going for like a 100 bucks

i should just get the whole kit, and take the grip off, if i want to use it, i have it at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:41:45 No.3429043 Report

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>>3429042
that's what i said.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:48:14 No.3429045 Report

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>>3429043
yeah makes sense, in theory than im really only paying 100 bucks for the body. Thats a good deal right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 06:54:25 No.3429047 Report

Quoted By: >>3429051

>>3429045
yeah.
what do you have for glass?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 07:03:37 No.3429051 Report

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>>3429047
nothing, i have an canon dslr, but i want to start moving towards Nikon. Get a good general purpose lens for 50-100 bucks?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 07:17:38 No.3429055 Report

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>>3429051
>i want to start moving towards Nikon
lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 07:39:26 No.3429060 Report

Quoted By: >>3429083

>>3425159
Last camera I bought was a Nikon 35Ti at a thrift store for $7.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 10:07:56 No.3429075 Report

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>>3425159
I bought myself education. More precisely the last part of it, completing the last semester with pristine grades for my engineering BSc degree.
All costs paid, finishing without debt. It was a lot of hard work but in the end it all worth it.

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Anonymous Sun 03 Feb 2019 10:54:47 No.3429083 Report

Quoted By: >>3429577

Thrift store finds over the past month. Total expenditure, about $30.
Fuji seems brand new, things were all boxed and bagged, even had an unopened battery. Vivitar unfortunately has some battery leakage. Sekonic was the cheapest item in the lot.

>>3428648
Once found a brand new Fastpack 250 for $8. Someone broke into the car and stole it.

>>3429060
Nice. I found one similarly too, along with a Nikon Lite Touch AF on that visit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 06:17:13 No.3429577 Report

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>>3429083
I have that jvc. It's pretty good.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 06:20:42 No.3429578 Report

Quoted By: >>3429590

Fresh new N glass for my trip.
Realized I want to do some video and I don't own any VR lenses shorter than 200mm
$385
How'd I do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 06:27:59 No.3429580 Report

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>>3428676
I got my fastback 100 at goodwill for $7.50.
The straps were muddy but it washed up perfect.
It's my concert shooting bag now.
Room for a flash a body and 2 lenses is all I need.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 07:13:13 No.3429590 Report

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>>3429578
holy shit didn't mean to post the fullsize one.

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Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 10:47:15 No.3429658 Report

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>>3429577
Actually got two of them. Ordered extra batteries and chargers off eBay and they appear to work perfect. Though I need to see how well the "800x" and "200x" zoom is with the two.

Another purchase for today, Bogen monopod with Velbon ball head.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 11:03:00 No.3429662 Report

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$900 on a custom 4x5 range finder
$600 on a custom 6x12 pano camera

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 22:47:48 No.3429830 Report

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>>3428679
>>3428685
I picked up an EOS 33 on eBay for £40 in the end. Stuck a 50mm prime on and shot my first roll in Brighton at the weekend. Was fun. Using Ektar 100. Processor near me will process and scan and then put the scans on Dropbox which is cool.I Also have a 35-105 Canon lens on the way which I got for £30 and is supposed to be a good cheap old lens. All in all its quite fun. I will probably stump up the cash for a 5D at some point though because shooting with the 33 has convinced me the size is manageable and there were times when I just wanted to be able to fire off loads of shots just in case one turned out to be good, which obvs you can't do with film

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Feb 2019 22:49:21 No.3429831 Report

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>>3425721
Cool, interested in this too but looks like a massive learning curve

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Feb 2019 00:11:00 No.3430313 Report

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I just bought an X100. Decent price, from an online retailer with a good warranty - not the best "grade", but easily returned if it's too below standard.

Pledged to move on some more expensive kit that I'm not getting use out of so this can start getting some use as "the one you have with you" at all times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Feb 2019 00:18:16 No.3430315 Report

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My last gear purchase was some film chemicals and 120 film like 8 months ago. I still haven't set up a development setup in my new tiny apartment bathroom. The film is still in my freezer and I have undeveloped rolls from almost a year ago. I haven't been shooting digital in the meantime, either.

Send help. On the bright side at least I haven't bought a new camera or lens in like two years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 06:36:58 No.3431247 Report

Quoted By: >>3431529

>>3425159
I'm getting into real estate photography and I splurged on a gimbal.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 21:12:14 No.3431496 Report

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Picked up this f3 for 200 +the Md4 motor drive

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Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 22:11:53 No.3431520 Report

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>>3425221
I have the EOS 50 and EOS 100 (called Elan IIe and Elan in burger land)

the 100 is super quiet, quietest film camera I own. the eye focus thing in the 50 actually works fairly well once you calibrate it, not so much in portrait mode though.

the 1 and 3 get real money in the US, everything else can be had for $20 or less.

I actually shoot the original EOS 620 with the original 50mm f1.8 the most. simple, reliable, and just a great all around camera. the button layout is a little weird (it was 1987 after all) but fortunately, there's not many buttons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 22:18:02 No.3431523 Report

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>>3425720
>Tamron 28-80

not to piss in your cheerios, but that lens came with a 35mm camera I bought and I hate it.

I suppose it's fine for 4x6 prints, but I shot it for an afternoon on my 5D classic and when I imported those files into lightroom alongside shots from a 50mm prime they were soft, the colors were muted and the contrast was bad- even when shooting stopped down between 5.6 and 11. it also had kind of a gritty feel when zooming so maybe it's just mine. I understand that it was a very popular, inexpensive lens back in 35mm film days

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 22:24:49 No.3431529 Report

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>>3431247
this is big in my area and I got a part 107 study guide

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Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 22:28:54 No.3431533 Report

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I got a used TC-80N3 intervalometer for only $30 shipped so I can do some time lapses with my camera instead of my phone for a change.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Feb 2019 22:37:17 No.3431537 Report

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but I like it and use it

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