The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

Tysonator · 25 May 2024 at 19:29

wez130 said:
Added a 3rd Godox AD200 to my kit / studio, as well as a new X3 trigger (cool little gadget!), also 2 more Godox S2 bowens mount adapters, another strip box and some acrylic bases for product photography

I have been tempted with a A200 for some time now !
Nice set up BTW

Scuzi · 28 May 2024 at 14:00

Took a punt on eBay. Sold as not working. Cleared some fur off the battery terminals and it works great. Could do with a clean as it has lived in a smokers house.

Derek W · 31 May 2024 at 20:26

@Scuzi take a look here https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Cleaning_and_restoring_vintage_cameras for some tips on cleaning older cameras so you don't damage the coverings or lens coatings. Also possibly not the third picture down on this blog :eek:

https://casualphotophile.com/2019/06/12/cleaning-storing-repairing-classic-film-cameras/

Scuzi · 31 May 2024 at 21:40

Very helpful, thank you. I have a light seal kit on the way. I began to clean it and soon discovered the light seals had mostly turned into a slimy mess.

Currently eyeing up a couple of Minolta X500/700 locally for pocket change……

Derek W · 31 May 2024 at 21:45

Scuzi said:
Very helpful, thank you. I have a light seal kit on the way. I began to clean it and soon discovered the light seals had mostly turned into a slimy mess.

Currently eyeing up a couple of Minolta X500/700 locally for pocket change……

One of my saved sellers has the x700 for 115 but also one body only with a non working meter for 35quid! I did however just buy a canon FD 28mm f2 8 tonight for 50quid :cry:

heading up to Aberdeen tomorrow to shoot a roll or two.

wez130 · 8 Jun 2024 at 21:20

I decided that i wanted a larger messenger back to use instead of a backpack so decided on the Tenba DNA15 bag, it fits my a7iv with lens, plus three other lenses and my 16" laptop with ease! 100-400GM for scale!

Scuzi · Monday at 14:13

Uh oh. I accidentally a Bronica with the metered prism viewfinder.

Angst · Tuesday at 18:15

Bought a bag for travel and hiking to safely pack my gear in. Slightly too small, another cm in each dimension + another pocket and it would be perfect.

20240618_073951 by Phil watson, on Flickr

20240618_074009 by Phil watson, on Flickr

Derek W · Tuesday at 19:45

Scuzi said:
Uh oh. I accidentally a Bronica with the metered prism viewfinder.

Oddly enough I've got one of them on my watch list but I can't justify the price of it just now since I'm needing to build a new computer and get a few bits and pieces for my house.

JRJ · Wednesday at 19:37

Angst said:
Bought a bag for travel and hiking to safely pack my gear in. Slightly too small, another cm in each dimension + another pocket and it would be perfect.

20240618_073951 by Phil watson, on Flickr
20240618_074009 by Phil watson, on Flickr

Try the Lowepro Gearup Creator bags, I have the large to bounce between different bags easier and that takes an A7IV with 35mm plus a Sony 20mm G, Sony 85 f1.8, spare battery, filter box and some smaller accessories.

Angst · Wednesday at 20:53

JRJ said:
Try the Lowepro Gearup Creator bags, I have the large to bounce between different bags easier and that takes an A7IV with 35mm plus a Sony 20mm G, Sony 85 f1.8, spare battery, filter box and some smaller accessories.

Thankyou for the recommendation. Looking at the specs the large size is slightly smaller than the bag I bought and the xl size is a similar size the the previous bag that i returned as it was too large to fit in my osprey bag along with my other gear. Which nicely sums up the issues I've been having finding the perfect bag.

JRJ · Thursday at 08:30

Angst said:
Thankyou for the recommendation. Looking at the specs the large size is slightly smaller than the bag I bought and the xl size is a similar size the the previous bag that i returned as it was too large to fit in my osprey bag along with my other gear. Which nicely sums up the issues I've been having finding the perfect bag.

exactly the situation I was in, the large creator fits nicely alongside a flask/water bottle/GoPro bag in all but the biggest of my Osprey bags, but it took me ages to get to this point but thank god for Amazon free returns :cry:

Angst · Thursday at 16:02

JRJ said:
exactly the situation I was in, the large creator fits nicely alongside a flask/water bottle/GoPro bag in all but the biggest of my Osprey bags, but it took me ages to get to this point but thank god for Amazon free returns

I'm sure it won't be long till we are blacklisted by amazon.