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New Old Equipment

Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:46 pm

You might have known that I bought a Canon A1 recently. Well, my aunt bought what she thought was a crap camera at a News Ltd. internal sale of their gear as they shifted to completely digital... and it turned out that what she got for 5 bucks wasn't all that bad. In fact, it was everything but.

She got...

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...a 35-70 f2.8 push-pull built like a frickin' tank. Feels like the 28-70.

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...a Nikon FE in surprisingly good condition, as well as a 24mm f2.8 with cracked rear-glass that only shows up at around f16 or higher, and an MD-12 battery grip that we can't seem to get working.

For five bucks.

So now, my classic cameras look a little like this:

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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby Matt. K on Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:56 pm

Leigh
That 35-70 F2.8 lens is a very useful bit of kit.....and sharp once you've closed it down a stop or two!
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby Geoff on Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:23 pm

What a great find there Leigh.
I bet the FE and lens has taken some very prominent images through it's lifetime too! :up:
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby Reschsmooth on Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:28 pm

Geoff wrote:What a great find there Leigh.
I bet the FE and lens has taken some very prominent images through it's lifetime too! :up:


Geoff, Leigh said it was from News Ltd! :biglaugh:
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby Geoff on Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:05 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:
Geoff wrote:What a great find there Leigh.
I bet the FE and lens has taken some very prominent images through it's lifetime too! :up:


Geoff, Leigh said it was from News Ltd! :biglaugh:


True :) :lol:
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby Geoff on Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:10 pm

Maybe the news was limited, but the images, not? :)
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby aim54x on Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:28 pm

Very nice finds there! I am sure that camera and lens has had some nice images in its life...news ltd or not!
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Re: New Old Equipment

Postby surenj on Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:33 pm

Goodness... you have the best of both worlds there Leigh!
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