What Photography Related Item Have You Bought or Sold This Week?

[Unframed Dave]

Some of you may know that I'm a bit of a collector. I've been after one of these for a few years, and this one came up at a fairly reasonable price in Japan. Unfortunately I underestimated the import tax, but by the time I'd found out how much it was, it was on it's way. Amazingly, it took less than 3 days to get here.

Minolta MC Rokkor 40-80m f2.8 Zoom Lens MC MD

I know there are a few on here that use vintage lenses via converters, if any have recommendations for this to sony, I'm all ears. When I'm mobile again, I want to take it out for a wet night in the city. One of it's characteristics is fabulous sunstars, which work well on dark skies and bright lights.

I'll bet a tenner, no one on here has touched one.

• SM-G981B
• 5.4 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 160

• SM-G981B
• 5.4 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 400

• SM-G981B
• 5.4 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 640

• SM-G981B
• 5.4 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Started to sell the old Nikon gear and some other bits we recently acquired. Managed to sell the Nikon 85mm Macro we had for more than trade in, so that's all good.

 

[Chris 3754]

Some of you may know that I'm a bit of a collector. I've been after one of these for a few years, and this one came up at a fairly reasonable price in Japan. Unfortunately I underestimated the import tax, but by the time I'd found out how much it was, it was on it's way. Amazingly, it took less than 3 days to get here.

Minolta MC Rokkor 40-80m f2.8 Zoom Lens MC MD

I know there are a few on here that use vintage lenses via converters, if any have recommendations for this to sony, I'm all ears. When I'm mobile again, I want to take it out for a wet night in the city. One of it's characteristics is fabulous sunstars, which work well on dark skies and bright lights.

I'll bet a tenner, no one on here has touched one.

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Very cool lens! I am an old Canon shooter, started in 1979 with an AE-1 in the Army in Germany. My son still shoots with that camera and I have been collecting Canon and Topcon for years. I use K&F converters on my A7iv with all of my legacy glass. They are well made and for my vanity bent they have a nice Sony-ish orange stipe that looks cool. More importantly, for they are good quality at a good price. Just remember you are inserting several CMs between the lens and camera so focal length scales will be off but who uses them anyway.

 

[maegis]

Hi. Two days ago I bought back my Sony A1 Mark I that I sold to a dear friend of mine a few years back. Also my old Sony 135 mm GM and Sony 70-200 Mark II. I added a lighly used Sony 16-35 Mark I and Godox V1 S flash. Looking forward to learning more from my fellow Alpha shooters.

All the best,
Matthias Aegisson

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Now sold a D7500, a Sigma 24-7- 2.8, a Canon Battery Grip I acquired and some macro rail bits. Quite surprising.
Our insane neighbour was going to skip a few items, because she couldn't be bothered to sell them, but didn't want to give them away (nut job). We looked into the values, told her and she still had no interest, so we kept hold of them. I have a lovely condition OM10 to move on as well, and an old SLIK 50 Tripod, but the biggest item, and I really can't believe she would have skipped it, is a Gitzo Carbon Tripod and Video Head. I'm keeping it!

 

[Unframed Dave]

Nice catch on the Gitzo. The carbons are seriously expensive bits of kit.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice catch on the Gitzo. The carbons are seriously expensive bits of kit.

Or ridiculously overpriced bits of kit... £800-1000 for a tripod is insanity.

 

[Unframed Dave]

Or ridiculously overpriced bits of kit... £800-1000 for a tripod is insanity.

Kingjoy “Goliath” Tripod – Mc2 Photography Shop

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Allow 3 months for delivery!

Don't forget the head:

Kingjoy T50X Ball Head – Mc2 Photography Shop

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[Uncle Kevriano]

Precisely! Honestly, it does beg the question... What makes a tripod worth £1000+ when you can buy an extremely good, equally stable, carbon tripod for less than £300, be it branded or otherwise. I get the Gitzo thing to an extent because some togs are complete gear whores, and need to have the best brands, but for 1k I would expect it to make its own way to the site and set itself up

 

[AlphaWorld]

Precisely! Honestly, it does beg the question... What makes a tripod worth £1000+ when you can buy an extremely good, equally stable, carbon tripod for less than £300, be it branded or otherwise. I get the Gitzo thing to an extent because some togs are complete gear whores, and need to have the best brands, but for 1k I would expect it to make its own way to the site and set itself up

In this case, the Gitzo is much lighter, and that's one of the reasons for buying carbon fibre. Plus the bit at the top that holds the legs together is some exotic alloy, and appears to be well-designed.

But now that I've used the Leofoto, I think I'm more than happy with it. it's bulkier, and somewhat heavier, but I like the height. I'm not hiking 40km to my shooting spot - I drive - so I think this was the right one for me.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

In this case, the Gitzo is much lighter, and that's one of the reasons for buying carbon fibre. Plus the bit at the top that holds the legs together is some exotic alloy, and appears to be well-designed.

But now that I've used the Leofoto, I think I'm more than happy with it. it's bulkier, and somewhat heavier, but I like the height. I'm not hiking 40km to my shooting spot - I drive - so I think this was the right one for me.

Yeah but it's not lighter than any other carbon I've tried. The exotic alloy is a gimmick, it's a mag alloy, nothing too special, and not light, as my foot will testify after I dropped the head on it...

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

as my foot will testify

Better a bruised foot than a thousand-quid bill!

 

[Richard A]

I have just paid for this. I attended some lectures the other week sponsored by Sony and Diamonds Cameras and Will was one of the speakers. The young lad from Diamonds is always talking about him and has only just come back from an outback adventure with him, working as an assistant. I got a hefty discount on this from attending the lectures.

Masterclass Milky Way Workshop

 

[AlphaWorld]

Just received the OWC Envoy Ultra in 4TB - it's a Thunderbolt 5 external SSD. It's to plug into a new machine I'm waiting for, but I'm going to try it tonight, even though it won't reach its full 6GB/s on Thunderbolt 4.

 

[Gracilis]

After seeing a presentation on super macro, I invested in a Wemacro Rail, a Neewer Z bracket and two LED pocket sized lights. Looking forward to summer and some new bugs. The image is my first attempt with the rail.

 

[DaveC Oz]

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On my previous Sony cameras I used a cheap no name wired intervalometer plugged into the multiport socket. On the A7CR this socket was replaced by USB-C socket rendering my remote/intervalometer obsolete. With the latest firmware it became possible to set the USB port as a remote trigger source. Combining this adapter with the original intervalometer has made it possible to use it again.

 

[Paul stuart]

Yeah but it's not lighter than any other carbon I've tried. The exotic alloy is a gimmick, it's a mag alloy, nothing too special, and not light, as my foot will testify after I dropped the head on it...

there comes a point with tripods where weight loss becomes futile as in the end you want a steady sturdy set up ,you want durable also ,i want to transition from twist lock to flip lock legged tripods as these are easier to clean when grit and water gets in the legs ,thing is with the best you get lifetime service service and guarantees RRS and Gitzo ,not sure about some of the others ,i have a benro which is solid with a 3 geared head for astro nice and big and sturdy carbon legs,my 3 legged carbon brian which is ok with a ball head is just about passable for travel ,and a manfrotto befree with the centre coloumn that can go horizontal aluminium compact but weighty purchased with macro in mind but i do not own a macro lens go figure ,its ball head is rubbish spinning dial for lock up is rubbish ,but i find a lot of ball heads rubbish and this is where the money point comes in a decent ball head is never going to cheap ,but all that aside i prefer geared heads slower to use but like a rock .My next tripod will probably be leofoto or another benro flip lock legs

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

there comes a point with tripods where weight loss becomes futile as in the end you want a steady sturdy set up ,you want durable also ,i want to transition from twist lock to flip lock legged tripods as these are easier to clean when grit and water gets in the legs ,thing is with the best you get lifetime service service and guarantees RRS and Gitzo ,not sure about some of the others ,i have a benro which is solid with a 3 geared head for astro nice and big and sturdy carbon legs,my 3 legged carbon brian which is ok with a ball head is just about passable for travel ,and a manfrotto befree with the centre coloumn that can go horizontal aluminium compact but weighty purchased with macro in mind but i do not own a macro lens go figure ,its ball head is rubbish spinning dial for lock up is rubbish ,but i find a lot of ball heads rubbish and this is where the money point comes in a decent ball head is never going to cheap ,but all that aside i prefer geared heads slower to use but like a rock .My next tripod will probably be leofoto or another benro flip lock legs

I very very rarely use a tripod, though may well in Winter with the 400 800. I have a good Manfrotto Ball Head that I will use for now and may get a geared head if I start to use it more. Generally though, they are a restriction to my shooting.

 

[Paul stuart]

I very very rarely use a tripod, though may well in Winter with the 400 800. I have a good Manfrotto Ball Head that I will use for now and may get a geared head if I start to use it more. Generally though, they are a restriction to my shooting.

agreed wildlife and tripods are not something i would use one i do not own 3kg + lenses and 2 at a push the 400-800mm goes on my wimberly monopod gimbal which is adequate ,anyways i can see me gravitating to lighter most often the sigma 500mm f5.6 helps in this regard ,only item i wish i had purchased is the flexi shooter but £500+ it makes a tough choice https://www.flexshooter.co.uk/ but the speedi gimbal is a interesting concept

 

[THXGEEK]

I decided to upgrade my tripod heads - picked up a Benro WH15 and a RRS BH-40.

 

[Wakey]

Sold ZVE1 and bought A7CR

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

agreed wildlife and tripods are not something i would use one i do not own 3kg + lenses and 2 at a push the 400-800mm goes on my wimberly monopod gimbal which is adequate ,anyways i can see me gravitating to lighter most often the sigma 500mm f5.6 helps in this regard ,only item i wish i had purchased is the flexi shooter but £500+ it makes a tough choice https://www.flexshooter.co.uk/ but the speedi gimbal is a interesting concept

That's a very nice, but very expensive thing! Speed Gimbal is really good, I tried one out thanks to Unframed Dave's wife having one. I really liked it, and if a monopod is a regular tool I would definitely think it's worth it, it's a very good product.

Further to other sales I have now sold 2 Nikon Bodies, a cheap LED Ring Flash (one of the basic, light only things) and another lens. I have provisionally sold the last Nikon body too, but I think the buyer is suspect, so I will end up relisting I expect. Really surprising to me, is that the 2 lenses I expected to sell, the G2 Tamrons, are still here with no interest, and I have priced them cheaper than MPB/WEX. I will take them to WEX to get a price, they have provisionally quoted a reasonable amount for the 150 600 at least.