Topic: OT: I love cheap stuff

[Francois]

Definitely not photography related, but I went to the public library and they were selling-off some CD's that never got rented for a whopping 50¢ each. So I decided to rekindle with my childhood and got some Heavy Metal 
Definitely can't be sad while listening to this!
Got some Judas Priest, Anthrax and Mötörhead
That should get the wallpaper to come off the walls by itself 

Anybody else got some cool cheap stuff lately?

[02Pilot]

I got 13 36exp rolls of assorted 35mm B&W (TriX, Acros, and Neopan 400) film of unknown age and provenance for free. Free is a kind of cheap, no?

[Francois]

Free is definitely my price 

[John Robison]

Yep. When friends find out you like old film cameras they sometimes drop off 'found' cameras. That is how 3 cameras came into my life last month.
A Kodak #3 Brownie that, after some internet searches, is dated between 1906 to 1911. A Kodak Tourist, the model with the lowest specification triplet lens and shutter. A 100mm f8.8 in a Flash Diomatic shutter with front element focusing to 3.5 feet..
The third camera is a Poloroid Color pack that used pack film. Dead duck now, no film.

Did you know that the 100mm f8.8 Kodak lens will almost cover 4X5? Got to looking at the lens and thought, why not try it out on 4X5 since it is so easy to unclip from the Tourist camera.

I agree, free is the best price.

[hookstrapped]

I really like the NYC practice of leaving books (and toys and projectors) on the sidewalk -- free to a good home.

[02Pilot]

I really like the NYC practice of leaving books (and toys and projectors) on the sidewalk -- free to a good home.

We do that up here in the sticks too (well, we don't have sidewalks, but we do have roads - sort of). If you put it out and no one takes it in 24 hours, you stick a "For Sale - $5" sign on it and someone is guaranteed to steal it.

[Bryan]

I put it on the sidewalk with a free sign and put an add on Craigslist.  It’s amazing what people will take if it’s free.  I also put a note in the Craigslist add not to come to the door, I don’t want to talk about it, just take it and don’t bring it back.