Author Topic: What do you think? (Read 2372 times)

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **on:** December 03, 2010, 02:43:34 PM »

Far be it from me to rain on someones parade but I think this guy is just overselling this item a little! You be the judge!

Vintage collectable stand

Photo_Utopia · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2010, 02:46:24 PM »

LOL 'rare and collectable' purest fine perspex. Buy it– I'll see you on antiques roadshow in 50 years with this at the Sévres porcelain stand

Late Developer · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2010, 03:04:18 PM »

Awww, give the guy a break...!! It's not as if he's starting the bid at £100 or claiming it's made out of lead crystal cut by the hand of Rene Lalique

My guess is it'll probably go for less than the cost of postage...If anyone's daft enough to pay money for it, good luck to the vendor.

On a similar note, I was amazed a couple of weeks ago when I was considering buying a Lee "Big Stopper" 10x ND filter. These can be bought new for less than £90 from Lee stockists and yet a second-hand one was on "the big auction site" and had amassed a dozen or so bids with the top one being almost £140.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2010, 06:05:01 PM »

Hi Ken! A great find indeed...why were you looking for perspex Bronny stand on evilBay?

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2010, 06:34:02 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on December 03, 2010, 06:05:01 PM

Hi Ken! A great find indeed...why were you looking for perspex Bronny stand on evilBay?

Well Ed its a rare occasion I get the leather zip up fetish gear on in winter to look for medium format gear and low and behold there was the Bronnie stand, I nearly feinted with excitement.

Nigel · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2010, 08:01:04 PM »

The world has officially gone raving mad!

Walter 45 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2010, 08:38:21 PM »

I had a neighbour many moons ago who used to cajole these stands (albeit 'Nikon') from the local dealer and would display his cameras on them on the mantelpiece. He then changed to a spanking new Leica M5 and did the same with little red plastic plinths.

To give an insight into this sort of mind, he came to me and proudly boasted that he had bought all the 50mm lenses (meaning each aperture version) and was wondering whether his next move should be the 35mm or 85mm range. He was not a collector. He actually used the stuff to shoot his missus with her hair in rollers and the kids lying on the floor watching telly. Over and over again.

Oh well ....

Greys on Grey · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2010, 09:53:39 PM »

I feel a bit ashamed, my cameras are all piled up in this heap on an end table in the corner of the living room. Just a giant tangle of mechanics and ..... duct tape?

Roger Thoms · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2010, 03:12:32 AM »

I think he'll sell it, he has a bit already.

Roger

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2010, 01:10:49 PM »

It sold for £8.50

Okay at least it didn't go into the rubbish and then into landfill thus taking 95,000 years to break down.

Every cloud has a AgBr lining

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2010, 02:00:48 PM »

Quote from: ken182 on December 06, 2010, 01:10:49 PM

Every cloud has a AgBr lining

See, you are a geek!

Walter: That's a great story, thanks for posting it here. I love the idea of someone getting every 50mm lens for a specific camera/mount. At least he used them.

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2010, 02:36:30 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on December 06, 2010, 02:00:48 PM

Quote from: ken182 on December 06, 2010, 01:10:49 PM
Every cloud has a AgBr lining

See, you are a geek!

No way man!

BTW is this Arial, Helveitca or Lucida sans we a viewing this in

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2010, 03:06:12 PM »

Well, since you asked, the CSS for the forum uses the following fonts depending on the OS of your client (e.g. computer, phone, hairdryer etc.):

font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Georgia, Serif;

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2010, 04:06:10 PM »

Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Verdana

What are you thinking Ed, all three are sooooooooooooo five minutes ago, get up to date will you please

Francois · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2010, 04:09:07 PM »

Well, lucky he didn't go all nostalgia on you!

Late Developer · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2010, 07:45:24 PM »

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be......

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2010, 09:03:17 PM »

Francois

How do the pictures look in this browser!

Francois · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2010, 09:30:53 PM »

Pictures are pretty much looking like they did on my old Commodore C=64 ... nonexistent

I should have hacked the CSS file to reproduce the original Commodore header

Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. · « **Reply #18 on:** December 06, 2010, 10:25:19 PM »

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2010, 12:27:40 AM »

That's awesome, Francois....but you know it's going to skew my stats and force me to start designing FW for 8-bit browsers. Gah!!

Francois · « **Reply #20 on:** December 07, 2010, 05:04:37 PM »

Well, if you want the CSS page, I can send it over... just imagine people's faces when opening up Filmwasters and seeing the old 8bit screen

I wonder if it can handle sys codes for running assembly programs

sys64738

nope... doesn't seem to work

(by the way, Opera for 8bit computers doesn't exist really. It's just a browser hack they made years ago to show the power of CSS files

)