Topic: Postman has been again! Mju test shots loaded

[choppert]

Recently sold the Nikon 35Ti, so in a rather frugal mood I snagged this off the bay.  
It arrived this morning and it's in lovely nick.

(I could have bought 25 of these to replace the Nikon!)

Just putting a roll through it.  
AE and focus lock no less, and is very pocketable  

Chops

Anyone got any thrifty surprises to share?  

[Alan]

Nice, nice, nice!

I recently [about a month] got a Canon EOS1 for €40.00
a few scratches on the body but otherwise in great cond
and working well.

[Karl]

£22 on a rollei prego af 35mm last Friday. Fairly similar in abilities to the Olympus I would imagine. Fixed tessar lens design. I had one a few years ago but the back snapped off. The results were superb. I think there must be something inherently good about fixed focal length small 35mm PAS cameras as everyone seems to eulogise about olympus, ricoh etc. The rollei gets no attention - everyone saves it for their TLRs (of which I am a proud owner!) or the older mechanical 35mm PASs.

[Francois]

I have one that's not so thrifty yet it is in a way. About a month ago, my favorite lens, an AF Nikkor 28-70 decided to partially die... the aperture return has become stuck. When I called Nikon, they told me it would cost about 150$ to get it fixed... expensive. So, in a desperate search, I went to a local classifieds site and stumbled upon the same model lens! And it was 150$ too... and it came with a bonus rear lens cap: a Nikon F90X !
I drove last night through a major rain storm to go and get it. Everything is almost like new. Yay!

[astrobeck]

Love that Olympus!  You will too!

I scored a Minolta Hi-Matic G.  It's so cute, I can't wait to try it out.
Loving this thread!

[Miles]

Aside from the "Havana Haul" I've also picked up a Lomo 135BC (that I'm loving) and an Agfa Box (Gunter Grass's fault that one).  Wtg on an Argus 75 too ... 

[jojonas~]

that olympus looks tops! I'm on my third now after buying two kind of broken ones.. hoping this will last me

my latest find is this HUGO BOSS camera! kind of feels like a contradiction with the plastic fantastic feel and the brand name
('scuze the crappy scan image)

[Steven.]

I recently got a Olympus infinity stylus. The lens is tack sharp and it's so convenient to carry. Cant wait to throw another roll in it.

[Urban Hafner]

I also had a mju II, but at the time didn't really get on with it. Now I've purchased a mju II (for 27EUR) and must say it is an improvement. You'd think you couldn't make the mju smaller, but it's possible!

Urban

[Terry]

Not entirely a thrifty purchase--it cost me $60--but so far it's been fun to tinker with:

[Francois]

Is it just me or we're all hauling some great stuff home?

Somehow, just knowing I'm not alone makes me smile

[sethasaurus]

I just got these two in the post - one with film in it and 4 shots left, both with nicely intact bellows. There's some paint worn off the back and sides, but they'll look great when I've cleaned them up a little. I was lucky to win both auctions, 2 mins apart.
A friend showed me her Ensignette last year. I liked it and tracked one down. Now I have 6..

Got several film reels now, so I'm going to cut down some 120 and see what pics I can get from them.

[choppert]

Some test snaps

Nice and sharp apple.
Flash works ok in the fridge!
Autofocus picked out the fence quite nicely

[Terry]

You put FOOD in the fridge???

[calbisu]

You put FOOD in the fridge???

Simply amazing.....

[Late Developer]

Heretic........!!

[Francois]

It's full of things I can't identify...
Is that round MiniBombel cheese?

[choppert]

It's full of things I can't identify...
Is that round MiniBombel cheese?

It is! 
They are a real sod to try and re-load onto a 127 spool 

[Steven.]

nice pickup on the mju (infinity stylus)! i have the same one, but i paid hype prices on mine 
its very sharp i hope you have fun with it.