Show us something you made with a piece of equipment you got on the cheap. This one is from the sub-$100 210mm Astragon I recently got from Jim. It's on 5x7 HP5.
Show us something you made with a piece of equipment you got on the cheap. This one is from the sub-$100 210mm Astragon I recently got from Jim. It's on 5x7 HP5.
Sub $100 is a bargain? All my lenses are sub $100...
$80 18cm f/4.5 Zeiss Jena Tessar on Fuji instant fp100c45:
IIRC a payed around $30 for a "Universal Extra Rapid Aplanat 13x18." Shot wide open on 8x10 FP4+.
The only trouble with doin' nothing is you can't tell when you get caught up
Front element from a $45 projection Petzval (courtesy Jim Galli). The used Packard shutter cost more than the lens.
Arkansas Black apple blossom.
Rittreck View, 5x7 Efke 25, Pyrocat HD.
Well, I bought my first 4X5 (CC402) a few years ago with a Symmar-S 150/5.6, Super Angulon 65/8 and 12 film holders for $100.
The 150 has been a staple in my kit since
The 65 and I haven't gotten on so well, but I was pretty happy with this image.
Elgeet f/4.5 254mm, in Alphax #4 shutter. $50 on flea bay, plus $5 for a lighter fluid CLA and $25 for SK Grimes to sell me a flange so I could mount it.
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