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    Shooting with bargains

    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.
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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    Sub $100 is a bargain? All my lenses are sub $100...

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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Hughes View Post
    Sub $100 is a bargain? All my lenses are sub $100...
    Then you should have plenty of stuff to post! Where's the shot?
    Michael W. Graves
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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    $80 18cm f/4.5 Zeiss Jena Tessar on Fuji instant fp100c45:


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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    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

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    Another Bargain

    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.

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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    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.

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    Re: Shooting with bargains



    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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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    $25.00 eB@y 7.25" Kollmorgen projection lens on 1999-expired TX; 4x5 Pacemaker. Nighttime thrift store window display.
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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    Have posted this before, but it fits here:



    Shot when I was into 8x10 with a FREE 18" Wray Lustrar process lens with a big chip out of the front.

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