I used this lens a ton in my snowboard days. All my ads were sold with this lens, including Burton catalog shots etc… All my Snowboard Magazine shots I made with this excellent little lens, including the defunct Plow Magazine. Tore it down, had to use adhesive to get the graphic / name plate unscrewed […]
Read More »Super stoked. Just rebuilt my Nikon Nikkor 85mm. The focus feel on this lens is amazing. I’ve had this lens for maybe 15 years? It’s always had something mechanically wrong with it – the iris jams open, or really wherever you set the f Stop you cannot re-close the iris after it’s mounted on the […]
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Spent the day sorting huge amount of gear out. Mixed the new Vermont Nikon Nikkor gear haul (Thanks Adam in Northfield, Vermont!!) with my Nikon gear and Nikon yard sale items from Philadelphia years back. I’ve got (2) new Nikkor 28-105mm matched lenses, and (1) Nikkor 75-300mm. These are film lenses and full frame. Spent […]
Read More »More machining / mods for my custom built Steadicam balance / mounting plate, the overall crucial gold anodized aluminum heavy duty part was repurposed by me from an expensive aftermarket front suspension Lower Control Arm (LCA) from a Honda Civic. They are sold out and can’t find buy from the manufacturer anymore. That custom bracket […]
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Was at the massive auto junkyard pulling a rear passenger caliper for my failed Accord one, and I spotted this gorgeous heavy duty suspension part out the side of a wrecked, stacked car. I tried to remove it to get it for this purpose, but the accident / damage had made removal with normal hand […]
Read More »This “classic” commercial Hobart mixer stopped working. Actually it started sparking, BAD, at the switch. And then it wouldn’t work. I did a little research online and found out a common failure point on these old mixers is the switch itself. The older style switches can only take so many on – off cycles and […]
Read More »Many years ago I scored a major coup with the purchase of 2 separate O’Connor tripod heads. I bought them off the US government liquidation site, they are both ex- US military owned, bought site unseen, and condition unknown. To my delight, they were both beautifully maintained and fully functional! (I should have guessed they’d […]
Read More »I trawled CL country wide last year for an Oktava 012, and found a listed Oktava MC 012 microphone for sale from a Church that was closing it’s doors priced at $40.00! I jumped on it, and had it shipped. In January. Which may have caused the issue… The mic, for me, showed up D.O.A. […]
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