100mm Macro and other bits on eBay

I've got some nice bits and pieces on eBay this week if anyone's interested:

hefty's eBay goodies

There's a:

D-FA 100 Macro (well, a Samsung badged version anyway)
F 70-210 f/4-5.6
FA 28-70 f/4
S-M-C Takumar 135 f/3.5
Vivitar TX 400 f/5.6
MZ-5 with Data Back
Mint & Boxed Pentax Slide Copier

If anyone here buys one of my items I'll shout them a cup of tea at the May meet

Thanks for the heads up, my bid is in on one of the items!

I better start saving for all those cups of tea then...

I'm suprised to have had so many bids so early to be honest - normally people just watch and bid at the last minute. Is this a new eBay pattern I see emerging..?

Sometimes! It is good for pushing the price up though! Normally I watch and bid late, however this time I see somthing I really want!!!

Hefty, I thought you just recently auctioned that MZ5n and the FA 28-70 f/4 lens. Is this another one you have :

These are a different two - the last one was an MZ-5n, this is an MZ-5 with a data back. The FA28-70 that came with the latest one isn't quite as nice as the previous one (which was mint) so I'm expecting a bit less money for it. Not sure about the camera - the 5 is worth less than the 5n but then the 5n didn't have a data back attached so maybe it'll even up?

Also, the pop-up flash works on this 5, the previous 5n had the typical broken spring.

While I think of it, I couldn't find you a 49mm Takumar cap (except the one on the 135 I'm selling of course!) but I did grab one that's almost the same. It's black and metal with a silver ring (just like the Tak's) but it's missing the wording on the front. Inside is also painted black with a small strip of felt around the rim to hold it onto the filter ring. Overall condition is pretty minty!

If you want it then PM me your address and I'll send it over to you.

Thanks Hefty for the kind offer but I have just acquired a bag full Takumar accessories which came with my recently purchased Takumar SMC 400mm 5.6 and it included 3 genuine 49mm caps and 1 rear cap, very pleased with that little find Also got a genuine reversing ring a set of extension tubes an M42 - K-mount adapter and a variable close up ring + a bunch of eyecups and cables.

You do seem to pick up a lot of Tak stuff, I only ever seem to find M, F and FA gear as a general rule (not that I should be complaining as it's proving quite profitable). The one thing I'm keeping from the lot I picked up on Sunday is a mint/boxed Auto Bellows II - I've not tried them out yet but looking forward to having a proper play with them tomorrow.

The odd thing was that the bellows came with a Slide Copier in the box and the guy then had a second boxed Slide Copier (the one I'm selling on eBay). I didn't realise until I'd got home but now I can't figure why anyone would want two slide copiers?

Oh well, I won't be losing sleep over it and as for the cap, I'm sure that'll get pressed into service at some point.

Clarky definitely wins the award for jammy personage with his bargain buys, although hefty seems to come in a close 2nd...

I will be interested to see what you get for it, I have a mint, boxed Slide Copier K I got with my Bellows K sitting around (I don't have any slides) but i'm a little apprehensive about splitting up such a beautiful set. I would be very interested to see some of your bellows pics, so don't be shy

I am picking up a lot of old Tak gear lately and my lens collection is currently at 7 + 5 spotties. I need to buy a descent scanner now

I have been neglecting my K20 and DA lenses of late, for my DS with permanently attached Taks or a spotty and there is my MZ6

Just don't start calling us Steptoe and son

I always have friends and family calling me up asking if I can find them various items at rock bottom prices.

Case in point, A friend needed a new fuel tank on his TT 350 dirt bike and asked me to locate one for him. I ended up snaring him a whole bike for the price of a new tank Oh and a carton of beer for me

Has anyone figured out a way to use the slide copier with a K10D/20D?
It's made for 1:1 copies to full frame film, so on digital it only copies about 2/3 of the slide. I tried a 100mm lens but the slide carrier had to be about 150mm beyond the end of the bellows rail. Might work with a 75mm lens but I haven't got one apart from an enlarger lens, which I have used before with a bellows, but they do flare very easily.

I've also got Slide Copier/Holder K which has a built in helecoid and that plus a 20mm extension tube seems OK for slide copies.

shim

I know that feeling - are you sure we're not related?

Once I've done my morning chores I was going to have a play with the bellows this afternoon so I'll see if I can figure it out. I've also got a broken Hanimex 135/2.8 in M42 mount so I'm going to try grafting the mount onto a 19th Century Ross Anastigmat 180mm later to see what I can do with that (never had a method of focussing it before so I'm hoping the bellows will do the trick).

Hefty, your FA77 might work for slide copying.

shim

Unfortunately the bellows are M42 so I've got no way of mounting any of my K mount lenses to them. I've got a choice of Flektogon 35, Tessar 50, Pancolar 50 and Sonnar 135 plus a few broken lenses in the parts box. I was going to go with the Tessar as it's ultra-sharp at small apertures but I'll see what transpires...

I see.... you can get a 42 to 39 adaptor ring on ebay from china which would allow you to use enlarger lenses, only costs a few quid and takes about 4 days.

shim