what photography related item did you buy this week?

[uscrx]

75mm f1.8

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[dbuckle]

Focus Reducer

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Capture by Dave Buckle, on Flickr

 

[Impulse]

Probably one of the most boring things you'll see listed on here but whatever, just ordered a 4 year extended warranty from Oly to use on the 17/1.2 that arrives tomorrow. I know they don't always make sense but they give me peace of mind on a lens this pricey and I had $40 in Oly reward points that I wasn't ever gonna spend on anything else.

Picked up that CS-43 quilted wrap while poking around their accessory shop... And discovered a curious turn off that I'd previously not noticed when shopping mostly at the refurbished outlet: rewards points are cashed in like a promo code, and you can't use two codes at a time (so I couldn't combine it with the 20.18% accessory sale for instance).

OTOH I also discovered a weird bug/exploit in their promo codes, the extended warranty didn't seem to qualify as an accessory... BUT if you added any qualifying accessory to your order (like that $20 wrap) then the 20.18% off promo (which I didn't use in lieu of my reward points) would suddenly apply to the whole order total, go figure.

Now that I've spent the bulk of the points on the Olympus account I had under my Gmail I'm gonna try and close it or change out the address to change over my other account (which is under a Yahoo address) to that Gmail address. Yahoo seems to block Oly emails or something and I miss out on point earning promos on the account where I've actually got my gear registered and past refurb purchases listed, grrr.

 

[ijm5012]

OTOH I also discovered a weird bug/exploit in their promo codes, the extended warranty didn't seem to qualify as an accessory... BUT if you added any qualifying accessory to your order (like that $20 wrap) then the 20.18% off promo (which I didn't use in lieu of my reward points) would suddenly apply to the whole order total, go figure.

Good tip to know. I wonder if it would've worked on camera bodies or lenses as well?

 

[JensM]

First photo related stuff since I bought since the O17/f:1.8 last March, was yesterday, a Manfrotto 709B table tripod. Will primarily be used for Jewellery and other type of small product shots. Ordered the P12-35 MkII today, after running a miss on picking one up yesterday, but got to finger oogling a MkI, and boy, are they minuscule for what they are. A very worthy reminder of why I fell for M43 in the first place.

Now crossing fingers for the swift release of the P50-200 2.8-4, so that it can be compared with the O40-150+ converter.

 

[Z-Shooter]

New black Oly M5 II to replace my great M10 II which I sold recently. Just had to have a WR body to go with my Leica lens!

 

[ijm5012]

New black Oly M5 II to replace my great M10 II which I sold recently. Just had to have a WR body to go with my Leica lens!

Are Leica lenses WR? And is there a WR adapter out there for them?

 

[Z-Shooter]

Are Leica lenses WR? And is there a WR adapter out there for them?

The 12-60 f2.8 is WR; don't know about any adapters.

 

[ijm5012]

The 12-60 f2.8 is WR; don't know about any adapters.

Ah, ok. You’re talking about the PanaLeica lenses. I thought you were talking about adapted Leica primes.

Makes sense now.

 

[Carbonman]

My wife bought me an Instant Home Photo Studio. It arrived yesterday and I played with it for about 3/4 of an hour last night.

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Mine's the largest size, 40cm on each side and has a porthole on top with a removable velcroed cover that lets you shoot straight down on the subject. It was about $45 CDN on Groupon. Here's a focus stacked test shot of an old pocket watch:

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[genesimmons]

picked up a rokinon 50mm f1.2, always wanted to try a fast lens, luv it so far, no very big as i used to have a samyang 50mm f1.4 and it was much bigger than this one,

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[TwoShoes]

I went all out and got into this photography hobby.

Here is a list of what I ordered to get started.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Camera Body (Silver)
Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8 (Silver)
Olympus MSC ED-M 75 to 300mm II f4.8-6.7 Zoom Lens
SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB SDXC UHS-I Card

 

[Orbmiser]

Just received my Ebay 12-40 f2.8 Pro from guy in Fairbanks,Alaska
Cost was $565 No Box or Lens Pouch But What the Hey! No Biggie.
Came with Lens Hood and lens caps tho.

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[m43happy]

Can't exactly take pictures with it, but it's a decal of a Pen-F so I guess it's photography related.

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[phigmov]

I guess this means I better learn to develop film...

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[fransglans]

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Just bought a gx7 a few years after everyone else I know , mainly because I wanted Panasonic 20mm back into my possession, (love that pancake), but I must say that my ep5 will collect some dust from now on, gx7 feels really nice. I found a almost new (1000clicks) for a price of 10 big macs

 

[mauve]

I've fallen victim of severe GAS attack... loved my original E-M10, but a nice mk II showed up and I couldn't pass.
ad hoc ex post facto justifications : electronic shutter, better IBIS, faster top speed, better viewfinder, improved video
reality : oh look ! shinny !

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[TeeLehti]

I just bought Captur Module - Pro and
Captur Remote Control & Flash Trigger for Olympus/Panasonic.
First test with the IR-sensor (and Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO + 2x YongNuo YN-560 III flash + YongNuo YN560-TX):

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[lorderik]

won and bought this tiny lens on ebay..

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[LilSebastian]

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Used Olympus Four Thirds 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 II and MMF-3 adapter for my E-M10 II.

I covet the 12-40 PRO but the delta in cost meant I wouldn’t have it for another year so I sold the kit 14-42 R and bought this. Should be a big (pun intended) upgrade.