What is this!!?

[Alex Caraballo]

Hi, guys!

I found these clips at the bottom of one of my old camera bags.

Inch and a half total length. Plastics are 1/4" on the longest side.

No matter how much I try, can't remember what they were used for.

Maybe one of you have better memory than me. I though it would be a fun post anyway.

Cheers

Alex

 

[250swb]

They are spring clips for something I think I once used.

 

[Alex Caraballo]

They are spring clips for something I think I once used.

Yes, me too. Retaining clips for something... just can't remember what it was

 

[AnselMortensen]

Those look like 'doo-hickeys' to me.

 

[BrianShaw]

… or thing-a-Ma-jigs.

 

[Ballinderry-Michael]

The little people have left their coathangers with you. Leave them out at night with a glass of milk and something might happen.

 

[snusmumriken]

Look like they were designed to hold something in place by its edges. Spotlight filters, or something of that kind?

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Those look like 'doo-hickeys' to me.

My first thought exactly!

… or thing-a-Ma-jigs.

Also SPRANG to mind...

C'mon wise old men!! Where are you!??

 

[Alex Caraballo]

The little people have left their coathangers with you. Leave them out at night with a glass of milk and something might happen.

I wouldn't, but my daughter would. At this point we're ready to believe anything.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Wire coat hangers left alone in a closet will reproduce. It does not matter is the coat hangers are the same sex since they are hermaphroditic. The only requirement is that more than one coat hanger be in the close.

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Look like they were designed to hold something in place by its edges. Spotlight filters, or something of that kind?

Well, they're retainer clips for something circular for sure. Can't remember for what, though. Could be lamps, could be 120 film rolls, or could be other supply.

 

[faberryman]

It would narrow down the possibilities if you shared with us what you have been carrying around in your camera bag.

 

[Alex Caraballo]

It would narrow down the possibilities if you shared with us what you have been carrying around in your camera bag.

That'll be a pretty long list. I used to do studio work long ago; different film formats, cameras, lenses, filters, supplies, flashes, strobes, accessories, etc, etc... too long to start guessing.

I started this post with the idea that someone will see the clips and remember exactly what they were used for.

Long shot, I guess.

 

[Kino]

The way the spring is shaped, it looks like it might have held something to a circular thing...

Something like clips to hold a cable release to a tripod with matching slots.

Damn, this is going to bug me all day...

 

[Alex Caraballo]

The way the spring is shaped, it looks like it might have held something to a circular thing...

Something like clips to hold a cable release to a tripod with matching slots.

Damn, this is going to bug me all day...

You and me both, Kino. Yes, that's exactly what they are: Circular retainer clips... I keep thinking they kept some kind of supply in its package, or a strobe bulb in place.

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Wire coat hangers left alone in a closet will reproduce. It does not matter is the coat hangers are the same sex since they are hermaphroditic. The only requirement is that more than one coat hanger be in the close.

Is that a fact..? These are mini-coathangers and they spent years in my camera bag. I'll leave 'em in a closet tonight and share the results.

 

[Doc W]

… or thing-a-Ma-jigs.

Possibly Veeble-Fetzers?

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Possibly Veeble-Fetzers?

That they are...

 

[BobD]

Something to do with movie film or projectors?

 

[Cholentpot]

Dark slide handles maybe?

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Something to do with movie film or projectors?

Nop... still photo only.

 

[Tombadil]

model airplanes ???
landing gear

 

[Alex Caraballo]

model airplanes ???
landing gear

Nop, he he! ...you cheated!! Google Lens was my first idea too!

 

[Alex Caraballo]

Dark slide handles maybe?

Also rings a bell... something to do with slides.

 

[Kino]

Well, tell us what types of cameras you tended to carry in that bag. You say it was an older one; sounds like you haven't used it in a while. Might give us the needed clues...