what waS your last photography related purchase?

[MartinCrabtree]

oooohhhhhh naked photographers.............interesting concept.

 

[MattKing]

And I prefer paying by check sometimes when payday is a couple days off and I want something NOW. And in those cases I throw a fit if they scan it and treat it as a debit card. If I wanted to use a card I'D USE A FREAKING CARD.

Wayne:

In most cases now paper cheques are not returned to cheque writers through their banks. The financial institutions that they are deposited to just scan them and they are immediately processed electronically. The paper cheques are destroyed, leaving only an electronic image.

Some large retailers and other payment processors don't even have to send the cheques to the bank - they have the scanning equipment on site and process them directly themselves.

At my law office I used to handle property transfers. The government office that we sent the documents to had such equipment in place for the cheques used for filing taxes. If our documents were filed at 11:00 a.m., monies would be out of our trust chequing account by noon.

This was ten years ago.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

Wayne:

In most cases now paper cheques are not returned to cheque writers through their banks. The financial institutions that they are deposited to just scan them and they are immediately processed electronically. The paper cheques are destroyed, leaving only an electronic image.

Some large retailers and other payment processors don't even have to send the cheques to the bank - they have the scanning equipment on site and process them directly themselves.

At my law office I used to handle property transfers. The government office that we sent the documents to had such equipment in place for the cheques used for filing taxes. If our documents were filed at 11:00 a.m., monies would be out of our trust chequing account by noon.

This was ten years ago.

Correct... and "throwing a fit" about instant check processing, as another poster said he does, doesn't change company procedures nor the law.

 

[pbromaghin]

4 4x5 holders and a really nice cable release. It's thicker and smoother operating than any I've ever seen.

 

[StoneNYC]

Stone, these days paper checks are treated like bank cards. In most cases the recipient scans them and payment is electronically debited from the sender's account immediately. Some people prefer payment by check for their type of record-keeping. Others prefer to send money orders to prevent ID theft.

Oh I didn't know they could instant debit now, that's good to know.

 

[StoneNYC]

..? You are pretty terrible with context, Stone.

What does my method of payment have to do with anything?

Sorry I just didn't understand why you would do that instead of just using a debit card that's all, it just takes longer to get your purchase and more wasted paper to submit the catalogue item and envelope and stamp and chance of lost mail. Just find it less efficient. No offense intended.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

Hey, Stone. I've often considered sending postal money orders for all types of payments and purchases. That's far safer than any other method because no one has any access to your bank or credit card information. What prevents me from doing so is shear laziness. Also, if one sells a lot then they may want to minimize credit transfers as the IRS will make life difficult for them even if they lost money on everything they sell.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Sorry I just didn't understand why you would do that instead of just using a debit card that's all, it just takes longer to get your purchase and more wasted paper to submit the catalogue item and envelope and stamp and chance of lost mail. Just find it less efficient. No offense intended.

Some places don't accept credit cards. I am not offended. Only puzzled.

 

[Dan Fromm]

I posted earlier that I bought a very rare lens but wouldn't say more until it's in my hands. I have it now but the aperture is very stiff and it looks like there's some edge separation. I'm thinking having it properly restored is worth ever penny. What do you folks think?

This is a 112mm Suter Basel Series IV f/12.5 Anastigmat that, according to the Vade Mecum, is only two or three known to exist in the world. I don't know if this is one of two referred two in the V-M or if it's a third example. This pic is of just the front cell. The barrel is soaking to (hopefully) loosen the aperture and the rear cell is set to the side.

Do any of you know anything about this lens?

O-n-F, are you sure you're quoting correctly from the VM? I ask because my copies of the second and third editions don't have the words Series IV or f/12.5 in their Suter sections. They also don't mention "only two or three known to exist in the world." It could be that Matt Wilkinson saw only a few examples.

Suter made Zeiss designs under license. I think what you have is a Serie IV f/12.5 Anastigmat Protar that Suter made under license. If so, not as rare as you think. And if so, probably usable on formats up to 5x7.

 

[Wayne]

Wayne:

In most cases now paper cheques are not returned to cheque writers through their banks. The financial institutions that they are deposited to just scan them and they are immediately processed electronically. The paper cheques are destroyed, leaving only an electronic image.

Some large retailers and other payment processors don't even have to send the cheques to the bank - they have the scanning equipment on site and process them directly themselves.

At my law office I used to handle property transfers. The government office that we sent the documents to had such equipment in place for the cheques used for filing taxes. If our documents were filed at 11:00 a.m., monies would be out of our trust chequing account by noon.

This was ten years ago.

I'm not sure which part of this you thought I didn't know; its not scanning after deposit that bothers me, its scanning and debiting at the point of purchase. Check floating is a time honored tradition among honest but poor people like myself who don't always have enough to get paycheck to paycheck but always cover their checks. Immediate scanning is about the same thing as "no checks allowed" because it effectively makes the check a debit card. You will notice that only the money takers have the ability and "right" to receive funds immediately. If one of these same companies or institutions mistakenly over charges someone or they want a refund, the poor honest person has to wait 3-5 business days for it.

 

[StoneNYC]

Some places don't accept credit cards. I am not offended. Only puzzled.

I've inly seen that at back woods type restaurants but not photo supply places *shrug* I'm not very worldly

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I've inly seen that at back woods type restaurants but not photo supply places *shrug* I'm not very worldly

Yeah, but it still doesn't matter. Let's move forward?

 

[removed account4]

you are in good company thomas
man ray like checks with little poodles on them
http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Mermaid_Man_and_Barnacle_Boy_III_(transcript)

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

O-n-F, are you sure you're quoting correctly from the VM? I ask because my copies of the second and third editions don't have the words Series IV or f/12.5 in their Suter sections. They also don't mention "only two or three known to exist in the world." It could be that Matt Wilkinson saw only a few examples.

Suter made Zeiss designs under license. I think what you have is a Serie IV f/12.5 Anastigmat Protar that Suter made under license. If so, not as rare as you think. And if so, probably usable on formats up to 5x7.

I don't have the Vade Mecum. I got the information from the third post in this LFPI THREAD .

Here's a cut/paste from that post: "But few later products are known. One cause may have been as follows. Suter were Zeiss licensees for anastigmats in the 1890's but it seems to have been a fairly short lived arrangement, ended by 1900, and few such lenses have been seen: in fact two Series IV f12.5 eg at 112mm No44,47x are the only ones. It is a semi-wide field lens and probably is a faithful version of the Zeiss Series IV."

I hope it is rare because I could certainly use the money right now.

 

[Dan Fromm]

O-n-F, thanks for the help. Now I see this:

few such lenses have been seen: in fact two Series IV f12.5 eg at 112mm No44,47x are the only ones

Wishful thinking. What the text means is that Matt Wilkinson has seen only two, not that only two were made.

Your treasure is a CZJ f/12.5 Protar made by Suter.

Collectors who specialize in Suter lenses seem to be rarer than the lenses. Rarity doesn't guarantee high prices. I just took a quick look at Protars sold on eBay. Not encouraging.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

I appreciate your help, Dan, even if the news isn't encouraging. Oh well... I knew it was a gamble when I bought it. Maybe I can at least break even. It was the choice of verbiage in the Vade Mecum that threw me off, "few such lenses have been seen (two)" vs. "I've only seen two". Had the latter wording been used I would have been more cautious.

My next photo purchase will be sometime in the future since I'll need to recover from this one.

 

[Ian Grant]

3 30"x24" plain wood frames, I've just stained them to a nice dark oak finish ready to add the already matted prints.

Ian

 

[E. von Hoegh]

8 24 exp. rolls of long dated Fuji 400 from the local Rite-Aid which is clearing out a lot of stuff. $2.02 per roll.

 

[Kyle M.]

I ordered 50 rolls of 120 HP5+ from B&H this morning, that should get me through until sometime next summer.

 

[Wayne]

1 liter of Unicolor C-41 chemicals, 2 liters of Arista RA-4

 

[removed account4]

wasn't really a purchase but a payment ..
the beloved vehicle excise tax

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

24 rolls of black and white 120 film.

 

[Ian Grant]

In transit Fomapan 200 5x4 & 7x5 and 8 7x5 film holders, bot purchases from the classifieds here,

Ian

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Bolt external battery for my Canon flash. I wish they had cords to connect it to my Contax flash, but such is life. I can get an SCA cord to connect the Contax to my Metz 45 CL-4, which I will do eventually.

 

[miha]

Kardan re

Would you mind sharing your impressions so far? I got one last year and it's my first and only LF camera. It seems they are scarce, at least I was unable to find anything on the camera from a user's perspective.