Freecycle FTW!
For those of you who are non gamers FTW = for the win!
My hubby is an avid freecycler. If we don't use something anymore, someone somewhere can, right?
So my one request for him was to keep an eye out for photog stuff and sure enough he finds stuff now and then. Like this amazing Tamrac lense bag he got a couple days ago. But today was a winner! A lady who regularly gives away photog stuff (she was the one with the lense case, and which thankfully we have been able to grab up) well today she put up for free some 35mm film developing stuff. Since I still shoot with 35 and have a Rebel EOS 35mm the hubby told her we would love it. She then sent us a private message asking us since we're the ones who always respond if we would like something other stuff, the hubby said "Sure"
So the other stuff was a Nikon lense, a bunch of Hoya filters and *drum roll please* a brand new unused Macro Flash Ring! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE COST??? I almost choked, I am serious, I started to jump up and down in the store parking lot when I started looking through the box of goodies. I am on cloud 9 and finding it really hard to abide by the rule I set down for myself last week of not taking any pics cause I am sooo far behind in packing...
God, give me strength!
*just added pics of the goodies.
*pics for Raymond
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For instance the Nikon lense is going back on freecycle to another needy photographer since I am a Canon girl :)
To try to make a profit off of freecycle is kinda like breaking one of the commandments hehe.
Freecycle is a play off of recycle, there is a yahoo or equivalent site for every neighborhood. Just check your yahoo groups, you would be surprised what you can find! It gives items a new life instead of going to the dump where so many people think of as the place to send un-used items in America now. I hate that we live in such a throw away society!
Yes, I still shoot with 35mm believe it or not, there is just a certain satisfaction that I get from taking a pic of something and catching the beauty without needing editing. Being able to develop my own film again would really make it more worth while for me. I used to love the smell of the dark room, just knowing that a photo that I took was developed and printed all by me.
The macro ring actually connects to the end of the lense, while there is a power cord and a power supply that sits on the hotshoe and activates the strobe. You know how when you see a model and she has that realy pretty ring of light in her eyes? That is from using this light, and as for macro photography use, it is most needed indeed. With being so close with most macro photography you lose most of your light source. This makes up for it by surrounding the subject with an even light source.
Mine is similiar to this in appearance, but not name, http://www.rugift.com/images/macro-ring-flash-canon_big.jpg. I was going to build my own once we moved, I found some awesome DIY directions for them, they are very easy to make! This is one less thing I have to DIY now :D
But yeah, that is about the mother load ain't it? You remember by far much much more then I do about developing stuffz lol.. I have not stepped foot in a dark room in about 25 years. Gonna have to sign up for some refresher courses or something hehe. But really looking forward to it. No enlarger yet, but I am getting a hold of some family who may have my Grandpa's old photography stuff, he ran a studio so I am crossing my fingers :). I do plan on moving to medium format soon as I can get a hold of one, I am actually going to a clearance at a photo lighting place out here on Monday, they also carry all sorts of photog stuff and I went thru their clearance list, so I am crossing my fingers and praying that there is going to be good stuff left!
As for the macro light, I have found that same info, about a possible power issue which could blow the camera, some say it is safe, some say it is not worth the risk. I am with the latter, so the macro flash will only be used with the 35 since that is what it was created to be used with.
After looking on Ebay last night I found that I could actually get a Canon macro flash for under $80 now so that is alot more feasable than it used to be!
So heading out to a farewell party now, if you can use the cam, send me a PM and I will get it out to you first thing Monday morning! :)... I really hope you can use it!!!
I do feel like I won the lottery though, it's kinda like a reward for repurposing/reusing stuff! ;)