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what was the best deal you ever got on stuff you use for shoots. Mine is a three way tie right now between 1. today getting two 750ws calumet travelites for $150 each 2. a turn of the century hooka pipe for $10 3. and a complete 50's wardrobe for myself, 20 dresses or so worth over $1,000, for $40 now what are your great deal stories? Star Sep 23 06 12:01 am Link I got some $700 Dolce & Gabbana coats for $19 And some Dolce & Gabbana heels & sandals for $19 each also Sep 23 06 12:02 am Link I'll be back when I find myself a good 4x5 system (monorail view) for under $1,500. One w/ 2 lenses in boards with Copal shutters and if I'm lucky a couple of film holders. Wish me luck :-) Sep 23 06 12:50 am Link Freakin banana's for $0.37/lb Sep 23 06 12:53 am Link Iris Swope wrote: Please teach me your ways! Sep 23 06 12:54 am Link Craig Thomson wrote: That's not a deal! Sep 23 06 12:54 am Link e-string wrote: Big big secret Sep 23 06 12:56 am Link my K1000 with a f1.7 50mm for 30$ and still loving it  Sep 23 06 12:56 am Link Craig Thomson wrote: Iris Swope wrote: but I like me some bananas... Sep 23 06 12:56 am Link Craig Thomson wrote: Craig Thomson wrote: but I like me some bananas... I just paid .50/lb...but that was overpriced. Sep 23 06 01:00 am Link nathan combs wrote: You must teach me your ways. lol Sep 23 06 01:02 am Link nathan combs wrote: 2 K1000's with 5 lenses and cases... -> Got them free. Sep 23 06 01:16 am Link Sep 23 06 01:17 am Link I bought a nice Bogen tripod/head combo on Ebay, for 65 bucks...after watching auctions for a couple of weeks, waiting for the right one that no one had noticed or really bid on. Then the seller suddenly discovered that he had previously sold it, or couldn't find it, or some such nonsense (when he realized that he was losing a good bit of money). He sent my money back with 5 dollars extra...but I am still pissed about that one. I guess that was the best deal I almost got. Sep 23 06 01:26 am Link Star wrote: How the HELL did you do that?!! Bastard! Scoundrel!! Sep 23 06 01:26 am Link Star wrote: 2 800 watt-second Speedotron packs: $69 and $89. Sep 23 06 01:28 am Link Kevin Connery wrote: Damn.. Nice Sep 23 06 01:30 am Link Nikon 85/1.4 for $650 because the guy spelled Nikkor wrong. Sep 23 06 01:34 am Link Kevin Connery wrote: AAHHHHHHH!! I'm feeling like more and more of a dipshit by the second!! Sep 23 06 01:36 am Link Pentax 67 /w 37 fish eye for 100 pounds, Nikon F3 /w MD4 for 25 pounds, original 80-200 2.8 Nikkor for 75 pounds, First year of the Minolta 9000 series body for 100 pounds. It was a great time to be in the UK. Check those travlelites out really well, some of the early ones tend to overheat really bad. Sep 23 06 07:58 am Link God blessed with with good looks at birth for FREE! Sep 23 06 08:16 am Link a Leica M3 working conditon still in box with papers at a flea marker for $5.00. I talked her down from 8.00. Sep 23 06 08:24 am Link Got a few deals here and there with photographic equipment. My biggest and best deal was in another catagorey. I used to deal in Lionel Railroad Collectibles. Bought a complete layout for $850 and parlayed that into almost $6,000 after selling it off piece by piece. On another occasion a guy stopped in my studio because I kept a sign in one window that I bought old toy trains. He had a old "military" tin type train in original box with tracks and transfomer he wanted to sell. I didn't deal in that manufacturers models, they were not Lionel. He offered them to me for $40 so I bought them anyway. The very next issue of Model Toy Trains featured the exact train I had just bought on their cover. The value of the set was listed at almost $500. I had just made a profit of $460 overnight. Sep 23 06 11:07 am Link Vintage BCBG dress for $5 Shoots with a number of professional photogs (you wouldn't believe if I dropped names) for $200 each plus cost of film Sep 23 06 01:07 pm Link Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens ... brand new from b&h for $79.99 .... not that it was a deal ... but the best VALUE ever ... lens is great ... cant stop using it .. Sep 23 06 01:11 pm Link Today shoot for www.erosboutique.com , beside my best pay of $1000 for 3 hour shoot, every item i was hold and every dress and top and i wear i was giving right to take home i would say it another 1000$ worth of fun and sexy cloths and items Sep 23 06 08:17 pm Link Good going rabbit! I can't begin to figure out how much I spent on corsets and boots back in the day... Sep 23 06 08:19 pm Link I found two five pounds round weights along the side of the road. Great for weighting down the travellights when working outside in the wind. Sep 23 06 08:28 pm Link Toyo 810G Schneider APO-Symmar 360mm 8x10 back 4x5 reducing back 4x5 Polaroid back $200 (The down side being I had to find a new job - studio closing) (A close second would be the two Dianas I got for $1 sold one on Ebay for $117.50 - kept one to use) Sep 23 06 10:22 pm Link guess blouse was 60 got it for 6.00 max studio dress was 150 for it for 5.00 max studio dress for 198 got it for 30.00 liz claiborne big travel tote 200 got it for 40.00 liz claiborne dress was 115 for it for 15 french connection top was 98 got it for 30 diane von furstenberg travel suitcase 360-got it for 47.00 diane von furstenberg bi suitcase 25/26in 400+ got it for 72.00  Sep 23 06 10:30 pm Link Ivy Bressler wrote: Thank you hehe i tough it was way too cool specialy for me as rookie in modeling. Telling the true i feel kind not OK taking all those cloths and toys and items but i like them so MUCH hehe. After i counted all price tags last night after i posted here i come up with $2348 worth of things , when i make post i just didnt know sexy cloths from them cost 100-200$ each and bondage items like 30-125$ each too. Sep 24 06 08:46 am Link Lets see... Norman 808m battery pac 2 LH500 strobes 2 umbrellas gold and silver 2 stands for $300 oh and a Kodak dcs 460 and dcs PRO14N for free!!! with a nikkor 28mm 2.0 manual and 60mm AF nikkor 2.8 macro free!!! Sep 24 06 09:01 am Link $50,000 a year for my college education ang Sep 24 06 09:07 am Link ang m wrote: That must have been one hell of a photo shoot. Can we see the pictures? Sep 24 06 09:36 am Link LOL Sep 24 06 09:38 am Link I got a Canon 85mm 1.2 L lens from a pawn shop, for $400.00, sitiing in a corner gathering dust. Sep 24 06 09:45 am Link Fuji S2 ..... $Free (well, I had to burn a DVD for the "previous owner") Sigma lens (for above) ..... $35.00 (on Ebay) Sep 24 06 09:47 am Link Buy can I ever contribute to this one. Two weeks ago bought an Epson 7500 for $350 Canadian with a print count of only 639. The guy thought the print heads were screwed because of the steaks on his prints. Just needed to run through half a dozen cleaning cycles. His loss....definitely my gain. Sep 24 06 09:51 am Link timeless image wrote: That noise you hear is everyone running to the local pawnshops. Sep 24 06 09:57 am Link The last cameras I bought, my Contax 645 kit and rangefinder were fantastic deals at the time. It's been a couple years. Now that sort of gear is found sometimes for peanuts compared to the peanuts deal I got when I got them. Sep 24 06 10:57 am Link |
