Post your latest purchases.

B

Bikerbrent_RIP

Senior Member
Many years ago at a BMW rally there was a restored BMW side car rig complete with non-operating machine gun on side car. The driver and his passenger wore long black leather coats and German style helmets. Very impressive and intimating.
 
R

RocketCowboy

Senior Member
Bikerbrent said:
Many years ago at a BMW rally there was a restored BMW side car rig complete with non-operating machine gun on side car. The driver and his passenger wore long black leather coats and German style helmets. Very impressive and intimating.
Click to expand...

At the IMC here in Dallas a few years ago ... was probably 2007 or 2008, they had a Ural in the exhibit booth, complete with guns on the side car. Don't know if they were going for German or Russian influence, but either would help get that bike through rush hour with a lot less resistance. :)

... thought I had a pic on my smugmug site, but apparently not. I'll dig it up when I get back home and can get into my old aperture library.
 
B

Bikerbrent_RIP

Senior Member
RocketCowboy said:
At the IMC here in Dallas a few years ago ... was probably 2007 or 2008, they had a Ural in the exhibit booth, complete with guns on the side car. Don't know if they were going for German or Russian influence, but either would help get that bike through rush hour with a lot less resistance. :).
Click to expand...

The owner of the BMW did note that not many drivers cut him off (so much for the argument that the driver makes, "but officer, I didn't see him" after they have run over a motorcycle. However, today, I would very afraid the car driver would pull out his UZI and start shooting or the police would do the same with their pistols if I tried to drive such a rig on the street.
 
R

RocketCowboy

Senior Member
RocketCowboy said:
My quest to purge the office of DX lenses did lead to one good find on Craigslist this week:

View attachment 233808

I think she'll do nicely. :)
Click to expand...

And ... first outing with her over the weekend, VR makes a nasty racket. Seems to still work, but doesn't sound healthy. May have to send her in to get looked at, which is a bummer.

I know I checked out the autofocus before buying, but the Starbucks may have been too noisy to hear the VR issues when I was testing.
 
J

JH Foto

Senior Member
Due to ill health I needed to downsize my gear as I am unable to carry DSLR and lenses so I have bought a P900

nikon_26499_coolpix_p900_digital_camera_1127274.jpg
 
S

SteveH

Senior Member
It has been a looooong time since I was here on the forum, everything uses up your time and then you realise it has been months! I hope you are all well!

I'll post my last purchase, although it was back in July! A Sigma 150-600 C... Although it did have to go back to Sigma after a month, because in warm weather the OS motor would make binding noise, so they replaced the motor - It turns out it can't have been working properly at all, as it is MUCH sharper on return!
 

Attachments

  • sigma-150-600mm-contemporary.jpg
    sigma-150-600mm-contemporary.jpg
    21.2 KB · Views: 94
Last edited:
M

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
SteveH said:
It has been a looooong time since I was here on the forum, everything uses up your time and then you realise it has been months! I hope you are all well!

I'll post my most last purchase, although it was back in July! A Sigma 150-600 C... Although it did have to go back to Sigma after a month, because in warm weather the OS motor would make binding noise, so they replaced the motor - It turns out it can't have been working properly at all, as it is MUCH sharper on return!
Click to expand...


Congratulations,good choice
 
Top