[MF3D.FORUM:324] Re: Cheap Sputniks

[Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> > I think that that is why there
> > are so many cheap ones [Spuds] on Ebay.
>
> Or it could be that all 27 of us in the whole
> world who want one, have one by now. They can't
> get rid of the rest of them.

Except I now have two of them, both from eBaY,
one of them (my poor condition but cheap experimenter 2nd
unit) directly from it's land of origin.  :-)

So "we" should be good for 54 units at least!  :-)

Mike K.

http://www.photo-3d.com

P.S. - The condition was documented in the posting, which is why
          the price was under $100 -- the sputnik came packed better
          than anything I can recall buying on ebay, and that's been quite
          a few items/toys.  :-)

P.P.S. - Just "did" my first trial run of E6 processing in the bathroom
             last weekend (worked out well -- 35mm Provia 100F).  I've some of
             that film for the Sputnik too, but haven't tried it out yet.  Should
             be awesome... the 35mm film is about grain-free.  Pushed to iso 400
             might work well with the sputnik, and be particularly helpful in getting
             it stopped down quite a bit and still have a decent shutter speed!  Anybody
             do that in their Sputnik already?

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> Robert Thorpe
> Cedar Rapids, IA
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