GAS GAS: Please Share your Latest Acquisitions Big and Small

Well, I did it . . . sprang for an inexpensive Pentax K-30 with a low shutter count. Why? Dunno, nostalgia maybe. My wife tried to talk me out of selling the first one I had - should have listened. I still have a couple of lenses laying around that will fit it, so I thought, why not? I will say the Pentax UI is super simple to navigate. The K-30 isn't really a compact, but it's not huge, either. Here's my X-T1 and the K-30, both with 18-55 kit lenses: Compact Camera Meter

Yeah there is something in cameras we got rid of. Last year (or was it the year before) I replaced my on-sold K200D with one bought via Pentaxforums, cost me $175 with a battery grip I never use. Another $70 (I’m talking AUD all the way here so in USD a lot less for both) for the desperately needed sensor clean, and its good as new. The other one I sold which I wish I had not, was the K-r I had. I just *had* to have a K5 (no, i did not!) and sold the K-r. For me, and how I shoot, the K-r was the much better (and lighter) option. And, if I can pick one up cheaply in the future, I will do so.
 
Here's a cabinet I made to display some of my old film cameras. The metal window I got at our local dump for $10. Most of the other materials I had on hand in the shop.

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I recognize the Stereo Realist in there. I bought one of those on a whim at an estate sale 15 years ago and then had to visit my local camera shop to find out if I could buy film for it and still use it. I was (and did!). I had mixed results without truly understanding exposure or knowing how to use a light meter, but on sunny days, I got AMAZING 3D film shots that really pop. Unfortunately gave it up after a year....and I'm not sure anyone processes, cuts and mounts 3D slide film anymore. But when I showed people the slides, they all said something to the effect of "why isn't everybody shooting like this". Once you see your memories captured in 3D, it's hard to argue.
 
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Yeah there is something in cameras we got rid of. Last year (or was it the year before) I replaced my on-sold K200D with one bought via Pentaxforums, cost me $175 with a battery grip I never use. Another $70 (I’m talking AUD all the way here so in USD a lot less for both) for the desperately needed sensor clean, and its good as new. The other one I sold which I wish I had not, was the K-r I had. I just *had* to have a K5 (no, i did not!) and sold the K-r. For me, and how I shoot, the K-r was the much better (and lighter) option. And, if I can pick one up cheaply in the future, I will do so.
Yeah, I've done that a couple of times. Don't know why I get so restless and "have" to try other cameras. I have printed some of my best images through the years, and without digging through my archives, would have a hard time telling you which camera captured which image.
 
I recognize the Stereo Realist in there. I bought one of those on a whim at an estate sale 15 years ago and then had to visit my local camera shop to find out if I could buy film for it and still use it. I was (and did!). I had mixed results without truly understanding exposure or knowing how to use a light meter, but on sunny days, I got AMAZING 3D film shots that really pop. Unfortunately gave it up after a year....and I'm not sure anyone processes, cuts and mounts 3D slide film anymore. But when I showed people the slides, they all said something to the effect of "why isn't everybody shooting like this". Once you see your memories captured in 3D, it's hard to argue.
I shot quite a few rolls with the Stereo Realist in my film days. In the 1970s the Oakland (Calif.) Camera Club had an annual evening of stereo slides. Quite spectacular projected on a screen. Some of the views looked like you could walk right into the scene.
 
I haven't taken delivery yet but I've got a Nikon SQ on it's way from ebay... I'm building up a bit of a collection of "vintage" digital cameras...
 
Here's the K-30 with my mint copy of the Vivitar 70-150 f3.8 Close Focus (I already had the lens). Despite the performance of modern high grade AF lenses, I can't seem to fully get away from legacy lenses, so I have a few I pull out from time to time.

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