Another thrift store find: Just came across an itns-500 scanner. 4x6 photos, 35 mm negative strips and 35 mm slides. Scanned a couple photos at 3600 and it works good. Photos are as...

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Just came across an itns-500 scanner. 4x6 photos, 35 mm negative strips and 35 mm slides. Scanned a couple photos at 3600 and it works good. Photos are as good as original. Paid $12 for our. Brand new in the box. Older unit for old windows. People say it would not work on win 10, but it does. Not a bad unit for the money.

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frankraney wrote:

Just came across an itns-500 scanner. 4x6 photos, 35 mm negative strips and 35 mm slides. Scanned a couple photos at 3600 and it works good. Photos are as good as original. Paid $12 for our. Brand new in the box. Older unit for old windows. People say it would not work on win 10, but it does. Not a bad unit for the money.

For $12 its worth it even if all it did for you is archiving receipts, forms mailed out, etc etc.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Yes frankraney, worth the search...

I purchased 3 Minolta AF lenses that fit my Sony A65 from Goodwill Auction for $51 plus shipping.. all 3 are good/clean/scratch-free.

Locally at the Hospis Shop a 100mm macro Minolta AF, for $10. It cost me $20 to buy a spanner to remove and clean the inside of the outer lens.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

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For $12 its worth it even if all it did for you is archiving receipts, forms mailed out, etc etc.

Yeah. I have my flatbed scanner, but it only does photos, and it is across the room so I have to get up every time I scan a photo. This one is small and I can sit it on my desk temporarily. Quality for photos is as good as my flatbed.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

dpullum wrote:

Yes frankraney, worth the search...

I purchased 3 Minolta AF lenses that fit my Sony A65 from Goodwill Auction for $51 plus shipping.. all 3 are good/clean/scratch-free.

Locally at the Hospis Shop a 100mm macro Minolta AF, for $10. It cost me $20 to buy a spanner to remove and clean the inside of the outer lens.

Every once in a while I find something when I wasn't even looking for it. I found lenses also I found cameras I find a lot of stuff. Sometimes people like me buy a bunch of stuff and then don't use it then when they clean house they donate it and sometimes the states are given away and a lot of times it's brand new stuff. So every once in awhile if you keep your eyes open you can get lucky.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I am always on the hunt for old slide scanners for there are some of them that have EXCELLENT lenses that make EXCELLENT macro lenses albeit a bit of creative adapting is required to mount them.

Scanners are high resolution which makes them ideal optics for bringing out the finest of details.

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dpullum wrote:

Yes frankraney, worth the search...

I purchased 3 Minolta AF lenses that fit my Sony A65 from Goodwill Auction for $51 plus shipping.. all 3 are good/clean/scratch-free.

Locally at the Hospis Shop a 100mm macro Minolta AF, for $10. It cost me $20 to buy a spanner to remove and clean the inside of the outer lens.

Any ecosystem would quickly and totally fail without scavengers. We may even be the most important actors of all !

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

frankraney wrote:

Just came across an itns-500 scanner. 4x6 photos, 35 mm negative strips and 35 mm slides. Scanned a couple photos at 3600 and it works good. Photos are as good as original. Paid $12 for our. Brand new in the box. Older unit for old windows. People say it would not work on win 10, but it does. Not a bad unit for the money.

watebo

I was outbid at Shop Goodwill on a Tamron 1.4 teleconverter. It was described as used but in good condition. On a whim I checked ebay and found one on buy it now for $18. It was new in box and marked $188.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

watebo wrote:

I was outbid at Shop Goodwill on a Tamron 1.4 teleconverter. It was described as used but in good condition. On a whim I checked ebay and found one on buy it now for $18. It was new in box and marked $188.

Now that's a steal.

Beard43 Loc: End of the Oregon Trail

Hock shops and thrift stores are some of my favorite places.

Ron

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Beard43 wrote:

Hock shops and thrift stores are some of my favorite places.

Ron

Me too......