On old memory cards. I bought a used digital starter P&S for a friend I'm determined to drag into the digital age regardless of how much he kicks and screams in protest. When I opened the card slot, I found it took a Compact Flash card, and I just happened to have one left from my first Canon DSLR.

I decided to check it, because I wasn't sure I had cleared it when the camera I bought it for gave up and died. Look at what I found. This was growing in my front yard two summers ago.

Hearing that (so to speak LOL) is actually quite nice, because I'm hoping Rick will enjoy and use the heck out of it. I was at an estate sale and found an old heavy leather lighting box that I wanted to store some small accessories for my Canon. I laid it on the "hold" table with my name on a postit, and when I had finished looking around and started to settle up, I realized that the box now rattled, which I did not remember it doing when I set it down. I opened it, and there was that lens and a flash unit, both of which appeared to have little to no wear on them. I told the lady who was running the sale that they had not been in there when I set it on the table, and she said that the man's daughter had told her to give them to me with the box because they were the last of her father's photo equipment, that he had rarely used them, and that since I did some photography maybe I would get the use from them that her father didn't. I asked her what she wanted for them, and she said they were now included in the box. I told her I couldn't use them with my camera and she asked if I could find someone who would enjoy them. She said to pass them along at a price that would enable someone who would enjoy them to get them and she would be happy.

That's what I did. I hope Rick has a great time and takes some great pics with them.

Don't have a clue, and it's on its way to Canada LOL!

Oh, and if you'd like, I'll throw the manual for the camera they were used with in the box too. I didn't get the camera, and of course it's for a film body, but it does have a couple of neat diagrams of the internal parts of the camera and it won't add any weight, if you want it.

It's yours, as long as you'll take the flash too as part of the deal. I want it all gone for the $30, and I will ship it to Tibet as long as you're willing to pay the shipping!

PM me your address and I'll get the post office to give me the shipping charges and I'll email the total to you in the morning!

Ok...don't know if this will be helpful or not, but the camera this lens was purchased for appears to have been a Mamiya/sekor 35 mm. SLR.

The flash is a Goldcrest SR-42 and works on 4 AA batteries or AC, and the cord and original manual is included. It also appears to be almost mint.

If anyone is interested in these, I would be happy with $30 plus actual shipping for the pair if you don't want to do a trade of some sort.

Honestly, I don't. I looked it up, and got a dozen widely different prices....some people sure are proud of what they own, aren't they?

Since for me it's a paperweight that I found in the bottom of a box I bought to get something else, I'm willing to be very reasonable LOL.

Forgot to add....there's a flash unit that I acquired with the lens. Not sure of the specs or brand on it, and it's still in the van LOL. It also is very clean, and comes with both the camera cord and an AC power cord. I'll drag it out tomorrow and post the info.

FYI....the trade does not have to be photographic equipment LOL. I'm open to small electronics...maybe a small monitor that is windows compatible....I'm very flexible in that regard.

It says it's an M-42 mount.

Here is what the specs say:

Sigma Macro-system Zoom 100-200mm F/4.5
Lens construction: 10 elements in 6 groups
Angle of view:24'-12'
Minimum aperture: F/22
Minimum focusing distance 2.5 meters
Minimum focus distance in macro mode: 58 cm.
Magnification: 1:1/4.5
Filter size: 55 mm.
Dimensions:62.5 mm X 141.5 mm. (M42 mount)
Weight: 506 g (M-42 mount)
Lens coating: Sigma Multicoating

Acquired this lens this weekend, along with the original case and manual. I cannot test it because it does not fit anything I own, but both it and the case, including the strap, appear to be in near mint condition.

Since it does not fit my camera body, I am open to offers of outright sale, trades, and partial trades. If interested, make me a reasonable offer and we can most likely make both of us happy. :D

This guy lives in a small pond that for some reason he thinks he owns. When you get his attention it is a pretty good idea to back off. He is quite aggressive. During mating season you really have to be careful. Keeps you alert, that's for sure.[/quote][/quote]

He is around 11 or 12 feet. When he crosses the road near his pond he is longer than the road is wide and it's about 10 feet wide. He won't hold still long enough for me to measure him with my tape.LOL. He is big and very very fast. I have seen him catch birds.[/quote]

I'd give him the pond!

I love all of them, but yes, the first is absolutely a wall hanger! GREAT WORK!!!

I'm in.

LMAOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frankly, if we pulled all support...ALL support....from the Middle East, it would implode in just a few short weeks because there is not a leader in any of those little sandboxes who is going to get up off all the money he has siphoned off for decades to save the little ratholes they call home. I am talking about removing every single American citizen and every single dollar in aid from any country even remotely suspected of harboring or sympathizing with terrorists.

End of problem without a single shot being fired.

As for the Romneys and friends, when his wife told the media, "We've given YOU PEOPLE all the financial information you need." she effectively torpedoed the campaign. John Q. Public Average American Citizen may not be a rocket scientist, but he's very good at holding a grudge and there's nothing that will start a grudge faster than sheer arrogance.