What's your best film equipment bargain?

tmnt

tmnt

King of Australia
I just got a secondhand AT4073a mic off aussie ebay for about US $180 which is a steal for in the states and even better in the land of high prices.

Also got a nice Canon FD 85mm 1.8 SSC for about 65 aussie dollars if I recall correctly.

What's your best bargain/s?
 
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The shared knowledge and sense of community that is DVXuser... cost? $0

Aside from that... probably something DIY... the only thing I have to compare is a Canon F 0.9 lens that I got for a half inch CCD cam... ebay... for around $100. It retails for something like $800 or so.
 
MattinSTL said:
The shared knowledge and sense of community that is DVXuser... cost? $0
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lol. It's comments like that which earned you the custom title Mat. btw I still laugh at your disclaimer (I think I did call you Mattin once...).
 
I bought, in the early 90s, two Mole Richardson / Twentieth Century Fox modified studio microphone preambulators. They had been changed from wire control to internal gears. Once we refurbished them, they were likely worth $10k each.

I paid $1000 for the pair. My good luck changed when they were both stolen by a fellow who used to run a porn distribution company in Fullerton, CA. I can't mention his name, but karma will catch up with him someday.

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Hopefully he's doing his own porn in prison.

What's a preambler? One of those floating chair things?
 
I was twenty at the time and didn't have the money for an attorney to go after him. Likely, he would have surrendered my property once he was served. Ah well, chalk it up to experience. You should always get contracts!

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Man... I can't believe you got screwed by a guy from the porn industry. There's nothing worse then losing your preambulator object elation to a porn producer. Don't worry, I'm sure that guy will get it in the end.
 
You'd think after a couple years of it that HorseFilms' avatar would stop bothering me. Yet, it persists.

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MattinSTL said:
Man... I can't believe you got screwed by a guy from the porn industry. There's nothing worse then losing your preambulator object elation to a porn producer. Don't worry, I'm sure that guy will get it in the end.
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There's 17 different jokes just here.

But to shadow Mat(tin) - I just can't believe a porn dude turned out to be shady. Would you really want your preambalar back after he'd used it anyway?
 
He had done a traditional feature as well. His primary business was distributing direct-mail porn, not making porn. Actually, come to think of it, that almost sounds worse.

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M. Night Shyamalan?

(I've used this joke 3 times this year already, works for everything).
 
Got a Merlin from Noel for $350. Definitely a bargain, although can't compare with tmnt's 4073a bargain. I paid $450 for that mic when I got it.
 
Yeah I was stoked with the AT4073a for that price. I'd been keeping an eye out for a long time. In the ebay auction it just said 'proffessional mic' in the title, no mention of the brand or model. My eyes lit up when I clicked on it, I was the only bidder. I think that mic in Oz is nearly a grand.
 
im a sucker for a deal,
once i got my canon rebal for 20 bux off a drunk in oakland a few yaers back,
my azden 1x i think was a hundreed bux then i phantom popped it,
i was at the flea market and got a smith vector flood light with stand for 5 bux!
fog machine for 15 bux and my dvx was 3500 from an authorized dealer!!
 
13" Panasonic production monitor for 7 bucks at Goodwill. Nobody wanted it because they couldn't figure out where the channel changer was.
 
My wife was working for a sound stage and they let us borrow 6 C-stands, 2 massive black flags and ten folding chairs for a shoot. Soon after my wife left the job and they went bankrupt, and they never asked for them back. I've had them for 10 years now.
 
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