this made my day...$4 flash

[mcphotography]

i was looking for another flash to add to my strobist kit and was going the budget route -- i just wanted something to put some filters on and fire remotely...well i stopped into one of the local pawn shops and there she sat...an Achiever Auto Thyristor 260T sitting on the shelf all by herself, and with a sticker price of $5.95....well that was bargain enough but the rep said "if you but it just give me $4"....i figure, heck it's $4, if it does not work, what they hey....but sure enough, I stick it on my cactus receiver, prop it on a tripod, and fire away....and it never missed a shot...works like a charm....WOOHOOO....and that's my find of the day!!! just figured i'd share :)

[misspix]

Congratulations! Gotta love deals like that :D

[fivegallon]

i was looking for another flash to add to my strobist kit and was going the budget route -- i just wanted something to put some filters on and fire remotely...well i stopped into one of the local pawn shops and there she sat...an Achiever Auto Thyristor 260T sitting on the shelf all by herself, and with a sticker price of $5.95....well that was bargain enough but the rep said "if you but it just give me $4"....i figure, heck it's $4, if it does not work, what they hey....but sure enough, I stick it on my cactus receiver, prop it on a tripod, and fire away....and it never missed a shot...works like a charm....WOOHOOO....and that's my find of the day!!! just figured i'd share :)
Good work!
Obviously the boards will be quiet for the next couple hours as all the POTN'ers race out to their local pawn shops! :lol:

[mcphotography]

thanks..now i just have to convince my son to pose for me tomorrow.....it may be easier to find another flash for $4...lol

[metalman1010]

While I live in an area where pawn shops are far and few between (Madison, Janesville, Wisconsin). I used to live in Denver and figured that when I would make a visit back to the area and paruse the local pawn shops I probably would find treasure in piles of trash.

It's amazing what stuff you can find in pawn shops if you know what to look for. Now granted I haven't been able to find another 200mm 1.8 yet for $1000 I have picked up my fair share of filters and other things at minimal fractions of cost as what retail would pull from my wallet.

Ross

[greenxeyezz]

what pawn shops do you GO TO? every single pawn shop i have anywhere near me, i swear the most expensive thing they will have in them are those dollar toys you get out of those vending machines or some dirty jewelry

[mcphotography]

i've looked in pawn shops before and usually is nada but this time i lucked out....i do find deals on little electronics - $5 cd players, one time they were selling portable tv's for $5, one time one sold some portable dvd players for $10...but hardly ever any good camera equipment