{"title":"Under $100","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"formatt-hitech-ir-cut-filter-taunts","title":"4x5.65 Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Hot Mirror Filter (FC 650NM Cut)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT CONDITION THE CONDITION IS IN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e88-Day Confirmed Operation. Warranty Fully functional and well-maintained, this filter doesn't have a scratch on it and the soft case is in perfect condition. Scroll down to learn why this filter thinks it's remarkable.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"432\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Firecrest 4x5.65\" IR Cut Filter is the quiet perfectionist of modern cinematography. 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If you need a Leitz double cable release, it doesn’t get much nicer than this. It’s still in the original box (which has some cosmetic marks from tape residue), likely unused, and ready for any double cable release task. We’re not sure how useful these are today, but if you need one, you’ve found it. Scroll down for the details, assuming you have the time and the curiosity. Both are optional.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eLet's talk about a piece of German engineering so specific, so utterly niche, that you have to admire the audacity of anyone who thought to manufacture it in the first place. The Ernst Leitz Prontor double shutter-release cable is, at its heart, a solution to a problem most people didn't know they had: how do you fire two shutters at once without growing a third hand?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThis isn't some flimsy afterthought but a proper mechanical accessory with metal fittings, flexible sheaths that actually flex, and plungers that move with the kind of tactile satisfaction that makes you want to press them just to hear the click. Leave it to the Germans to engineer a cable release with the same fervour they'd apply to a suspension bridge. One imagines a team of engineers in lab coats, debating the optimal plunger resistance over schnapps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eBuilt for studio photographers, macro obsessives, and anyone wrestling with a Visoflex setup, it trips two shutters nearly simultaneously, which is either incredibly useful or the answer to a question no one asked, depending on your perspective. The Germans, bless them, never met a problem too small to solve with breathtaking thoroughness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eBut here's the thing: it works. Beautifully. The dual-cable design is simple, durable, and purely mechanical in the way that means it'll outlast whatever digital gadget you're currently nursing through its third firmware update.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eJust smooth action, solid construction, and the quiet confidence of something built to last. We love it for exactly those reasons. It's not flashy, doesn't announce itself, but pick one up and you'll understand what craftsmanship used to mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThe Prontor double cable is more than dependable. It's a reminder that some problems were solved so well the first time, they didn't need solving again. 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This camera is in great cosmetic condition. The viewfinder has been cleaned, the light seals replaced, and the shutter speeds are within acceptable tolerance. There is light dust inside the lens, but it doesn’t affect image quality. The clockwork motor works flawlessly. The built-in meter doesn’t work, but the camera is fully usable and makes a great user camera. Scroll down for the details, assuming you have the time and the curiosity. Both are optional.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c3d566f5-7fff-c389-ed63-9a99f3e45d45\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 1964, executives stared at the Fujica Half the way some men stare at a perfectly good martini before adding umbrellas and thought, \"You know what this needs? 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They took a practical camera and added mechanical wizardry that actually enhances the shooting experience. 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Absolutely clean and pristine, in its original box. Looks unused. The box is intact, though one side has separated at the edges. Scroll down if you want to learn about the design, performance, and story behind it. Or don’t. It’ll be here either way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eLet's address the elephant in the room: CTOOM. Yes, CTOOM. The Leitz engineers in Wetzlar, having spent decades perfecting optical formulae and mechanical tolerances that would make a Swiss watchmaker weep with envy, looked at their new flash bracket and decided to name it something that sounds like a cartoon character falling down stairs. CTOOM. Say it out loud. Go ahead. 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It has a right-angle hinged design and attaches securely to the baseplate, because the Germans don't do \"sort of secure\" or \"mostly attached.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eKnown for precise engineering and solid construction, it offers reliable flash placement in a compact, durable form, which is German for \"we built this thing once and built it right.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eThis particular example is an early all-metal version likely from the late 1940s or early 1950s, which means it was designed by men who'd survived a war and had no patience left for frivolity. Every angle is deliberate. Every hinge is precise. 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Stellar shape, this lens doesn't look like it has had very much use at all. The glass is clear, focus is smooth and the f-stops are crisp. Comes with the original lens caps, hood and case. The design, performance, and story of this lens wait below like a carefully arranged tea ceremony. When you're ready, scroll down. Or pause here a moment longer. All things reveal themselves in their proper time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAh yes, 135mm. The focal length that exists because someone had to fill the gap between “perfectly adequate” and “why didn’t I just rent the good glass?” It’s inherited from an uncle with abandoned ambitions or discovered at an estate sale beside yellowed National Geographics and the ghost of a darkroom. The Pentax SMC Takumar 135mm f\/3.5 of the early 1970s knows this about itself. Built for the M42 mount, it arrived without delusions of stardom and made peace with that on the factory floor. 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