I made an IR filter for my camera. I couldn't get any particularly good pics today, since it's almost dark and there's not much IR light to work by, but I got a few to test it out, and it works pretty well. It also works for my eyes when I use it as a monocle thingy; my fluorescent tube, which is cool and doesn't give off much IR, looks dim through it, and an incandescent bulb is much brighter despite being dimmer at visible wavelengths. The pics are a bit blurry, since they needed a 1/2 second exposure and I didn't use a tripod.
I would give you one of my old bogen tripods, if you were within a reasonable driving distance.
I have actually given away many photo things to people who have shown me an aptitude or interest in this area. I gave away an old Yashica to a person who I photographed a couple of years ago.
I made a eal with an ebay contact last year and he got buttloads more stuff to play with than we agreed on at ebay. He also gave me more money, but he got strobe lighting and knowledge to take with him.
I dug out an old medium format camera (Mamiya 645, standard lens, multiple film backs and a 3021 Bogen tripod with a three-way head) to give to a youngster at work a few days ago. He seemed a bit taken aback, but I reminded him that the camera has no commercial value. He will have to buy film for it and pay for processing or create a darkroom situation to use it. I gave him four rolls of film, too.
He is a punk kid, but his interests are similar to mine. I made him promise to not tell anyone at work. That was THE condition!
Funny thing is that he is also into audio, but his life is geared around Car-Fi, which I am not interested in. He had blown several speakers in his doors when he cranks up his gear. I showed him how to keep that from happening. He now thinks I'm smart or something.
NO! I'm an old rocker who knows how to get the most out of what gear you are trying to use, that's all. I don't give a fuck about car-fi
