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Just got a NOS Nikon Soft 1 filter (62mm to fit my Nikkor 105/1.8) for the super-low price of $15. Apparently Nikon had to stop making the original Soft filters due to the caustic chemical process they had to use to manufacture them, and they have now been replaced by the "New Soft" filters (see details here). I've owned a 52mm Soft 1 for years, and the effect is very nice for portraiture, so felt it was worth it to invest in a copy for my 105/1.8 given they are out-of-production.

Also got an original box and plastic lens case for my 105/2.5 P "Sonnar". Again, super-low price, and practical as well, since I can now store the lens in the plastic screw-on bubble-case.
 
Some lab ware, 2 Pyrex graduates, shot glass sized beakers and a couple of Erlenmeyer flasks.
According to the seller, it all came from Polaroid’s facility in Cambridge MA.

It will replace some plastic stuff in my darkroom.
 
Naturally, a couple boxes of Pan-F 4x5 😁

Andrew, what are you expecting to see that you don't already know? Contact prints or enlargements? What do you expect that you can't get from Delta 100 or TMax100?
I'm honestly asking out of interest, because i can't think of anything i would use it for.....
 
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Andrew, what are you expecting to see that you don't already know? Contact prints or enlargements? What do you expect that you can't get from Delta 100 or TMax100?
I'm honestly asking out of interest, because i can't think of anything i would use it for.....

I'll let you know 😄
 
10Kg Sodium Thiosulphate . . . . .

Oh. and a few sheets of paper.


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Must get printing, I already have a rather large stash of paper in my darkroom, 500+ sheets of 20"x16" . . . . . . . . . . .

Ian
 
19mm thread eyepiece for my FM2n. Expedited shipping from Alaska still takes a few extra days.
First time I order anything from Alaska.
 
Hasselblad macro bellows lens shade, rated in excellent condition from KEH.com.

This was only eleven dollars ($11) and shipping doubled the price, which makes it only the second less expensive Hasselblad item I’ve ever bought.

The cheapest is two Hasselblad body cable hooks for the shutter release, at $5.50@
 
Two 1880s albumen prints (one of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, the other of a Mughal tomb in Agra) and a 1/4 plate papier-mache case with inlaid mother-of-pearl in the lid and what appears to be a later cabinet card photo installed inside. I haven't opened it yet to see if there is an original image in the case behind the cabinet card photo.
 
@Ian Grant that Forte Polygrade V was my favourite paper!

I have a few sheets left, I bought a lot from the very last coating run, as well as Fortepan 200 10x8 sheet film, and EFKE Pl25 20x8, both great films.

Polywarmtone is the most amazing paper I've ever used, nothing else like it. Now I have a very large stock of Ilford Warmtone, as well.
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I've used up the Adox &Foma paper, the white big packets are Polywarmtone.

And the . . . . . .


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These are all 20"x16", except the top 2 boxes which are 16"x12". Oh, and loads of smaller sizes.

Must get printing.

Ian
 
The Lomography daylight developing tank, purchased last week (used once so far).

how cool is THAT!!!!

i looked it up and thought, wow. $90 is a lot of money for something that looks a lot like a plastic version of a stainless tank and then started looking closer. then i watched the video (on the lomography site). other than that inversion method of agitation being REALLY vigorous, wow!
 
how cool is THAT!!!!

i looked it up and thought, wow. $90 is a lot of money for something that looks a lot like a plastic version of a stainless tank and then started looking closer. then i watched the video (on the lomography site). other than that inversion method of agitation being REALLY vigorous, wow!

It's really quite ingenious, and definitely worth trying. The mechanics are actually pretty simple: the door that opens/closes to admit the film also has the cutter installed, so it's the same action that seals off the light and cuts the film, allowing the loading portion to be pulled out. The film is being pushed, rather than pulled, onto the reel, but it felt very smooth and frictionless to me while turning the crank. Also, the film is snipped with enough leader left outside the cassette to allow one to reroll with bulk film taped on. Haven't done that yet, but plan to (need to decide which B&W film to buy a bulk roll of).
 
It's really quite ingenious, and definitely worth trying. The mechanics are actually pretty simple: the door that opens/closes to admit the film also has the cutter installed, so it's the same action that seals off the light and cuts the film, allowing the loading portion to be pulled out. The film is being pushed, rather than pulled, onto the reel, but it felt very smooth and frictionless to me while turning the crank. Also, the film is snipped with enough leader left outside the cassette to allow one to reroll with bulk film taped on. Haven't done that yet, but plan to (need to decide which B&W film to buy a bulk roll of).

it looked like they cut a lot of the front end off and the last bit left in the cassette though, looked to be at least a frame's worth of stock, if not close to two frames. i had gotten to where i could get the film loaded (with proof by the spinning rewind lever) and lose only about a frame past the tongue. still not sure im going to spend the money but that could be a great thing to travel with, along with a jug or two of one-shot chemistry (developer and fixer in the same solution)

still, pretty cool!
 
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