What is your next photographic purchase

[RalphLambrecht]

Heiland Densitometer

That's a wonderful piece of equipment.

 

[eli griggs]

A70 magazine for my Hasselblad, and HP5 + 70mm b&w film.

I should also start looking for 70mm cassettes in advance, so I at least have that covered as they are the least costly of the above.

Oh yeah, a air bulb shutter release.

 

[Steve@f8]

Just purchased a brick of C200 whilst it’s still (relatively) cheap. Pricing varies considerably, some vendors are asking silly money.

 

[guangong]

I have been bingeing for years and following the directions of my G.A.S., and now I have come to the point that I very rarely even think about buying photographic equipment.

Ditto. All equipment, from 1936 Leica to my Fuji gf670, in perfect operating condition. My only purchases are for film, chemicals, etc.

 

[Dusty Negative]

"Way Beyond Monochrome" textbook. Anyone heard of it?

OK, OK. Of course I already own it. But I stopped reading it because it gives me GAS and CAS (Chemistry Acquisition Syndrome).

 

[PonySoldier1887]

It has taken over three=quarters of a century to get to this point... only thing I'm looking for is Kodak XTOL when someone finally gets it in stock (gonna' become a hoarder).No more cameras, lenses, darkroom equipment. (Lord have I become senile?).
Joel

 

[benjiboy]

I don't lust after anything at the moment, I'm still on lockdown because I'm at the most vulnerable age. I just wish I could get out and use what I have.

 

[eli griggs]

Ditto.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I was not looking nor lusting. I just bought and received a Nikon N80 camera and a Nikon f/2.8 20mm lens. Who knew?

 

[Arthurwg]

Nikon 50mm F1.4 AF D or a Nikon VR lens.

 

[Steve@f8]

Nikkor 50mm f1.2 Ai-s
Couldn’t resist. Big surprise Nikon still make it!

 

[amellice]

That's a wonderful piece of equipment.

very nice, I'm fortunate enough to own it at a fraction of the price, very easy to use.

 

[eli griggs]

I'd like it to be a 50mm or either a 500mm or 350 mm or even, a 135mm and bellows, for my Hasselblad, once my stimulus check finally arrives, or an A70 back and 70mm film, but most likely it will be 16mm, 135, or 120 film, Fiber Based paper, maybe some additional filters to help fill out my glass filter sets, and some fresh chemistry, for mixing Ansco 130 and my own rapid fixer, and some selenium toner.

I might even get a pound of Amidol, if I can get the English made stuff, but that's another issue.
and timing,
Other than a small, B sized colour head, to fit over my Valloy II enlarger, I pretty much have my darkroom needs taken care of, but I might buy some stainless steel for fabricating a narrow, deep, multi-chambered tank set-up for 16" x 20" prints, including two fixing chambers, with ss floating lids and/or a steel archival washer for those same sized papers.

These are my current list, but in the long run, it could be altered by a second F1N AE, a Nikon F or F2, or a 6cm x 9cm folder, if they are at a bargain price and the offer is too good to pass up.

Like many here, my 'plans' are a movable feast of opportunity, and are as changeable as the winds.

P.S. I forgot to add, a Gitzo Aluminum Giant tripod.

Be Safe, Be Happy and Godspeed to all.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

"Way Beyond Monochrome" textbook. Anyone heard of it?

OK, OK. Of course I already own it. But I stopped reading it because it gives me GAS and CAS (Chemistry Acquisition Syndrome).

Indeed a one of a kind pubs, probably one to have on monochrome work, if there were only one allowed. There was a faky edition with rather low quality images I had purchased from Amazon UK some years back. Quality that was hard to swallow, especially given the high print quality of first edition I had already had. But with some great and swift help from the initiated, I ended up with the printed-as-intended copy and it was exactly what one would and should expect. Not sure if what is available now suffers from same problem.

 

[Dusty Negative]

Indeed a one of a kind pubs, probably one to have on monochrome work, if there were only one allowed. There was a faky edition with rather low quality images I had purchased from Amazon UK some years back. Quality that was hard to swallow, especially given the high print quality of first edition I had already had. But with some great and swift help from the initiated, I ended up with the printed-as-intended copy and it was exactly what one would and should expect. Not sure if what is available now suffers from same problem.

My edition is lovely. 2011. Gives me CAS.

 

[MattKing]

Indeed a one of a kind pubs, probably one to have on monochrome work, if there were only one allowed. There was a faky edition with rather low quality images I had purchased from Amazon UK some years back. Quality that was hard to swallow, especially given the high print quality of first edition I had already had. But with some great and swift help from the initiated, I ended up with the printed-as-intended copy and it was exactly what one would and should expect. Not sure if what is available now suffers from same problem.

Why don't you ask Ralph Lambrecht about this - he posts here regularly?

 

[NB23]

Probably another rolleiflex, ikoflex, or Leica lens. I don’t count anymore.

But in my defense, I use all my equipment and I’m an active, almost maniacal printers.

You can imagine the massive shuffle my gear is going through.

I love it.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

Why don't you ask Ralph Lambrecht about this - he posts here regularly?

Ralph is surely well aware of what took place with this one. Nobody is more "initiated" on this subject than Ralph.

 

[StepheKoontz]

Leica 90mm f2.8 tele-elmarit "thin" M

 

[MattKing]

Ralph is surely well aware of what took place with this one. Nobody is more "initiated" on this subject than Ralph.

Then ask him to share the info here.
The only copies I've ever seen of either edition are first rate.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

Then ask him to share the info here.
The only copies I've ever seen of either edition are first rate.

I'll let Ralph decide on what he wants to share. Thread was not about the book, but was mentioned and I wound up having a "special" experience with it, although I doubt Amazon UK had only one copy of such, but perhaps I was the sole complaining body. It was apparently a POD version that was not supposed to be done at all . As I now have the POD and the actual properly printed one, the startling difference in quality is hard to fathom how that happened. But I have no idea whether it was addressed sufficiently to prevent re-occurrence.

Let me just add that when I got the POD, at the time unaware it was something not intended, I was literally fuming over its crappy printing quality, especially given the price point, but more importantly its main purpose and audience.

 

[rayonline_nz]

Nothing in the short term. Maybe in a few years a Hasselblad 50mm FLE lens to go with my 80mm. Lately I've been thinking about cutting downsizing or limiting my stuff and I think for myself a 2 lens or a max 3 lens kit with my other cameras is the sweetspot. At the end of the day for me photography is capturing my own moments than keep on buying more and more photographic items. With my Nikon FM2 camera, I have the 50/1.8 the 85/1.8 and a year ago I got a 35mm F2.0 Ai.

Possibly in 2 years time now with covid has put a hold on travels. Maybe a couple of rolls of film ie Kodak Ektar but I am a pretty small quantity user. 10 rolls a year for color and maybe 6 for BW. I know some may shoot 100+ a year but interesting I chatted to someone 65+ years old who shoots film and has a darkroom in his place and he said that there has been times he wouldn't use his camera (Leica M3) for 3 months and unless he goes away on a trip, when he is not going away he normally shoots 8 rolls of film per year, he buys 1x 1L of Ilford Perceptol which he mixes 1+2 with his Ilford Delta 100.

 

[MattKing]

Blackout curtains, to aid in re-purposing a bathroom into a darkroom.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Running low on 35mm film. I'll print some test shots from my current project (flight shots of fairy terns) and decide whether to stick with Tri-X or switch to Delta 400.

 

[Dusty Negative]

A special 'knowledge module' that will, immediately upon insertion, provide me with mastery in printing with FB paper and various toners.