what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Kino]

I finally landed a Ricoh 500 in working order! Can't wait to shoot with it!

 

[pbromaghin]

Orange filter for Mamiya tlr lens. 100-500mm zoom for Minolta MD mount. 100 ft HP5 35mm and 10 Kalt reusable cassettes.

 

[75suzuki]

A push on Argus filter adapter, so I can use series 5 filters on my Brownie Hawkeye.

 

[Black Dog]

Two items. First, a very clean 24mm SMC Takumar lens for an upcoming trip to Asia, and second, the genuine Pentax 24mm square hood. Those Pentax things were certainly beautifully crafted.

They were for sure-my first camera was a Pentax MX...I'm looking to buy another one. In the meantime, I've just bought a Mamiya C220 and 105 mm lens from Mr Cad in London ( a veritable analogue Aladdin's cave and conveniently located just round the corner from Victoria Station).

 

[canvassy]

Just ordered 10 Kalt reloadable cassettes for bulk loading. Should be here Thursday.

 

[DWThomas]

A Canon Cannon ...

Having run a few rolls through the A-1 this year, I decided to treat it to a longer lens via an ePrey foray:

An FD 100-300 f/5.6:

And in case I want to look up with it -- like say -- a solar eclipse -- An Angle Finder B. To my pleasant surprise that even fits some "other" EOS gear:

And just in case that's not long enough, we threw in a 2x telextender:

Yeah, I know, none of these are the ultimate, but the priciest item, the lens, was less than $80. They look good but I haven't had time to shoot tests yet.
(Well after all, tomorrow is my birthday! )

 

[Roger Thoms]

4 rolls of Ilford Pan F Plus 120. Trying it out for a project I'm starting.

Roger

 

[Hubigpielover]

Darkroom stuff! After paying $50 bucks to get two rolls of film developed I decided to get off the pot.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

couid be a give away, freebee, book, equipment, film, chemistry
just something related to making photographs, or thinking about making photographs ...

a subscription to Photoshop.

 

[Jarrett]

I ordered 10 boxes of Hp5 in 120 format.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

My new camera. My size 13 boot for size comparison.

Nice! 11x14?

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I haven't bought much for photography for a while, but I just might have pulled the plug on a nice Spotmatic with 35mm, 50mm, and 135mm lenses.

Other than that I just get more of what I already use:
Ilford HP5 / Kentmere 400 / Ultrafine Extreme 400 - they are so similar there's not very much practical difference between them, so I buy what I can easily get locally, and then go online if I cannot find it locally.
Ilford Multigrade Classic matte / Warmtone semimatte in 11x14 primarily.
Ethol LPD.
ADOX FX-39 / Harvey's Panthermic 777 from bluegrass
Sprint stop bath and 'End Of Run' wetting agent.
Ilford Hypam fixer.
Moersch MT-3 vario toner.
Moersch Carbon toner.
Harman Selenium toner.

But I did try out some Fomapan 200 for portraits and it is so beautiful in 35mm size; the 120 paper backing is seriously terrible compared to Ilford's nice paper (it results in way more dust spots on the Fomapan than the Ilford for whatever reason).
I also bought a bottle of Ilfotec DD-X for no apparent reason, maybe because I have a bunch of Delta 400 in 120 that I need to shoot and process, and I don't particularly like that film. My guess is that it might fare better in DD-X.

 

[Vaughn]

Nice! 11x14?

Yes -- have not yet taken it out for its maiden run, but soon!

 

[Luis-F-S]

Great Vaughn will see if you christen it before I shoot my V11!

Yes -- have not yet taken it out for its maiden run, but soon!

 

[Black Dog]

50 sheets of Fomapan 400 in 4x5.

 

[benjiboy]

I bought a "B" split image focusing screen for my Canon F1n's from the U.S off Ebay to make focusing my wide angle lenses quicker and easier, the current micro prism ones are O.K. but with my 28mm, 24mm and 17mm a split image will be far better

 

[Black Dog]

I haven't bought much for photography for a while, but I just might have pulled the plug on a nice Spotmatic with 35mm, 50mm, and 135mm lenses.

Other than that I just get more of what I already use:
Ilford HP5 / Kentmere 400 / Ultrafine Extreme 400 - they are so similar there's not very much practical difference between them, so I buy what I can easily get locally, and then go online if I cannot find it locally.
Ilford Multigrade Classic matte / Warmtone semimatte in 11x14 primarily.
Ethol LPD.
ADOX FX-39 / Harvey's Panthermic 777 from bluegrass
Sprint stop bath and 'End Of Run' wetting agent.
Ilford Hypam fixer.
Moersch MT-3 vario toner.
Moersch Carbon toner.
Harman Selenium toner.

But I did try out some Fomapan 200 for portraits and it is so beautiful in 35mm size; the 120 paper backing is seriously terrible compared to Ilford's nice paper (it results in way more dust spots on the Fomapan than the Ilford for whatever reason).
I also bought a bottle of Ilfotec DD-X for no apparent reason, maybe because I have a bunch of Delta 400 in 120 that I need to shoot and process, and I don't particularly like that film. My guess is that it might fare better in DD-X.

Interesting comment re. the Fomapan 200-I've used quite a lot of the 100 with no such problems. I wonder if the 200 uses a different backing paper (I agree it's a bit cheap and nasty compared to Ilford's)?

 

[RalphLambrecht]

couid be a give away, freebee, book, equipment, film, chemistry
just something related to making photographs, or thinking about making photographs ...

a set of close-up lenses to test if they provide more or less image quality than tubes.I couldn't see a difference but, my macro lens was better than both.

 

[Cholentpot]

Thanks to users of APUG I got my enlarger set up to use 6x6 and beyond buy getting a frosted glass plate cut to work as a diffuser in place of the condensers.

 

[75suzuki]

A pack of 12 General Electric M2 flash bulbs, the blue ones. Ive been wanting to try out my Kodalite flash attachment.

 

[pbromaghin]

100-500mm zoom for Minolta MD mount. 100' HP5. Bag of D76 to make a gallon. Sent Minolta X-570 in for CLA and light seals. 10 Kalt cassettes. 11x14 Bordermaster adjustable easel and a 4-in-1 easel.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Neetsfoot oil for my Graflex's and Graphic's leather and it arrived today.

 

[pcyco]

al leica c1 compact camera. for bicycle travelling.
now the first film is inside (tmx 400) and i hope for the best

regards
thomas

 

[fdonadio]

leica c1 compact camera

Wow! A Leica I can afford!

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I'm on the verge of having to shell out for a Jobo CPP3 - my CPP2's pump motor is dying.