what waS your last photography related purchase?

75suzuki · Aug 18, 2017

Paul Manuell said:
Bloody hell, that HAS to be the photographic find of the century. Would love to see the results once you've used that film.

No worries, I will be posting how the film has turned out. I now have to find a subject thats worthy to photograph with it.

1L6E6VHF · Aug 18, 2017

Perhaps the most elusive of all the Folding Pack Polaroids- The Automatic 102
$4 at a Goodwill thrift store.

Before that, five rolls of 35mm Fujichrome (three of Provia 100, two of Velvia 100F).
I had hoped to be buying Ferraniachrome, but needed the film now

ozphoto · Aug 18, 2017

In the past 3 weeks:

Olympus Trip
Eos1N body & motordrive, including the rechargeable battery
Eos1 motordrive
Lens cap for said Olympus Trip
Rollei 35 LED

Various film, both expired & fresh.

NedL · Aug 18, 2017

a light pad, to examine and copy negatives
a couple of lights with stands and diffusers, hoping to learn to make better copies of my prints.
some more eyedropper bottles, I seem to use a lot of them.

removed account4 · Aug 19, 2017

thumb screws hex bolts and threaded sleeves to fix a camera i should have left alone

flatulent1 · Aug 19, 2017

30mm lens with hood, center filter, and viewfinder, for my TX-2.

Not cheap. I'm going to have trouble sitting down for a few more days.

rrusso · Aug 19, 2017

Bunch of Ilford film and chemicals, Nikon FE2.

Ian Grant · Aug 20, 2017

A 1932 copy of the British Journal Photographic Almanac, so now I h19ave every edition 1931-1963 when it changed to become the British Journal of Photography Almanac, next to fill in the 1920-30 editions that I'm missing (I have 21, 22 ,23 & 27 ,28, 29) these are great resources but as yu go back each decade to prices rise steeply.

The late 1930's copies are particularly interesting as they show the major shifts in analog photography.

Ian

Anon Ymous · Aug 20, 2017

CD4, hydroxylamine sulfate, ammonium bromide and mercaptotriazole.

mshchem · Aug 20, 2017

300mm Rodagon enlarging lens

75suzuki · Aug 23, 2017

A Sitacon ST-3 35mm camera. 50mm lens, only 3 settings for different light levels. Roughly the same quality as a Holga. Should be pretty fun to experiment with.

Toyo · Aug 23, 2017

Kowa 50mm f2.8 enlarging lens.
This is the same lens as the Computar DL and I can't wait to print with it.
T

canvassy · Aug 24, 2017

I picked up a roll of Bergger PAncro 400 in 120 to try out, a pro pack of Acros 100 in 120, some more microphen and another Unicolor 2L kit.

locutus · Aug 24, 2017

picked up a Meopta enlarger, now i can finally start printing 35mm negatives the Right Way.

R.Gould · Aug 24, 2017

Just bought an Ensign Autorange 1620 camera

dpurdy · Aug 24, 2017

I just bought a small microwave oven at a garage sale, installed it by my sink, now I can heat up my platinum developer right before processing a print rather than try to keep my developer on burner all day to keep it warm.

netog · Aug 24, 2017

Set of 3 Hoya close up filters

John_Nikon_F · Aug 25, 2017

Eyelevel finder for the F...

For the past month, the camera has been a mixture of chrome and black. Need a wind side top and A-R ring to complete the conversion.

-J

Peltigera · Aug 25, 2017

Lumiere Lumireflex TLR. Needs a bit of work before I can use it but should not be too hard to get fully functional.

Ces1um · Aug 25, 2017

I bought a polaroid sx-70 one step white/rainbow striped camera from a garage sale for $4 and the corresponding flash unit/film from the impossible project. It's been challenging getting good results so far but it certainly has a very 70's vintage look to the photographs. You wouldn't be able to tell them from ones in my parents photo albums from years ago. Everything seems to have that 70's brown/orange feel to it.

Helios 1984 · Aug 25, 2017

I bought a roll of Delta 100 from a new store in my area (Big flashy store in a rich neighborhood, loads and loads of digital cameras, drones & tripods on display). I gave them a roll of Vista Plus 200 to process, the guy looked at me like I was some alien when I said that I just wanted negatives and he had to look closely at the canister to figure if the roll was C-41 or something else... doesn't inspire confidence.

flatulent1 · Aug 26, 2017

Just bought a 45mm lens for my TX-2, with hood and center filter. Haven't received them yet. Getting stoked about autumn approaching!

(Note to self: autumn foliage doesn't look so good on Tri-X.)

Theo Sulphate · Aug 26, 2017

Even more Ektar 100, to live in saturated sin. I cannot help myself.

75suzuki · Aug 26, 2017

Picked up some unopened (expires in 1946) rolls of Kodak 35mm. Its "Kodak-Eastman Panchromatic Plus X".

I figure ill experiment with some long exposures, see if i can get any image from these. Since theyre steel canisters, i have to assume that they would have absorbed less background radiation over the years. So the film wouldnt be as "fogged" as film that was stored in a paper carton.

MattKing · Aug 27, 2017

Good luck and have fun, but I don't know that steel will necessary help - it can be an excellent conductor of heat, and probably doesn't stop appreciably greater amounts of cosmic rays.

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