what waS your last photography related purchase?

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Sirius Glass said:
Waiting for the check to arrive at the seller and then be delivered, a 1973 Hasseblad 30 C fisheye lens.
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So essentially, the cheque is in the mail......
 

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A vintage 400 AF-I 2.8. I would need a couple men and a mule to get me and that lens into the wild. I'm using to stalk my cats. It's the coolest thing I've ever owned
 

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Sirius Glass said:
Waiting for the check to arrive at the seller and then be delivered, a 1973 Hasseblad 30 C fisheye lens.
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"30mm. For when the 38mm SWC is just too tight."


mshchem said:
A vintage 400 AF-I 2.8. I would need a couple men and a mule to get me and that lens into the wild. I'm using to stalk my cats. It's the coolest thing I've ever owned
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Wonderful photo. From a tripod or rest, though, right?
 

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Theo Sulphate said:
"30mm. For when the 38mm SWC is just too tight."




Wonderful photo. From a tripod or rest, though, right?
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Oh yes a big old Manfrotto. According to Ken Rockwell it's the heaviest AF lens Nikon ever made. Not sure if that's the actual fact, but it's over 12 lbs. I put a plain prism F on it and works great in manual mode. Pretty amazing, very quiet and fast focusing with my D3. VR doesn't matter to me, it will always be on a tripod. Less to go wrong than the newer lenses. And with my old Nikon film bodies, using manual focus, perfect setup.
 

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Bought a hardly used Hasselblad A16 film back, loaded with Berger 400 and shot roll with Hasselblad 2000fcm.
 

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Mamiya 150mm f/3.5 AF and a new battery holder for my 645AFDii.
 
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arax 60 (with lens close up tubes) from a great member here,
and 2 sonnar lenses from fantastic eastern europe sellers on the e-Boink
and some expired film cause nothing better than expired film !
 
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fdonadio said:
Expired film can be fun (and work just as well) but I still prefer it fresh.
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fresh is good too, but i don't shoot it fast enough so it ends up being expired by the time i get it in the camera LOL i just skipped
the fresh step
 

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fdonadio said:
Expired film can be fun (and work just as well) but I still prefer it fresh.
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Me too...I did get some interesting colours from some 2005 expired Konica VX, might be fun to see what happens with pinhole (I have a Zero Image 4x5).
 

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A mint 105mm lens for my Pentax 67 and a few packs of expired film from FPP
Although I usually like predicted and consistent results and prefer fresh as well, It’s a nice adventure sometimes.
 

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A Jobo CPP2 processor and a couple packs of XTol, because I really didn't need all that counter space, right?
I had a CPA2 many many years ago and miss the ability to temper everything unattended, walk away for a few minutes during processing, and not be able to improve because done manually God only knows where the variances are coming from.
 

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My second Marshall Studios densitometer (from Kaufmann’s). I figured out how to replace the field mirror. And I found the perfect spot for it. On the corner with the timers, so I have a chance to check negative densities without leaving the darkroom.
 

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Just purchased an 18” x 24” utility sink that i will put on caseters to roll in and out of our downstairs powder room.
 

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A Sears Tower Press Camera. This is a rebadged Busch Pressman Model D. It came with a spotless Schneider Symmar 150 f/5.6 convertible lens, 6 film holders, 6 Tiffen Series 7 filters, Series 7 lens shade, and had a fresnel lens already installed. Completely light tight bellows. This one has been well cared for and few, if any wear marks. The only things I need now, are a couple of lens boards for a couple extra lenses.
 

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Nikon 8.5cm to 25cm f4 Zoom lens, circa 1961 or so.

I actually bought this a couple of years ago, but "rediscovered" it in a moving box I was unpacking yesterday, so I figure that counts. Surprisingly agile lens and not a terrible performer despite its outrageous size and weight. I'll have to reacquaint myself with this lens in the near future...
 

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5 rolls of Delta 3200, 5 rolls of RPX50, and 5 rolls of Pan F+ 50, all in 120 format. This is a month of extremes—high and low ISO.

Oh, and someone gave me 38 rolls of miscellaneous expired 120 film, a bunch of packs of 8x10 paper (about 300 sheets of B&W and 200 sheets of color.)
 

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A Pentax Super Program with lens and flash. I saw it in a thrift store and couldn't resist...it was $1.00. It all works and was very clean.
 

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TomNY said:
A Pentax Super Program with lens and flash. I saw it in a thrift store and couldn't resist...it was $1.00. It all works and was very clean.
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Sounds cool. I had one of those for awhile and the connections in the film advance would not stay secure. My camera guy could not fix it permanently. I eventually sold it.
 
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