what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Roger Thoms]

Two Mathews C-stands to go with the nice LTM fresnel lights I bought here on the classifieds. Oh and a sandbag (already had one) to give the stands some extra stability. Certainly don’t want those babies falling over.

Roger

 

[canvassy]

bulk roll of Ilford Delta 100
Ilford rapid fix
some printfile sleeves
Ilford microphen
a couple 120 rolls of Ilford Delta and HP5+

 

[narsuitus]

An autographed copy of a close-up/macro photography book by Mike Moats:

Tiny Landscapes
Printed in USA, America's Finest Printing Company
2008

 

[NedL]

sodium sulfite

I use a 1% solution to help remove hypo after fixing salt prints, and lately I used a 5% solution to fix sepia prints.

Even though I only use weak solutions, I usually use 5 or 10 grams at a time and it doesn't keep after it's mixed, so I go through more of it than you'd think.
If you try to save it, you can tell that it is decomposing into sodium sulfate by a sulfur smell, and sometimes there is some mold or growth in the bottle. Better to mix it fresh each time.
Maybe I'll try just making 100ml of 1% for each salt print and see how that goes....seems like a gram of the stuff should be more than enough to work on the tiny amount of thiosulfate that would be left in a print.

The local brewing supply store has 5lb bags of sodium metabisulfite, and I know that is used in washing aids, but I don't know if it could be used by itself instead of sodium sulfite.... my guess is "no" because otherwise why would typical wash aid formulas contain both?

 

[benjiboy]

A vanguard heralder 28 camera bag that will take my carbon fibre tripod and my 10.1" laptop as well as my photo gear.

 

[Dennis-B]

Sigma EX 180mm f3.5 APO Macro. Some test shots at the dealer with a D700 looked very nice.

 

[Oxleyroad]

Impulse buy. 400' of Fuji Eterna-RDS. Lord only knows what I'll do with it.

 

[P.johnson14]

Couple of Trip 35’s, one of which works, a Canon FTb, and... drumroll please...

An Argus C3... feel free to judge.

 

[Michael Firstlight]

Unboxing a brand new Nikon D850 - a long-awaited upgrade of my D800. My Toyo 45AII and Pentax 67II haven't been exposed to it yet; they are in the darkroom, shuttering, but I let them know that they have absolutely nothing to worry about and will more than likely outlive it.

 

[GLS]

Unboxing a brand new Nikon D850

Nice. Congrats.

I will make do with my old D810 for now, until the next 8xx or 9xx camera at least.

 

[R.Gould]

30 rolls of Fomapan 400 film, 15 120 and 15 35mm

 

[benjiboy]

Unboxing a brand new Nikon D850 - a long-awaited upgrade of my D800. My Toyo 45AII and Pentax 67II haven't been exposed to it yet; they are in the darkroom, shuttering, but I let them know that they have absolutely nothing to worry about and will more than likely outlive it.

It isn't a good Idea to keep cameras and lenses in the darkroom.

 

[Michael Firstlight]

It isn't a good Idea to keep cameras and lenses in the darkroom.

I don't actually store my cameras in my darkroom....it was a joke

 

[D Rose]

Just purchased a Durst 606 enlarger. Excited about setting up a (small) darkroom again.

 

[benjiboy]

A mint Canon FDn 50mm f1.2 standard lens, it was an impulse buy and was quite expensive, but the guy in the shop made me an excellent part exchange offer for my FD 50mm f1.4 lens that was three times what I paid for it, and I could see no point in me owning both of them.

 

[Dennis-B]

This was probably an impulse, but it adds to my Hasselblad battery. 120mm f/4 Zeiss Makro.

 

[mshchem]

I've noticed that the balance in my bank account is inversely proportional to the time and purchases made on Ebay. I went kinda nuts last year.

 

[GLS]

This was probably an impulse, but it adds to my Hasselblad battery. 120mm f/4 Zeiss Makro.
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I doubt you will regret the purchase. It's a fantastic lens.

 

[scheimfluger_77]

I've noticed that the balance in my bank account is inversely proportional to the time and purchases made on Ebay. I went kinda nuts last year.

I feel your pain, me too. Just bought 50 sheets 5x7 Agfa Aviphot Pan Ariel film from a seller in the Russian Federation, cut down from long rolls. Should be interesting.

 

[P.johnson14]

The Proprietor of our local junk shop pulled out a box from under her desk when I stopped by today and told me she had something that she thought I’d be interested in. The box had a full Canon FT QL Kit, QL 50/1.4, Soligor 105/2.8, and a Canon FD 55/1.2 SSC, along with a whole host of attachments (meter booster, tripod, Vivitar flash system, etc). Needless to say, I left the shop with the box...

 

[Ian Grant]

A very early (sn is 682) R&J Beck 11" whole plate RECTR lens, it needs some Waterhouse stops, I'd guess it's an f8 lens it's a Rapid Rectilinear symmetrical design. Actually there's a small R behind the T in RECTR which would indicate it's a Registered design or trade name. It would appear to be 1865/1866 or just after because of the low serial number.

Also bought a small brass WA, it's missing it's wheel stop but I should be able to make something and it was very cheap.

Ian

 

[4season]

 

[Ian Grant]

A very early (sn is 682) R&J Beck 11" whole plate RECTR lens, it needs some Waterhouse stops, I'd guess it's an f8 lens it's a Rapid Rectilinear symmetrical design. Actually there's a small R behind the T in RECTR which would indicate it's a Registered design or trade name. It would appear to be 1865/1866 or just after because of the low serial number.

Also bought a small brass WA, it's missing it's wheel stop but I should be able to make something and it was very cheap.

Ian

It's odd that the Vade Mecum makes no mention of the Beck RectR lenses but a Google search shows quite a few.. On measuring my lens it appears to be f11 rather than f8. The RectR lenses were later available with am early iris diaphragm. They'd gone by the time of the first listing 1888 in the Vade Mecum. It's possible the lens pre-dates the Dallmeyer Rapid Rectilinear as it has such a low serial number which could indicate 1864.

Ian

 

[Jason Berge]

Just pulled the trigger on 30 rolls of Verichrome Pan 120, to go along with the 25 boxes of Polaroid 665 that turned up last week.

Fun times.

 

[Anon Ymous]

4 rolls of Velvia 50 135.