what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Kino]

Last weekend, I picked up an amazingly preserved, fully functional H8 Bolex Double 8mm cine camera for a pittance. In the past, I had aspirations to be a Cinematographer and have owned, used and sold many 16mm and 35mm motion picture cameras, but got out of the trade when I went into the motion picture lab professionally. It's a great sentimental purchase; one I hope to use sometime. Now for a Lomo tank!

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Last weekend, I picked up an amazingly preserved, fully functional H8 Bolex Double 8mm cine camera...

That's beautiful - congratulations!

They even provided some fresh Kodachrome film; I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[Kino]

That's beautiful - congratulations!

They even provided some fresh Kodachrome film; I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

Thanks! The old time machine is on the blink right now, but I'm working on that too!

 

[Pentode]

Nice news on the Voigtlander Prominent!

Even nicer is that the lenses turned out to be in great shape aside from some dirt on the glass.

I was so happy with the purchase I celebrated by buying a newly CLA’d Minolta SRT-102 from John Titterington on Ebay!

 

[MattKing]

I took a flyer on a thrift store purchase - a Pentax Spotmeter V that is missing its battery cap.
I'm hoping that I can replace the cap and that it will then function well. It and its case are in beautiful shape.
I've never owned a 1 degree spotmeter before.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Congratulations on you “new” meter. I have one and really like it. Hopefully a battery cover will turn up, otherwise could you jury rig something. You might try Richard Ritter or Quality Light Metric and see if the have a replacement.

Roger

 

[MattKing]

Congratulations on you “new” meter. I have one and really like it. Hopefully a battery cover will turn up, otherwise could you jury rig something. You might try Richard Ritter or Quality Light Metric and see if the have a replacement.

Roger

Thanks Roger. I spoke this afternoon with George at Quality Light Metric and he thinks he has a used replacement that he can sell to me.

 

[Wes/HikePics]

Last week : Minolta XG-1 body with Minolta MD 50mm F2 (+ hood) and Sigma MD 70-210mm (+ hard case). $18.

 

[spark]

On a trip to Japan, 10 more rolls of Acros 100 (35 mm) and some packs of Fuji Microfine and SPD developer.

 

[Anon Ymous]

A Canon 580EX flash.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Congratulations on you “new” meter. I have one and really like it. Hopefully a battery cover will turn up, otherwise could you r

Thanks Roger. I spoke this afternoon with George at Quality Light Metric and he thinks he has a used replacement that he can sell to me.

Mine was a Craigslist purchase and was off a few stops, sent it to George and had him go through it and recalibrate it. It’s been work like a champ ever since.

Roger

 

[GLS]

Some vacuum bottle stoppers & the associated vacuum tool. These are designed for keeping wine fresh, but should work equally well to prevent developer oxidation on storage

 

[removed account4]

whole bunch of xeroxes i mean digital negatives

 

[Ian Grant]

1kg Pyrocatechin, and 25kg Potassium Carbonate.

Ian

 

[guangong]

Just received 150 plastic slide mounts for use with Stereo Realist pics. I figure this will be close to a lifetime supply.

 

[Pentode]

A pile of filters, adapters, hoods and miscellaneous doo-dads from a camera store in Queens.

Six rolls each of two Rollei films I’ve been meaning to try: Retro 80s and 400 Infrared from the same camera shop.

One Hewes and three Kindermann reels, a wrist strap for my Zorki-4 (why does this camera not have strap lugs?!?), a series VI/43mm adapter and a nifty plastic box for five rolls of 120 from Ebay.

Busy week.

 

[Pentode]

1kg Pyrocatechin, and 25kg Potassium Carbonate.

Ian

25 kilos!

 

[Ian Grant]

25 kilos!

I use Potassium Carbonate for Pyrocat HD, that's 750g per 1 litre Part B, also for my print developers which I mix to commercial strength (concentration) using Potassium carbonate because of it's higher solubility plus a small amount of Hydroxide instead of Sodium Carbonate.

Ian

 

[Black Dog]

A couple of books: the catalogue for the (outstanding) Don McCullin show at Tate Britain and The Portrait & The Moment by Mary Ellen Mark (Aperture Masters of Photography series).

 

[R.Gould]

Vitessa L barn doors with the Ultron lens

 

[JohnLikesPhotos]

durst m601, i am finally beginning a darkroom and i'm excited

 

[baachitraka]

- 100 sheets of MCC 111 in 18x24
- contact sheet printer 20x25

 

[scheimfluger_77]

A Graylab 900 programmable timer for cheap. Power cord was cut off at the body. Be interesting to see if it just needs a new cord.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

I bought a Beseler stainless steel tank brand new, never used with a Kindermann quick pour lid and a Kindermann reel. Then I bought another from the same bloke. The price was too good to refuse. I already had two 120/220 Kindermann reels (which I bought brand new for about 5 bucks each about 9 years ago) which I hadn't been able to find a tank wide enough to hold. So now I have two brand new tanks and four brand new reels. Laughing like a fat spider in the sun.

 

[baachitraka]

OM-1 + 50mm f/1.8