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what waS your last photography related purchase?

Just bought six 4x5 film holders "mixed brands" from an ad here on Photrio. Six bucks each, shipped. Should still be about a dozen and a half, if you don't dawdle.
 
SilverShutter said:
I've considered it, but it would put the camera at a disadvantage with other systems I already have. I would like to get a proper manual focus AI lens first, and if I felt I want to expand maybe cover the gaps with the non-AI.
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Seems like a good plan. I know I'm rolling against the tide here, but I keep my digital and film outfits completely separated. All these young'uns with their film era to DSLR/MILC adaptors are ruining the market for vintage lenses. I have a pretty nice DSLR / APS size kit, and I use it for all of the applications where digital is superior - burst speed, quick production of electronic files, and some macro work. But digital photographers seem to be fixated on autofocusing, and that's why I just ignore it completely in acquiring SLR kit. The 60s/70s vintage Nikkor and Takumar lenses feel as solid as any piece of gear I own, and they're a real pleasure to use - both tactile and visual.

My latest acquisition is a Nikon waist level finder in showroom new condition for fifty bucks with case. It's funny how I started rebuilding my Nikon F outfit - I started when I found a few pieces that hadn't been lost in the car break-in back in the eighties in which my Nikon system disappeared. I discovered a reversing ring, the hot shoe adaptor, and a right angle finder among a box of items I was packing away. "I wonder what Nikon Fs are going for?" I asked myself, and was shocked to discover that they hadn't succumbed to the great wave of inflation on film gear of the past few years. So I'm patiently working my way through reconstructing my old system, regardless of whether I have the requisite pieces to use it with. I've got a 200, 135, and 28 so far, all ca 1970. Eventually I hope to reassemble my whole kit, one piece at a time as I find bargains online and at photo shows. It's a fun project if you look at the acquisitions in isolation!

Andy
 

I tend to agree with you Andy, I think its best to keep them separate, although I do use adapters every now and then, between film formats and film to digital. See a few posts above an M42 adapted to a Minolta SR system. But also I have a couple adapters for some lenses to micro4/3s digital, it saves me some money as I can transform my already useful film lenses to some short telephotos and I save my money buying a native mount. Having said that, I think digital doesn't tend to be kind with older lenses, and they often require more PP work than any native digital lens would.
 
Replace my Nikon SB800 with another one. I haven't tested it yet.
 
I bought a Helios 103 53mm F=1.8 for my Kiev 4A. Should be here for me to try out this afternoon. People rave about that lens so for $40 what the heck.
 
More film-Acros II and XP2 in 120, plus some Fujicolour Superia 400 in 35mm.
 
A gallon of flat paint in dark gray, for my darkroom walls. Plywood, boards, screws, glue, and insulating foam for a light blocking window insert.
 
Faucets for a darkroom sink from the Bay of E.

Also, cheap instant coffee and washing soda. I've never tried Caffenol but I like developing film and I like coffee so, really, how far wrong can I go?
 
Instax! Well, I bought some instax mini film, a reletively cheap instax mini camera, and some 2.25x3.25 film holders. Gonna try shooting instax with my baby Linhof Technika. Just for fun.
 
Not a purchase, a gift from a friend of family:

Ansco 1A Advanced folder. Luckily I own a 116 spool!
Nice nickel hardware, a few miles on.

Kodak Brownies Target Six-16, Target Six-20 and Six-20 Junior.
All three in great shape.

I will become a spool expert soon, with this lot!
 
Just ordered a "Debonair" 6x4.5 plastic fantastic from Famous Format, along with a five-pack of Tri-X in 120. Eight buck shipping isn't bad, and $20 for a camera (a brand new camera) isn't a bad price even for a "toy" cam. The examples in the listing look pretty comparable to some of the heyday examples of simple cameras, and I don't have any of those in 6x4.5.
 

This beautiful MD Rokkor 135mm 2.8. Sold for less than half what its worth for some fine scratching on the back element (although I suspect it won't have much of an impact). The rest of the lens is in pristine condition
 
I got this beauty in the mail yesterday:
 
Ordered some bookbinding tape to fix 8 graflex type 5 film holders. Hoping the switch to wood holders will help with dust and save a tiny bit of weight. As I walk threw the woods with one holder in the camera and one in my pocket dust can be a small issue.
 
50 sheets of Shanghai GP3 3x4 3¼ x 4¼ B/W sheet film for my Speed Graphic 34.

 
A quart of 75% strength acetic acid and a three ounce bottle of bromocresol purple indicator. I don't use acid stop for film, but I'm used to it for paper.

Also ordered a full set (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) of 40.5 mm filters to fit the Jupiter-8 on my Kiev 4M. Honestly not sure what good the purple one might be (minus yellow, more or less?), but they ere under four bucks each with free "slow boat" shipping from China. If I like them, I'm likely to get more sets in other sizes.
 
A 28mm Pentax-M lens from Ffordes in Beauly-another item ticked off my kit list.
 
Roger Thoms said:
Bloxygen, to top off partial bottles photographic chemicals. http://www.bloxygen.com/
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I've used butane lighter fuel for this. About 1/3 the cost, though you do want to be sure you don't have any open flames or spark sources nearby while blanketing (once the container is closed, it might as well be argon).
 
Donald Qualls said:
I've used butane lighter fuel for this. About 1/3 the cost, though you do want to be sure you don't have any open flames or spark sources nearby while blanketing (once the container is closed, it might as well be argon).
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I considered butane or for that matter Mapp gas from my plumbing torch would probably work, in the end decided to try the Bloxygen. I image that two cans will last quite a while. As far as the cost, I didn’t think it was unreasonable, especially with free shipping.

Roger
 
I wouldn't use MAPP -- too stinky (I deal with it at work, fuel for gas-powered nail guns I repair). Butane is better than propane, however; heavier molecule = heavier gas, so it stays put on the liquid surface better. In fact, butane is almost 50% denser than argon; argon is heavier than air, but less than 50% denser, while butane is just about double.
 
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