what waS your last photography related purchase?

Kino · Oct 1, 2020

2 x 5 liter packs of XTOL and 2 rolls of Arista 100 from Freestyle.

CMoore · Oct 1, 2020

pbromaghin said:
12-led plant grow bulb for the temporary bathroom darkroom. It uses only 12 watts and emits only 660-670nm light so it is invisible to all Harman B&W papers. Tried it out in the bathroom with the lights off and HOLY CRAP IT'S BRIGHT. I'll be able to see a lot better than I was expecting.

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That is pretty interesting.

Donald Qualls · Oct 2, 2020

pbromaghin said:
12-led plant grow bulb for the temporary bathroom darkroom. It uses only 12 watts and emits only 660-670nm light so it is invisible to all Harman B&W papers. Tried it out in the bathroom with the lights off and HOLY CRAP IT'S BRIGHT. I'll be able to see a lot better than I was expecting.

Do you happen to have the manufacturer and part number for that bulb? At that wavelength, with suitable diffusion/attenuation, that might be usable for RA-4 safelight. It'd be better if it ran 680-690, but with the part number, I might be able to ask the manufacturer if they offer one in that color...

pbromaghin · Oct 2, 2020

Donald,
They call it the "ABI PAR38 LED Grow Light". The closest I see to a part number is "PAR38-THRPY-A".

This is the listing from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/ABI-Light-Th...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Here is the claimed light distribution:

Here's their contact info from their website:
ABI® LED Lighting is a division of JacobsParts Inc.
8227 Northwest Blvd Ste 120
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Email: info@abilights.com
Phone: 800-738-7120

By the way, I didn't mention it, but I have several of those cheap clamp-on lights from Home Depot that you recommended in the Harman Direct Positive Paper thread. This bulb is way too heavy for the clamp and it will not stay anywhere.

Donald Qualls · Oct 2, 2020

Hmm. Looks like a filter with a fairly sharp cutoff at 685 nm or so (long pass) would do both the color limitation and attenuation. Something like the "tobacco" filter for using a Thomas with color. I'd rather have a single one of those modules with emission peak around 690. Dim that enough and it wouldn't need filtration.

Donald Qualls · Oct 2, 2020

Ten rolls of Fuji Superia X-tra 400, 35mm, 36 exposures. Next payday I'll do the same in 120...

Donald Qualls · Oct 3, 2020

And then I bought some carbon fiber tube and rods, tiny screws, black ABS sheet, and super glue, for putting the B shutter setting and second aperture into my Holga (and replacing the screw that was in so tight the head stripped out getting it out) -- whole set of materials, far more than I need for one Holga, cost less than paying holgamods.com to do the conversion. I'll still have to order a cable release adapter from them, though, but I'd have to pay for that separately anyway.

And now, from the eBay ads below, I bought an Ensign Commando, 6x6/6x4.5 coupled RF, film plane focusing folding camera. Be here in a few weeks from Lithuania.

Do I have G.A.S.? Maybe...

GLS · Oct 3, 2020

Nikkor-M 300mm f9

Kino · Oct 9, 2020

Weston Ranger 9, Sekonic L-ii2 and GE DW-68 light meters, all working for $15 + S&H.

Donald Qualls · Oct 10, 2020

Recently, I bought a Welta Weltini on eBay -- a tiny, folding 35mm RF, with f/2.9 50mm Cassar. Got it and discovered the shutter jams on firing and the RF doesn't seem to work (I'm pretty sure I can fix it when I have time). Today I bought another Weltini -- this time, listed as "serviced" with shutter and RF working, and with a 50mm f/2.0 Xenon lens -- the same lens that was top of the line on the Retina. Getting to be coat weather, looks like I'll have a good coat pocket camera.

Sirius Glass · Oct 10, 2020

Nikon 28mm f/3.5 PC-Nikkor Today I took some photographs with it.

PFGS · Oct 11, 2020

Kiev 60 w/ CZJ Biometar 80mm f2.8 & Flectogon 50mm f4 - fingers crossed!

Aniko · Oct 12, 2020

16x20 darkroom trays

R.Gould · Oct 12, 2020

Weston eurpmaster exposure meter, to replace the one I dropped from a great height onto concrete

Dennis-B · Oct 27, 2020

Yashica Mat 124. Opted for the slightly older version over the 124G.

pbromaghin · Nov 2, 2020

My first darkroom paper! 25 sheets of Ilford MGRC glossy 5x7.

Now I have to choose the first 35mm negative to print since 1975 when my high school photography club spent a couple nights in the Bemidji State University darkroom.

R.Gould · Nov 2, 2020

Another Minolta Dynax 600si classic, my favourite Dynax camera to use, and a Sigma 24 to 70 lens

Donald Qualls · Nov 2, 2020

I ordered a Discover Channel stereo camera (dual side by side half frames on 35mm, with mirrors separating the views for correct depth). Fixed-everything, may include a pop-up flash (seller didn't have a picture of that, but there's a hump and others I've seen of that commonly relabeled model have this). Not a great camera, but it'll produce stereo pairs with minimum effort.

guangong · Nov 2, 2020

My Pradix projector fell to floor, broke, Awaiting delivery of Prado 250.

removed account4 · Nov 2, 2020

8oz amber jars

Sirius Glass · Nov 2, 2020

jnantz said:
8oz amber jars

Gee I never had special jars to keep ambers. I just let the ambers run free. Even the ones that weigh 8 ounces.

131802 · Nov 2, 2020

Omega B-22 in immaculate condition.

GLS · Nov 3, 2020

Bag bellows for my Linhof Technikardan S45

Anon Ymous · Nov 3, 2020

Another Canon EOS 30, this time it came with a 28-80 II lens.

Dan Fromm · Nov 3, 2020

Well, I've gone over to the other side. Used Nikon D810, Wein SafeSync so I can use it with my old macro flash rigs, and a cable release.

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