what waS your last photography related purchase?

[mshchem]

I picked up a couple Kodak Darkroom Dataguides in mint shape. I probably have 8 copies. Amazing tool!

 

[Ian Grant]

2 litres of Hydrogen Peroxide so I can do some Etch Bleach prints.

Ian

 

[Kodachromeguy]

I finally found and bought a Canon 50mm ƒ/1.8 ltm lens that had barely any haze at all. It has some fungus and is sitting on a sunny windowsill now. I'll send the lens off for cleaning soon.

 

[AnselMortensen]

Some 4x5 film holders, a Stereo Realist, a loupe, some outdated 4x5 film, a 5-roll Paterson tank, a 4x5 Omega D w/lens.

 

[abruzzi]

I thought I had ducked 5x7, but a good price on a 5x7 monorail appeared--a Plaubel Universal II. I had actually wanted to find a 5x7 rear standard for my Sinar 8x10--no need for a new camera, if I can use one I already have--but the Plaubel Universal I just bought was less than half the price of the cheapest 5x7 Sinar standard I could find. I also ordered a few film holders. I already have some 5x7 film I've been cutting up for 2.5x3.5, and I'm sure I have plenty of lenses that will cover, so I should be able to hit the ground running when it arrives.

 

[TheMissingLink]

Nikon AF 2,0/105 DC D for my brand-new D850 and my old F4... I never wanted to do toy format again. Shame on me!

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Today I bought a Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic, with the stylus (not that it makes a difference with modern film, but they usually bring a premium). The version I got has the Kodak Ball Bearing shutter, speeds 50, 25, B and T -- which are nearly bulletproof -- and a split front element Kodak Periscopic lens (Rapid Rectilinear type, with a planar split in the front element to allow non-unit focusing). I've had very good results with similar lenses on other fixed-everything cameras (Speedex Jr.).

This is a camera model that sold over a million copies from 1915 to 1926 (Vest Pocket Kodaks, overall, ran from 1911 to 1936 and were the first to use 127 film).

Yes, the film is (mostly) obsolete, but this camera has a roll of "found film" still loaded, so I'll get two spools; I've got some more 127 spools around as well, and there's a 3D printed device on my desk that converts 120 into 127, quickly, easily, and accurately, requiring only respooling to the correct spool size. With f/11, I've got the right exposure for ISO 50 to 100 in "Sunny" conditions, and faster film and latitude will cover "Sunny" down to "Cloudy Dull".

This, of course, means I'll soon need to acquire or print a 127 film holder for my scanner, and get a 127 carrier for my enlarger...

Edit: correction. On closer examination, what I thought was a focus scale is actually the aperture setting -- confusing because it's more or less calibrated by distance (probably because stopping down extends the outer focus limit via DOF). Aperture 1 "Portraits" is the widest, likely f/11 (I'll measure when I have the camera in hand), while apertures 2 and 3 for "ordinary scenes" are probably f/16 and f/22, and aperture 4 "Clouds and Marine" is probably f/32. The lens is then apparently an achromatic meniscus, based on what I've been able to find on the web.

You can also get GP3 on 127

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275030782044?hash=item40091cb05c:g:pvEAAOSwYx5hJaUf

Not the greatest film but you can also get some free spools

 

[Donald Qualls]

Good grief, $15/roll?! Apparently all my 127 spools are in use at present, which probably means I need to dig up the rest of my stored cameras, since I have a 127 Diana clone, cheap version of a Yashica 44, and a Starmeter, at least, with at least one spool in each (wouldn't surprise me to find each loaded with film). My Baby Brownie, on the shelf, has a partial roll of VP127, and I've got a Zeiss Kolibri or Baby Ikonta (half-frame) with at least one spool, too -- and I think I can get to that one.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Didnt actually saw the price. I ordered some of their 120 and just looked at them available. Yeah, expensive.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Didnt actually saw the price. I ordered some of their 120 and just looked at them available. Yeah, expensive.

About 25% more than Rerapan 100. And if I order some other stuff, I can get free shipping on Rerapan from B&H. I need more XP2 in 120 anyway, guess I'll put together an order with a couple rolls of Rerapan in it...

 

[Donald Qualls]

Okay, just ordered 4 rolls of Rerapan 100 (127 size), to have film and spools, and five rolls of XP2 Super 120. Gotta love free shipping from B&H; where I live, it's usually two days.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Just got 2 100ft rolls of Rollei 400 RPX for 84.95 each at B&H.

I think they where on special price because I saw them at $124 a few days ago.

A diferent film stock I enjoy along with Delta 400. Use Delta when I want a "Perfect" image. Rollei when I want some character.

 

[AZD]

An old Lloyd bulk loader in the original box for $10. It had a partial roll of something unknown inside. A clip test came out completely fogged. The tan and brown colors make me think it was old color transparency film maybe? Nice loader though.

 

[StanMac]

I acquired a replacement bellows for an Ansco Viking 6x9 folder from Sandeha Lynch. But my regular go- to guy for putting the bellows on the camera doesn’t do bellows replacements. Any referrals, anyone? I should mention a fellow member gave me good step by step instructions for doing the task, but lack of proper tools and arthritic knuckles makes me reluctant to try it.

Stan

 

[unwantedfocus]

Some lady cleaned out her attic, mirror locked up at first but after receiving some lube works !!! Most likely getting rid of the 50mm lenses.

 

[hoffy]

I bought something for the first time in AGES (that is not consumables).

A new Jobo 2551 drum with core and roll film reel

Boring, I know....

 

[abruzzi]

4 F&S 5x7 film holders and 4 Fidelity 5x7 Film Holders
1 box of 5x7 Arista 100
1 box of 5x7 Foma 400.
a bunch of push on caps for the LF lenses I have recently bought that haven't had both caps.
2 Plaubel lens boards

this is an expensive hobby.

 

[Donald Qualls]

this is an expensive hobby.

I used to see a signature on a Usenet group I frequented (this was in the '90s) that read: "A good hobby should be expensive and at least a little dangerous."

 

[MurrayMinchin]

24"x50' roll of Epson Hot Press Natural paper. Will be cutting that down to various sizes for P600.

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Chemicals for Kallitypes.

 

[Radost]

2 packs of Xtol and Konika 40mm lens

 

[Paul Howell]

Vivitar 80 to 200 3.5 S1 and 70 to 150 3.5 not S1, but 15 elements in 10 groups in Konica AR mount, both MC. Reasoning is that both are from the early 80s or so, my Konica zooms are 60s vintage, the Vivitars have better coating, computer aided design, just a notch above the Konica lens.

 

[benveniste]

5 fresh rolls of Velvia 100 in 120. Woo hoo!

 

[mshchem]

Fuji RA4 Bleach Fix

 

[murdockhendrix]

Vivitar 2x Macro Focusing Teleconverter for my Pentax LX.