what waS your last photography related purchase?

Philippe-Georges

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Donald Qualls said:
When I buy this, I usually get a bigger bucket than that, but I get it at a pool and spa supplier, sold for reducing chlorine in the water.
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Well, I looked at a pool supplier, but when reading the label, I saw there was more than just Sodium Thiosulfate mixed in that bucket.
Anyway, I don't need that much for preparing Farmer...
 
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Philippe-Georges said:
there was more than just Sodium Thiosulfate mixed in that bucket.
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Ah. Here I get it at technical grade purity. And I've used it for making cheap fixer for many years. Not recommended for C-41 or tabular grain, but works fine for conventional films and safer for microfilm derived stocks (less chance of bleaching).
 

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eli griggs said:
Please, will you share which product you're buying and from where?
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Multiple choices on Amazon, as well as this one. Watch out for the ones that talk about heavy metal neutralization; those contain a few percent of sodium EDTA, which may cause bleaching.
 

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An ugly Nikon 105MM AFS VR Macro from KEH.
Clean as a whistle body. One little blooming dirt nerdle inside on the outer perimeter of one of the elements. Struggling to see how it would even affect the image.
 

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a knob for my Toyo 810MII. brand new. I think this is the first time I've had a broken part on a camera and the manufacturer still makes it. Yay Toyo for still being in business and still supporting a camera they canceled a few years ago!
 

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Super-cheap 120 folders! I've gotten a few "parts grade" buys from fleaBay recently, an Isolette II for $10 and a Zeiss Nettar for $15, plus a Minolta Semi that I think was $5 plus shipping...

I'm teaching myself how to disassemble and hopefully CLA on these, and if I get a working camera out of the deal that's a bonus!

None are quite functional so far, but I'm having fun seeing how things work.
 

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lots of film and maybe a camera backpack (boring stuff).
last major purchase was last week: Nikonos V. Haven't developed the first role yet, but I just love all the work I have to do to take a photo.
 

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Very nice! When film was my primary medium, I used my CPE-2 constantly for just about everything: b&w, C41, RA4, and film formats up to 4x5. Temperature markings on the dial were only rough approximations, and this was true for two different units that I sampled. But once dialed-in, it was super-consistent.
 

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Hoping to shoot a lot more color now. I have a very accurate termoworks thermometer.
Do you remember what the bath temp has to be to keep the temp inside a 1500 tank 100F?
 

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Matin 9424 Versatile Multiple Slide Film Cutter 35mm 135 60/120MM 6X4.5 6X6 6X7​

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