what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Europan]

A 1937 Paillard-Bolex G 8 that I have dismantled and an article written about it. That is the worst 8-mm. film projector ever made. At the time it had cost $210 which would be more than $4,000 today. The article is not yet published because I am still collecting data and information about it and some competing projectors from the 30s and 40s.

 

[paddycook]

Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 G II ED VR for my Nikon F6

 

[GLS]

Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 G II ED VR for my Nikon F6

I used to have that one. A good lens for action.

 

[eli griggs]

Fujinon W S 250mm f6.7 lens with inside writing and 2 ea. 8x10 film holders are winging their way to me from Japan and New Jersey respectively.

I hope this lens will be a good all around lens for 8x10 with a bit of movement; Supposed 398mm image circle @ f22.

It appears to be a good compromise in focal length and well respected on several sites.

Shopped around and found a good price; fingers crossed.

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Good luck!

 

[Mal Paso]

The Wista 45D is here! Got to be some record. I ordered it Wednesday afternoon and it got here Friday afternoon from Yamagata ken, Japan. Samurai-Import has some serious Fedex foo.

Enclosed was a note thanking me for the purchase an an origami.

 

[choiliefan]

I just ordered a short-dated 50-sheet box of 5X7 Fomapan 400 and misc chemicals from Freestyle.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Gold Chloride.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

The Wista 45D is here! Got to be some record. I ordered it Wednesday afternoon and it got here Friday afternoon from Yamagata ken, Japan. Samurai-Import has some serious Fedex foo.

Enclosed was a note thanking me for the purchase an an origami.

Enjoy the 45D. Lovely camera with decent movements (including a bit of rear swing), and ability to switch out to a bag bellows.

 

[koraks]

Gold Chloride.

Ouch!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Ouch!

Yup!

 

[Mal Paso]

Enjoy the 45D. Lovely camera with decent movements (including a bit of rear swing), and ability to switch out to a bag bellows.

Thanks! I got the one with swing knobs which adds to the 15 degrees at the base.
Ya, I've been looking at bag bellows. I also found my 65mm Nikkor will infinity focus with a flat lensboard, no need for bag bellows as the image circle just covers. The 115mm Grandigon however has a huge image circle and could take full advantage. The 210, no problems and the Fujinon 400 focuses to about 12 feet.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

A couple of lens adapters for my Canon 6d. Leica R, M42 and Canon FD for EF.

Normally just use my Zuiko lenses and the EF lens but would like to play with something different.

Also, got hold of a cheap Leica R bellow with a 100mm lens and would like to try that too.

 

[mshchem]

Gold Chloride.

No substitute. I've got some antique ampules of Mallinkcrodt 15 grain IIRC, I like the Kodak Blue toner formula. Since you've fallen for salt prints you're gonna need it

 

[RezaLoghme]

one of these vented lens shades from a Chinese seller on Amazon, to make my X 113 look like an Instagram guy's camera - ended up in the bin after a week.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

A few weeks ago a used enlarger timer from Italy, an Industria Fototecnica Firenze, the ST2000 model.

The one I had was becoming inconstant, the times were not always repeated for the same duration.

At eBuy for €89.- and it works perfectly.

 

[Donald Qualls]

one of these vented lens shades from a Chinese seller on Amazon, to make my X 113 look like an Instagram guy's camera - ended up in the bin after a week.

I have one of these on my Kiev 2's 50/1.5 Jupiter 3. I've had no reason to complain, though I doubt it's wide enough for my Jupiter 12 (35 mm).

 

[eli griggs]

Cheap reading glasses, so I can read these posts and threads, and, ironically, through the range finders and plate glass on Speed Graphics, etc.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Electronic scale that will do 3 decimal points. Tired of guessing...

 

[lobitar]

Used but well kept camera bag in local camera store. Very sturdy quality canvass, ca. 8 x14,5 x 5,5 inch of unknown heritage (except a very small label that says: Handmade in Japan - and then a Jap. character almost like a samuray sword). Off hand seems to be able to accomodate almost any camera I have or ever had? The price paid approx $15.

 

[Radost]

Finally found cheap shipping for 20 liters of Fujifilm Universal C41 PRO6 Fixer and Replenisher from the east coast to the west coast.

 

[bjorke]

About 100 mats, matching bags, a couple of frames. Not sure if that was before or after my last blurb order.

Now video gear.... that's a different spreadsheet

 

[koraks]

Now video gear

I'm too damn slow for moving images.
Tried it for a bit about a decade ago. Sort of 'moving stills'. I realized that I was essentially creating animated gifs and then gave up on it, hah!
Is there any place online where I can see some of your videos?

 

[mshchem]

Bought another old, but minty, Nikon lens from a Japan seller. GAS!

 

[What About Bob]

K&F Concepts 78 inch camera tripod

Since the 90s I have lugged around an all metal Bogen, Manfrotto. While the Bogen is built like a tank and still serves me well, I like to carry light and with not as much stuff on me. Bringing that Bogen with me always made me feel bogged down. I finally needed something much lighter but yet would be able to support my cameras. Max load is 22 pounds/10 Kilos. Should be enough for a Hasselblad. Definitely enough for a Rolleicord.

I really like the weight and the folding length of this tripod. The carry bag that comes with it is really nice. The plates are small and not as intrusive. The hexagon plates from the Bogen do not feel right when attached to the Rolleicord. One downside with owning a TLR is that you cannot open up the film back while the camera is mounted. I think Ansco might be an exception.

One cool feature, but I will probably never use, is one of the legs comes off and the head can be attached to the leg creating a monopod.

 

[Disconnekt]

Electronic scale that will do 3 decimal points. Tired of guessing...

The more decimal points the better