what waS your last photography related purchase?

KevinW

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I never thought in a million years I would do it, but I bought a Holga. A Holga Wide Pinhole camera to be exact. I have seen some very interesting photos taken with these lo-fi cameras so I thought I'd give it a try. The velcro is to attach filters (a yellow filter in the pic. I use a 58mm to 82mm step up ring since all the filters I own are 82mm). The 'straight' pinhole image is on Tmax 100 with a 4 second exposure. The Infrared is on Rollei IR with a 720nm filter and a 1 minute exposure. The images are quick and dirty (literally) scans through a PrintFile negative sleeve on an Epson 700.
 

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miha

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10 rolls of Ektachorme 100d film. I've developed two of them already in the Adox C-TEC E6 chemistry, Frontier scan:



 

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Another 1 TB removable hard disk for storing digital photographs.
 

mshchem

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Magnetic stirrers are OK, great for titrations, I've done gazillions. I use a magstir but for mixing bulky powders like XTOL I have a variable speed propeller stirrers.

The heated Magnetic stirrers are awesome, sometimes the stirring suffers a bit because the drive magnet is further away to accommodate the hotplate. I have a couple different stirrers, a great help.
 

Andrew O'Neill

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The magnetic stirrer will only be used for developers that use stubborn chemicals. I'm pretty tired of standing there, stirring Ascorbic Acid into Propylene Glycol, for example!
 

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Yeah, you say that but, before you know it, you'll be using it all the time. I know I do.
 

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Latest purchase was Printfile sleeves for 4x5, 6x6, and 6x4.5, and Besfile binder to keep them in. Plus some TF-4.
 

mshchem

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Andrew O'Neill said:
The magnetic stirrer will only be used for developers that use stubborn chemicals. I'm pretty tired of standing there, stirring Ascorbic Acid into Propylene Glycol, for example!
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And for this nothing better than a magnetic stirrer.

If I had a nickel for every stirbar I retrieved from a P-trap. It was easier due to the genuine Pyrex plumbing, had to pull off the back panel from the base cabinet(s) then you could see the little devils.

I will tell ya, the breaking of expensive glassware and dumping of Teflon encapsulated stirbars is something that happens when people don't have to buy the stuff in the first place

BTW, My last purchase is coming to me from B&H a new Paterson dark bag, recommended by a fellow member here, and a Pro-Pack of TMX 120.
 

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After having to retrieve a stirbar from the sink drain I picked up a plastic rod with a magnet on the end and a flexible plastic rope with a stirbar attached to the end to retrieve the stirbar before I poured any chemical from the flask or beaker. A cheap solution to having to pull plumbing apart to get at the little things,
 

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Yep, I've used retrievers. I've never had to open up a pipe. I worked with technical folks who sometimes would forget. We used silver nitrate by the pound. Running salt assays, chloride determinations. Big lab, no shortage of stirbar rescue opportunities

Sorry back to the topic.
 

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Stir bar retrievers are useful, but overkill. Just use a second stir bar, or other magnet, on the outside of the bottom of the beaker to retain the stir bar while one pours out the contents of said beaker. Easy peasy!
 

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I bought a drain strainer at the dollar store and leave it in the darkroom sink to prevent the stirbar going down the drain.

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abruzzi

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Franswa said:
More 4x5 film holders(when does it ever stop?)
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pretty much when you have enough film holders to last a two week road trip without having to break out the changing bag to reload.

...unless you start taking 3 week road trips.
 

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Three, one-gallon powder mixes of Ethol LPD and one more LF lens wrap.

The announcement that PF Liquidol has been discontinued made me stock-up a bit on paper developer to keep from getting caught flat-footed in case LPD somehow disappears as well.
 
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