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what waS your last photography related purchase?

thinkbrown

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Local camera store had a single pro pack of Velvia in 120 left on the shelf. So now I get to try and decide when the hell I can justify shooting it
 

mrosenlof

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two thermometers for the darkroom one a long-scale mercury, and the other a dial. I'll use the mercury to calibrate the dial thermometer on rare occasions, but mostly keep it safe in its tube.
 

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Well I wanted a Ia but settled for a black paint III from 1933 so this is on the way to me.
 

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I bought a lens from B&H, sending it back, too freaking small. I need something I can actually feel to focus. Optically beautiful, just too darn small.

 

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Another Stearman tank, this time the SP-645, some rubylith sheets and a new rear cap for my 75mm Grandagon, which I somehow managed to lose this past weekend
 

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Mons back for Hasselblad, so I don’t have to depend upon a single back for both color and monochrome.

Japan Hobby Tool black cones for removing lens, etc. Others I’ve tried were too hard/stiff/not gummy enough to grip the surfaces being worked.
 

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A 120 roll of Kodak Panatomic X & 3 120 rolls of Bergger Pancro 400, and currently getting a CLA & the bellows replaced for my Kodak Monitor 616 from Vermont Camera Works
 

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Another Nikon F body.
A brick of Cinestill BWXX in 120
A few rolls of random expired 35mm film.
Agfa Isola camera.
A couple filters.
 

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A mint condition Soligor (Sun) 23mm f3.5 for $30. Too good a deal to pass up. It's compact, but unlike a lot of 24mm lenses, this one has an appropriately wide filter thread.

 
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A Canon New FD 500mm f/4.5 L lens, a rain cover, arca swiss plate, mono-gimbal, cobra 3 monopod all based around this lens. This weekend has been a hit to my credit card. I couldn't resist.
 

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I grabbed a Minox negative viewer/cutter from eBay. I think that plus a microscope adapter for my smart phone will allow me to efficiently digitize my Minox negatives.
 

eli griggs

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INSTAX Square Monochrome film, like acorns for Winter.
 

MurrayMinchin

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Sodium citrate for salt prints.
 

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150mm f6.3 Fujinon-W Lens
 

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All the talk (on another thread) of @Andrew O'Neill contemplating a 'Blad made me realize that I don't shoot in the moment enough with mine, partly because the strap is uncomfortable.

Sooooo, I just ordered a pair of Hasselblad lugs so I can use one of my nice thick/wide neoprene straps with my 50x cameras.
 

eli griggs

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Andrew O'Neill said:
A rotary cutter as I got tired of cutting down large sheets of film with a knife and straight edge
Click to expand...

You still have to be careful of the bar or bars flexing with multiple sheets or heavy papers.

I was using a new Rototrim profesional twin bar cutter and found 140lb wc rag papers, 22 x 30, would often need a recuting because of twisting so I eventually returned to the Stright Edge and water brush for better results.

The trimmer is difficult to use, exhausting in fact for five or more sheets at sessions.

Enjoy your cutter, but be watchful.

Eli
 
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