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what waS your last photography related purchase?

Andrew O'Neill

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Thanks Eli. I have plenty of experience using them. I brought one into my art/photo classroom (as well as a meat cleaver type) and used it to cut everything from tissue paper to matte board. Cheers!
 

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K&F tripod with ballhead, to augment my small Leica tripod (larger unit though) which will help position center, a camera or lights upon a small still life, out side of “studio space”,

Its a nice unit, can be used as a monopod and thought it lacks twist locks on it’s legs, it looks to be enough of what I need.
 

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Another Minolta IV F meter. I have 4 or 5 of these. For the first time in probably 40 years of use I had one go crazy on me. So I just ordered another from Japan. I paid $125 + $45 DHL all customs paid. LNIB has the extra flat diffuser. Cheap and I know how to use it.
 

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A Polaroid SX-70 PolaSonic Mod.2 at a local street sale, for 15 $. Not pretty, but working!
 

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A wider or wider strap can make the camera more comfortable to carry.
 

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I couldn’t find any cheap Arca Swiss 110 lens boards. There used to be so one in Europe that 3D printed them and sold them for $12 or so. I guess the tariffs cut off the US as customers. I found some models on Thingiverse but the design was weird which made them way more expensive to print using printing services. So last night I built a 35 model, and this morning I ordered a test print through Treatstock for $12 shipped.
 

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I got this quarter plate development tank that has a sixth plate insert. No idea how well it'll work. I think it takes a bit under 200ml of solution, should be enough for the 3 plates it holds. If it works it'll be easier than setting up my darkroom, and should mean less issues with dust and let me process a few plates at once without them knocking together.
 

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A Dora Goodman 35mm 3D printed pinhole camera. I took it out and shot a roll of FP4+ yesterday and the film is hanging to dry. I'll be back in the darkroom as soon as to check it out.

I also (apparently) purchased two VERY basic point and shoot cameras on eBay, which I thought that I'd just browsed, until the postman gave them to me...

Terry S
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Yashica Auto Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.7 (slightly dented, no fungus, good looking glass)

7 loonies, at one of my regular thrift stores.

 

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A box of 4x5 50 sheets expired FP4+, and some Arista EDU Ultra 200 4x5 50 sheets which is 50% off right now at Freestyle
 

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Just received my second pair of 50-frame metal Minox cassettes, this pair with film expired in 1959. I'm buying these for the cassettes and boxes, of course, but $40 for the pair is less than I'd pay for *used* plastic cassettes (with coffin case) from Blue Moon...
 

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That's cool . I bet that's going to work out great. Simple, foolproof.
 

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10x Portra 160 35mm. Giving color negative a go again after a year of only shooting slide.
 

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I ordered a Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, black Friday sale. I never thought I would spend the money but if it gets me out more it's worth it.

I'll use one of my existing heads.
 

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Nikon AF 70-210 F4.
I had one years ago and like other equipment should never have sold it.
I know it has low contrast but is sharp enough for me.
I did buy a Nikon F90 to 'power' the lens thinking my F80 would not have enough!
Needless to say the F90X will be going up for sale.
 

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I had such a tank, too. A clever design. Worked well but it is not as sturdy as modern materials...
The bakelite (?) broke as it fell onto our hard bathroom floor.
 
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Got two Haida Greystone CPL filters, a 67mm& 77mm
 

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JensH said:
I had such a tank, too. A clever design. Worked well but it is not as sturdy as modern materials...
The bakelite (?) broke as it fell onto our hard bathroom floor.
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I've actually picked up a second that is purely for 2.5 x 3.5 (which is the plates my camera takes). The second one is smaller, takes an extra plate (so 4 in total), and also includes a little stand which I think is for drying (looks like the tank will rest open upside down on it.
I'd rather have had an adapter for my sp445, or patterson, but these only need a couple of hundred ml of fluids, and have been cheap, and it's nice to give these old things new life.
 

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So, yesterday was very eventful.

Not only did I manage to score another 100 foot roll of 160NC in 70 mm, but I have a friend that went to a photographers liquidation sale, and in among the many many many films this guy had in deep freeze, was a roll of 2006 70mm 2424 aerographic infrared film! In exchange for me cutting 30 rolls of 120 (about half the roll), I get to keep the rest! I’m actually pretty hyped to get some of this stuff, I’ve been looking for a roll for years now.
 
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