what waS your last photography related purchase?

Sirius Glass · Sep 1, 2015

DannL. said:
Getting old is not for sissies.

It still beats all the alternatives that I have found.

Don Promillo · Sep 1, 2015

A Gossen Lunasix F light meter in very nice condition. Analogue, but running on 9V batteries.
Finally no more metering via a smartphone and looking like an idiot while doing it.
Using it in the field just screams "Move aside, digital. Analogue, like a boss."

aRolleiBrujo · Sep 1, 2015

[h=1]for my 13 yr old son, SEALED Polaroid 779 Color Instant Camera Film 10 Photos Expired 06/88[/h]

Fixcinater · Sep 2, 2015

aRolleiBrujo said:
[h=1]for my 13 yr old son, SEALED Polaroid 779 Color Instant Camera Film 10 Photos Expired 06/88[/h]

Hope it works for you, I've not had usable results with any integral film with expiration dates pre-2002. '88 is quite risky.

Sirius Glass · Sep 2, 2015

Fixcinater said:
Hope it works for you, I've not had usable results with any integral film with expiration dates pre-2002. '88 is quite risky.

On the other hand, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

pbromaghin · Sep 3, 2015

Hugo Meyer pocket rangefinder for $25 at Englewood Camera in Littleton, CO. It's a little off at longer distances, but closer in where I need it, it's pretty close. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out a translation. This will go on my "new" Zeiss 523/16 that is coming in the mail after being CLA'd by Paul Ebel in Wisconsin.

eddie · Sep 3, 2015

Nothing too exciting... Some linen tape and 16x20 matted print bags. Some matboard, frames, and glass still need to be ordered.

bruniroquai · Sep 4, 2015

Leica M-A, Cron 35 ASPH.

Sirius Glass · Sep 4, 2015

CR-2 batteries.

MattKing · Sep 6, 2015

Actually a gift received.

26 rolls of freezer stored Kodachrome 25 and a bunch of expired TMax 100 - mostly 35mm.

Off to the "Deloping Kodachrome as Black and White" thread I go.

Sirius Glass · Sep 6, 2015

MattKing said:
Actually a gift received.

26 rolls of freezer stored Kodachrome 25 and a bunch of expired TMax 100 - mostly 35mm.

Off to the "Deloping Kodachrome as Black and White" thread I go.

I think that the "Developing Kodachrome as Black and White" thread will work better for you than the "Deloping Kodachrome as Black and White" thread. I too notice that when I wash my hands before using the keyboard messes up my typing, now I canT typ nutting.

Andrew O'Neill · Sep 6, 2015

Probably the Travelwide 4x5 and New55... which I'm still waiting for. I've purchased some other things, but they cannot be mentioned here...

miha · Sep 7, 2015

Ilford RC paper.

Don Promillo · Sep 7, 2015

Mamiya 645 80 1.9 lens.

I'm so excited, Depth of Field as deep as a papersheet, here I come!

Bill Burk · Sep 7, 2015

Andrew O'Neill said:
Probably the Travelwide 4x5 and New55... which I'm still waiting for. I've purchased some other things, but they cannot be mentioned here...

I bought some books from a nearby Book Faire. Last year the Devil came home with me: William Mortensen books. But this year there was slim pickings, some things I left behind last year. But just nothing like last year's Bonanza.

At first I picked up, laughed at and dropped like a hot potato, a book that I thought was the antithesis of everything I stand for.

I stopped by my favorite camera store, told the story about the book, how I deliberately left it behind.

Then I went back later to the Book Faire on my way home. This time I couldn't resist. I just had to have it for the pure evil it represents...

START with a SCAN a Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects into High-Quality Art by Janet Ashford and John Odam.

TheFlyingCamera · Sep 7, 2015

A bottle of TF4 fixer and a bottle of Pyrocat HD in Glycol. I've got 15 pro-packs of Tri-X waiting to get shot and processed, so this will do nicely toward that end.

Ken Nadvornick · Sep 8, 2015

A Kodak Retina IIa rangefinder folder from a fellow APUG member. I already have my late father's Retina Ia scale focuser, but I've long wished to try the IIa. In addition to having a rangefinder, the lens on the IIa is also one stop faster at f/2.

The camera seems to be in good mechanical condition. And the bellows is in much better shape than my dad's Retina Ia. I need to run a test roll soon. This should be fun.

Ken

BradleyK · Sep 8, 2015

A $280.00 (CDN) expenditure at The Lab to process some of my black and white backlog (20-odd rolls of 120 PanF+, several rolls of 120 FP4+ and the balance for 35mm Tri-X and HP5+ (yes I should be doing it myself, but the weather this summer...).

Peltigera · Sep 8, 2015

Pentax ME Super. Had one of these a while ago and it was one of my favourite cameras. I managed to push my thumb through the shutter while loading a film. This is a replacement.

pdeeh · Sep 8, 2015

2x 50ml graduates, nice borosilicate Bomex ones - about £3 for both, delivered from Shanghai. Cheapest (plastic) Paterson equiv I could find on the 'bay was about twice that price for just one.

DannL. · Sep 9, 2015

Bought a Yashica Mat 124G and a Durst M600. Just waiting on delivery. I will need all the luck I can get with the camera. I was going through my mental inventory of TLRs that I have owned throughout the years. If recollection serves, I recall it was 8 TLR's. Three of which were Yashica. Only one of the 8 cameras actually worked reliably, and that was a Yashica Mat 124. So, crossing my fingers here. One Ciro-flex (rust bucket) worked somewhat. But, I'm not big fan of those elegantly constructed American made cameras. Ha!

nbagno · Sep 9, 2015

4x5 film washer from Alistair Inglis.

Ken Nadvornick · Sep 9, 2015

58 GE #5 clear flashbulbs for US$34.26, or about 59 cents each. A pretty good deal.

To be added to my long-growing stash of 1800+ similar bulbs for the Crown Graphic. So, like, exactly how many does one actually need for a carefree press camera retirement?

:confused:

Ken

GRHazelton · Sep 9, 2015

Some filters for my newly acquired Bronica S2a glass - 50mm wide angle, 135 and 200mm tele lenses. All sharp Nikkors. The 50 mm wants 82mm filters, the teles "only" 67mm.

pdeeh · Sep 9, 2015

I got a nice book about Picasso and Cubism

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