what waS your last photography related purchase?

[removed-user-1]

SMC-Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 for $32. I don't have anything that takes K-mount lenses. Yet.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

Supposedly, the worst Nikkor made. Returned the 200/4, since I'd never used it after buying it. Picked up a 43-86, since there were no body caps to be found for my F3. Paid $14.50, plus tax for it. AI version, so not as bad as the original chrome filter ring version.

-J

 

[Sirius Glass]

I am adding to my freezer hoard with

5 rolls Kodak Portra 160 NC (Exp 3/2011--kept frozen since around '08 or so)
2 rolls Kodak Portra 400 VC (Exp 5/2011--kept frozen since around '08 or so)

5 rolls Kodak Portra 400 VC (Exp 1/2004--acquired from another person, who assured me it's still color accurate)
5 rolls Kodak Portra 800 (Exp 7/2003--same as above)
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[Nodda Duma]

A stepper motor and micro controller kit to help life cycle test an iris for a lens I'm designing. The iris needs to survive ~250,000 actuations with minimal wear.

 

[bo eder]

I'm the happy owner of Canon EOS-1V, and EOS-1N cameras (no battery grips - I like them small) and both a 50/1.4 and 24/2.8 lenses. I've added to my digital gear to get back into film photography, and am currently testing the cameras by shooting through ten rolls of Fuji Superia. The results so far have been very promising!

 

[Black Dog]

A Paterson Multi Reel 3 tank-it's good to keep it reel!

 

[Mick Fagan]

A stepper motor and micro controller kit to help life cycle test an iris for a lens I'm designing. The iris needs to survive ~250,000 actuations with minimal wear.

Now that is interesting and somewhat thought provoking. I have almost always thought of camera wear with regard to shutter firings and almost nothing else, I don't believe I have ever given much thought, maybe none at all actually, to the iris wear factor.

Mick.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Hasselblad Mutar 2XE extender

 

[Sirius Glass]

Hasselblad Compendium second edition 2011 Richard Nordin

 

[Fixcinater]

Another order from KEH as they had free shipping one day.

-Skylight SMC bayonet filter for my Pentax 67 45mm f/4.0 lens
-Tamron 2XTC for Adaptall2 lenses
-85mm chrome Canon rangefinder viewfinder to go with the 85/2.0 that I'll be comparing to the late, black 85/1.8 and selling whichever one I like the least
-As-Is Tamron for Canon EF 2x tc, going to pull the glass and use it as an extension tube with my 100mm f/2.0 so I can sell a couple macro lenses due to disuse
-Tamron Adaptall2 for Pentax K mount, good to have a spare and this was what put me over the $48 needed to get free shipping

 

[pdeeh]

One of the big Gorillapods, and 2kg of Sodium carbonate anh.

 

[NedL]

Harman/Walker Titan pinhole ! Never thought I'd buy a pinhole camera.

Have Fun!!!

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

It's WAY outside my strike zone and normal methods but I'm still looking forward to seeing what I can make of it.

4x5 or 8x10?

I once saw the 4x5 version at Glazer's Camera in Seattle. It was a solid-feeling and well-made little guy. I must admit I was tempted, if for no other reason than the simplicity.

Ken

 

[TheToadMen]

Harman/Walker Titan pinhole ! Never thought I'd buy a pinhole camera.

You're in for a treat Enjoy!

 

[Simon Howers]

Glass plate drying rack for wholeplates. Looks like a miniature deckchair - holds 20 glass plates. Brilliant! Been looking for one of these for ages.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

DK-3 eyecup for the FM2n. Also picked up the processed roll of Portra 400 from the F.

-J

 

[Kyle M.]

Yesterday I bought a 50mm f4.5 for my RZ67 along with a liter of HC-110 and 10 rolls of 120 Tri-X.

 

[McFortner]

I got a Kowa 150mm f/3.5 for my Kowa/SIX. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Step wedge from http://www.stouffer.net/TransPage.htm#transmission step

 

[TheToadMen]

Beautiful Hasselblad SWC (from 1968) with the beautiful non-changeable 38 mm Biogon lens.

Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

 

[Sirius Glass]

Beautiful Hasselblad SWC (from 1968) with the beautiful non-changeable 38 mm Biogon lens.

Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

One of my favorite cameras. I have an opportunity to buy the 30mm fisheye Hasselblad lens in Ugly condition for a little over $1,000US, but I think it is of very limited use for me and I would never use it as much as I use the SWC.

 

[anfenglin]

I got a Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 125 with three packs of original Polaroid 669!

 

[Kyle M.]

I bought a beautiful fully restored Crown Graphic Special with the Schneider Xenar 135mm lens and 5 Riteway film holders yesterday to get myself started in LF. Gonna pick up some trays for developing and some Tri-X or HP5+ next week. Contact printing to commence soon.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

More flashbulbs. It's like more heroin...

 

[BradleyK]

A couple of things from our friends at B&H: 3 bricks of 120 PanF+, 3 bricks of 35mm Tri-X, 2x100 sheets of PrintFile archival pages in each of 35mm and 120 sizes, 4 packages of Tiffen lens cleaning tissue and several pairs of cotton gloves. Probably do another black and white film order shortly (more PanF+ and TMax100 in 120, as well as more Tri-X in 35mm) as our Canadian dollar continues dropping against the USD.