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I just bought a 5x7 Kodak 2-D with rear extension rail for closeups. Love this baby! Mainly bought for contact alt-process printing as I have no 5x7 enlarger.
 
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Aside from two cameras, shown in the "latest camera" thread, I found this literature:

The British Journal Photographic Almanac for 1955

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A November 1961 issue of Popular Photography

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Sorry for blurry cellphone photos. I find photo literature from the 1950's through the 1980's fascinating.
 
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I had a GAS attack this past weekend....

Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 to make a compact, lightweight kit with my FM2n. Or as a cheap lens that I don't care much about on my beater F3 for when I don't want to use a kit that's worth something.

Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 non-AI, only usable on my F3s with the aperture feeler flipped up for now. When I get some time I'll mill the aperture ring so it will work on my other Nikon bodies.

Argus Tele-Sandmar 100mm f/4.5. Today is Argus Day 16, but I didn't get a chance to use my C3 due to work schedule and bad weather :-(

A brick of Tri-X in 135

And a big order of stuff from Freestyle, everything I need to process B&W film at home. I haven't done that since 1983 or thereabouts.
 

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Finally realizing that I really do have enough hardware my last purchases have been nothing but film, chemicals and paper.
GAS is ever present but for the time being I have it under control.
 
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A real classic: The 1927 "Photographische Rezept-Sammlung" (Collection of photographic recipies) by Walter M. Münzinger.

A lovely collection of things you rarely find (or do), like making your own flash powder or applying mercury intensifier to your negatives or prints. In todays world, this book would probably be called "Poisoning Yourself In The Darkroom For Dummies".
 

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It was 5 rolls of 135 Tri-X and 5 rolls of 120 Tri-X...no wait, it was the M42 Pentax bellows with slide duplicator that was repaired using blue painters tape and a Sharpie...nope, it was the Nikon FE body or maybe the Tamron Nikon AI adapter, been a busy week so far. I've got my eye on a nice Nikon 50 1.4 but better wait until my wife finds out about the aforementioned purchases.

Hmmm, anyone interested in a nice Fuji X-E1...?
 

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I had a GAS attack this past weekend....

Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 to make a compact, lightweight kit with my FM2n. Or as a cheap lens that I don't care much about on my beater F3 for when I don't want to use a kit that's worth something.

Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 non-AI, only usable on my F3s with the aperture feeler flipped up for now. When I get some time I'll mill the aperture ring so it will work on my other Nikon bodies.

Argus Tele-Sandmar 100mm f/4.5. Today is Argus Day 16, but I didn't get a chance to use my C3 due to work schedule and bad weather :-(

A brick of Tri-X in 135

And a big order of stuff from Freestyle, everything I need to process B&W film at home. I haven't done that since 1983 or thereabouts.
Respect to you Ron!:D
 

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Tn prism for my new-to-me Nikon F. Bought cheap, meter inoperative but I have only a few bucks into the whole camera. Going out to shoot it today.
 

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Just bought a 100/2.8 lens for my OM-2n. This completes my trinity of 28/2, 50/1.4, and 100/2.8. I thought about trying to find a 100/2, which is said to be better, but they are scarce. Besides, I have plenty of other outstanding portrait lenses. This 100/2.8 I can enjoy now.

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Next, I bought this delightful SB-20. I love all the controls on it: the tele, normal, and wide settings on the head, the bounce angles, all the intertwined controls on the back... heaven. These 1980's flash units with switches, dials, and analog calculators on the back are so much more involving and satisfying than the ones with mode buttons and LCDs - which started with the SB-24 and continues to this day. This SB-20 will fit well with the SB-15 I bought earlier.

The funny thing is ... I don't use flash; I never have. I just enjoy learning about them and experimenting with them. I guess I'll just have to start by using fill flash at times.

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Epson fluid mount accessory for my scanner - for scanning my 6x18 cm roll film negatives from my pinhole camera.
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- Biometar 120mm f/2.8 Zebra version.
 

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- Biometar 120mm f/2.8 Zebra version.

Congratulations - that's a nice lens and I've seen spectacular photos made with it. People should buy a Pentacon Six just for this lens.
 

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Congratulations - that's a nice lens and I've seen spectacular photos made with it. People should buy a Pentacon Six just for this lens.

Not many were interested. It went for €45. I am happy with Sonnar 180mm and I hope this will deliver close to it.
 

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I've been wanting some ortho film to make interpos 135 & 120 and then enlarged negatives for alt processes for a while and faffing about not buying some Ektascan B/RA or Arista lith because it's hard to justify the expense at the moment,

Then the other day I tripped over 100 sheets of Agfa Rapiline lith film on eBay for £16 ($20ish). As I had almost exactly the right amount in my PayPal account from two scam refunds, I bought it on spec. It's 40x50cm and comes with two gallons of Agfa Lithenal developer :smile:

Can't find anything about this particular film, (Rapiline L 715 pm it says on the label) anywhere or maybe my google-fu has deserted me. Must be pretty out of date, but the seller swears he's used some recently and it was fine.

Whether it'll be good for dupes, or indeed for cutting up and sticking in holders, who knows ... I'll find out towards the end of the week I suppose. I'm going to try it in Soemarko's LC-1/LC-1B.

If it does work ok, I can make some YUGE negatives :D
 

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An Omega daylight processing tank with reels and I'm hoping to get a cable release for my Nikon S2, which uses the Leica screw mount style, from EvilBay. My old Paterson tank tends to leak like a sieve, and for whatever reason the threads on the lid and tank are cranky. I wonder if a tiny smear of silicone lube as for swimming pools would do the trick.
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Yes I have it's the first camera I've bought in almost thirty years, it's mint, was a very reasonable price, and came with a three months written warranty.

Congratulations on an excellent choice.
 

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Congratulations on an excellent choice.
Thanks Theo, I couldn't resist it although I already have four Canon New F1's, and although of course all the lenses are compatible besides that only the eyepiece is.
F1's are I.M.O. as well built and reliable as the best quality cameras made by any company in the World, I've been using them for around thirty years and they have never let me down
 
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just got back from home despot
with a bunch of fluids and pastes and glues
and fillers to spruce up a semi centennial camera stand i have
put off sprucing up for a handful of years ...
 

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I ordered a Zeiss Ikonta 521/2 (6x9) the other day. And then since I was on the roll, I purchased a Ansco Speedex B2 (6x6). Waiting for both. I heard these cameras would bring joy and good fortune each time the shutter button is pressed.
Great cameras ! SandehaLynch.com does Bellows.
 
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