what waS your last photography related purchase?

Sirius Glass

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Two CR-2 batteries for my Nikon N-75 because the camera said it was ready but the batteries lied.
 

Bill Burk

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Now I don't have to hunt whales or play with Bunsen burners...

I just got a 100 footlambert reference light source so I can check my light meters...

I was going to make something on my own with a stabilized power supply and a halogen bulb... but then this came up for a very reasonable price...

I don't have a calibration certificate with it, but 100 footlamberts is supposed to be 31.8 candela/square foot and 11 EV.

My meters all roughly read something like that.

I think I won't be able to find that "Corning blue" glass that's necessary for proper meter calibration to current standards.

But I suppose I could use an 80A or 80B filter to get close enough.










 

John_Nikon_F

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Well, not really a purchase, but, my friend from Farcebook who traded me an F with F-36 for my 20/3.5 UD decided to send the 20 back to me as a birthday gift, since he found another copy and knew that I'd been trying to find another to replace it.

-J
 

Ian Grant

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4 Thornton Pickard shutters, a mint condition Luc shutter, a complete back for an MPP MkIII Micro Technical. The latter was an unexpected bonus as I bought a MkIII in early September with most of a second parts camera missing only a back so for £100/$130 that's now two 5x4 technical cameras essentially UK made derivatives of the Linhof Technika II.

Ian
 

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An "angle viewfinder" to take shots close to the ground, a 85 filter for tungsten to daylight balancing, new RA-4 and C41 chemistry and bottles to store it and the extended version of the "Making Kodak film" book (which held/checked in customs the moment...)
Bernhard
 

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$29 Aluminum case to customize for my OM system - 2 cameras and 3 lenses
From Harbor Freight - $24 with their 20% off coupon. This is the second one I've bought. I set the other one up for my Mamiya C330, 3 lenses, and a Prism finder (Portafinder)
 

Roger Thoms

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5 boxes of TMY-2 WP film, Photonbox 4x10 pinhole camera, 14 boxes of outdated Berger 200 4x10 film. Maybe not the best film for the pinhole as I understand the reciprocity characteristics aren't the best. But it was available and reasonable priced so what the heck.

Roger
 

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A Cosina Voigtlander Auto-Topcor 58mm f/1.4 lens LNIB -- the lens that was made for the Bessaflex TM. Supposedly only 800 made.
 

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A type "B" split image focusing screen for my all mechanical Canon F1n from Germany off Ebay.
 

Black Dog

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Toyo said:
A ground glass screen for a 4X5 camera. I am gong to make this camera from scavenged parts - a project for the holidays
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Sounds great Toyo-good luck with that!
 

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Did a gear trade through a FB group. I'm waiting on a Pentax digital spot meter, a Minolta CLE body, and a Canon/Serenar 28f3.5 chrome RF lens with viewfinder and case.
 

Theo Sulphate

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Andrew O'Neill said:
3 boxes of 4x5 Rollei IR.
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Do you use an IR filter with that film? I used to use a #25 deep red with Kodak High Speed Infrared, but now can only get the Rollei IR -- which is sensitive to the visible light spectrum. I'd need something like a Hoya R72 to block all visible light for a true IR image.
 

MattiS

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Linhof Technika V with Rodenstock Sironar 150/5.6, viewfinder and several accessories. Christmas holidays can come!
 

benjiboy

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A type "A" microprism focusing screen for my mechanical Canon F1n off Ebay from a shop in Poland.
 

Anon Ymous

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1kg Sodium Hexametaphosphate
1kg Ammonium Chloride
2kg Sodium Bisulfate
1l Propylene Glycol
 
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