what waS your last photography related purchase?

eddie · May 14, 2017

A bunch of 120 film and chemicals. My list also had paper on it but, fortunately, I checked my stash and I'm well stocked.

Oxleyroad · May 14, 2017

Lomo Spinner. The kids love it. Thank goodness for color neg cine film.

Harry Stevens · May 19, 2017

Arrived this morning a Agilux British made 1950s 120 folding camera with a uncoupled rangefinder, I have fell in camera love with it just needs a clean and a film.

NedL · May 20, 2017

bunch of paper from blicks.

hypo, and a few other salt print and calotype chems that I'm running low on.

I decided to order a small bottle of 20% platinum chloroplatinite... by my calculations, at normal concentrations for toning, even though it is expensive to purchase initially, the cost per print is actually slightly less than for gold toners.

ammonium chloride so that I can try Serdar's (there was a url link here which no longer exists) but I know this is going to turn into a rabbit hole. So far I've resisted trying different salts and stuck with NaCL ( quite a few different ones! ). It will be hard to resist playing around using Ammonium chloride, and I have some potassium chloride here already....

It'll keep me out of trouble.

Craig75 · May 20, 2017

pdeeh said:
After a healthcare appt that i was psyched for was cancelled at very annoyingly short notice today, I cheered myself up by finding Newhall's "History of Photography" in the local Oxfam shop and buying it ....

A very fine book.

pdeeh · May 26, 2017

Wine tannin.
(apparently you can tone cyanotypes with it.)
Now I just have to make a few as I can't find where all my scrap ones are. And the weather is about to turn crap after several days of glory.
Timing eh?

R.Gould · May 26, 2017

Ensign 16/20, Franka Solida 3,500ml RO9, some wetting agent,some MG Classic, and 15 rolls fomapan 400 35mm 15 rolls fomapan 400 120, all from different suppliers

Helios 1984 · May 26, 2017

I bought myself an Agfa Rondinax 35U. If all goes well (Read: If the postal service do not destroy it during transit*) I should be able to process my first roll in a few weeks.

Kino · May 26, 2017

Retina IIc with a frozen shutter for $20. That makes 2 I have to get around to cleaning...

benjiboy · May 26, 2017

A Canon flash coupler D for my Canon F1n's it fits over the rewind knob and gives you hotshoe connection. These are rare these days because it's about forty years since they were manufactured .

BHuij · May 26, 2017

Box of 25 sheets of 4x5 FP4+. That stuff in Rodinal is magic.

Edit: This thread reminded me to buy another liter of HC-110 and a bottle of Adox Adonal since I'm running low on both. So now that.

Hubigpielover · May 26, 2017

Minolta Autocord! Got a chance to use it the other day and it was awesome.

fdonadio · May 26, 2017

A pair of 67mm caps for my Fujinar 25cm f/4.5.

Dan Fromm · May 28, 2017

I just bought a 210/9 Repro-Claron. I'm not sure why I did except that the price was right and the cells will go into a #0 and Repro-Clarons have a very good reputation. I already have too many 210s, including a 210/6.8 Beryl that's in shutter.

fdonadio · May 28, 2017

Dan Fromm said:
I'm not sure why I did

That's called GAS!

Dan Fromm · May 29, 2017

fdonadio said:
That's called GAS!

Given my current low frame of mind, shopping therapy seems more appropriate.

petersandford · May 29, 2017

a bottle of isopropyl alcohol (99.7%).

NedL · Jun 2, 2017

I'm ridiculously excited that I found a 10x15 inch pyrex lasagne tray for processing 9x13 inch paper.
Getting ready to salt some paper in it for the first time.

Before this, my choice was to have almost no margins lengthwise, or else use a big 11x15" tray that required too much solution to float papers on and made it difficult to tone prints with small amounts of toner.

fdonadio · Jun 2, 2017

TEA and chrome alum.

Kino · Jun 2, 2017

A lightly used SRT 101. Might hit it with a soft cloth once or twice...

John_Nikon_F · Jun 3, 2017

A 105/2.5 Nikkor-PC that's unmodified. Pretty clean looking.

Got it for $65.45 after sales tax was added in. Next to come home will be a 35/2 Nikkor-OC. That one will be about $11 more expensive.

-J

kb3lms · Jun 3, 2017

Kodak Ektagraphic III Carousel Projector, 2 trays and a spare bulb. Little cleaning and it looks and works like new. Bring on the Ferrania and Ektachrome.

and also the same day, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye 620 camera with found Ilford XP2 film! I figured if someone went to the trouble to rewind XP2 for 620 there might be some awesome stuff on it. Not so much after processing. The film was so curly I am wondering if the previous owner bought the XP2 as 620 film!

And in related action, 3 more carousel trays for the Ektagraphic.

mshchem · Jun 4, 2017

I sold my Fuji GSW 690III about 7 years back, I did well on it but have regretted selling..... Recently I found a pristine one in the box, shutter had 4 (x10) on counter . A very nice fellow in Japan sold it to me. Absolutely beautiful camera. I shot a roll of TMY at my family's small town cemetery on Memorial Day. Flags unfurled in a brisk wind, I forgot what a great wide view (65mm) these cameras give, negs. look great yet to print. I have a GW690II and a GW690III (90mm) I love these big, no battery, big negative straight forward cameras. So Fun!
Mike

RalphLambrecht · Jun 5, 2017

jnanian said:
couid be a give away, freebee, book, equipment, film, chemistry
just something related to making photographs, or thinking about making photographs ...

I bought pinholes for a DSLR/ pinhole conversion.

TheFlyingCamera · Jun 5, 2017

I bought a pinhole lens for my Fuji XT-1 on Kickstarter. That'll be arriving in September. I also bought an antique photo of waves crashing ashore. Oh, and I have a bunch of blacklight LEDs and wiring coming my way to build a 30x40 "pizza oven" for alt-process printing at Photoworks, where I teach. We'll have enough real-estate that I can have at least three students printing at the same time.

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