what waS your last photography related purchase?

[4season]

Some light and fluffy reading:

 

[Theo Sulphate]

...found a Hasselblad "sports finder' ...

Never seen that before. Their choice of focal length frames is interesting. 250mm is about 3x.

 

[4season]

As someone born in 1960s US of A, collecting matchbox labels wasn't on my radar: I seem to recall mostly book-type matches, and even on those occasions when my parents did obtain boxed matches, I don't recall much to get excited about, collection-wise, just the names of motels, shops and restaurants. So it was a real treat to discover these miniature camera advertisments from 1960s Soviet Union.

 

[Ian Grant]

I've just bought some Sinar bellows for £12.50 including postage (just over $16 US), they've been patched and have pinholes but I;ll strip off the patches and restore properly possibly recover if needed.

Also a pack of 100 5x4 A4 PrintFiles.

Ian

 

[scheimfluger_77]

A 1/2 full box of Agfa #5 Brovira BEH-111. Judging by the appearance of the label (in the photo) this is probably the #6 replacement when Agfa changed their numbering scale. And 10 rolls of Fuji Acros 120. I’ve never used this film but it looks like something to use in a pinhole camera.

 

[Black Dog]

A 1/2 full box of Agfa #5 Brovira BEH-111. Judging by the appearance of the label (in the photo) this is probably the #6 replacement when Agfa changed their numbering scale. And 10 rolls of Fuji Acros 120. I’ve never used this film but it looks like something to use in a pinhole camera.

A great couple of finds! Acros is a lovely film.

 

[Pentode]

Bee

Lucky to have found this beauty at a local thrift store...

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Beer glass!!!!

 

[Pentode]

I went to the Second Sunday Camera Show again yesterday. I swear that show’s gonna make me broke....

This time the haul included:
Sawyer’s Mark IV
Minolta XD-11
Zorki 4
Braun Paxette
85mm lens for the Paxette (needs cleaning up)
Schneider 105mm enlarging lens
Schacht 90mm (LTM)
Meyer-Gorlitz 35mm (Exakta)
Meyer-Gorlitz 50mm (m42)
Off-brand Japanese 100mm (m42)
Icar 100mm (Exakta)
Various caps, bits and bobs

A smaller haul than last month, but equally gratifying.

 

[markjwyatt]

I went to the Second Sunday Camera Show again yesterday. I swear that show’s gonna make me broke....

This time the haul included:
Sawyer’s Mark IV
Minolta XD-11
Zorki 4
Braun Paxette
85mm lens for the Paxette (needs cleaning up)
Schneider 105mm enlarging lens
Schacht 90mm (LTM)
Meyer-Gorlitz 35mm (Exakta)
Meyer-Gorlitz 50mm (m42)
Off-brand Japanese 100mm (m42)
Icar 100mm (Exakta)
Various caps, bits and bobs

A smaller haul than last month, but equally gratifying.

Wow. You like your toys!

 

[Pentode]

Wow. You like your toys!

It was a good weekend.

 

[R.Gould]

Fed 2 with jupiter 8 lens and a Zorki 1 with collapsible induster -22 lens
Richard

 

[baachitraka]

Diana F+ (CMYK), was looking for this camera for a while and now happy to get it.

 

[4season]

I had never before seen a FED-1 user's guide that looked like this one, so of course I had to have it. Camera shown on the cover has NKVD markings. Have not seen a date but assume this is from the prewar years.

Correct (top) and incorrect (bottom) ways to use the camera

 

[Theo Sulphate]

...
Minolta XD-11
...

Nice. Post a photo? It's been said that, like the Nikon FA, they tend to fail due to flex-circuit problems, but I don't care - I want one.

 

[abruzzi]

I broke down and ordered a couple more lenses for my Bronica ETRSi. KEH is sending me a Zenzanon PE 60mm ƒ2.8 and a Zenzanon PE 100-220mm ƒ4.8. I did notice that the extremely rare 30mm fisheye popped up on eBay. Fortunately, the will was strong on that one, and I passed.

 

[Pentode]

Nice. Post a photo? It's been said that, like the Nikon FA, they tend to fail due to flex-circuit problems, but I don't care - I want one.

I’ll post one if I have time this weekend.
It’s my favorite Minolta body and it took my last one 25 years of use to start getting dodgy. They’re well worth taking a chance on and they don’t fetch a lot of money these days.

 

[graflexboy]

Arrived today, from B&H Photo:
Kodak HC-110
Heico Perma Wash
Vanguard Reno 48 photo backpack x2 (one is for me, other is a gift)
Polaroid Originals SX-70 color (loaded in my late grandfather's Alpha 1)
Polaroid Originals 600 color
Fuji slide mailer (Dwayne's Photo), for processing of:
Ektachrome E100 35mm (on back order until early Dec.)

: - )

Micah in NC

 

[Helios 1984]

2x wasted rolls and an expired 110 of Fujicolor with 21 exposures left. I re-rolled the 110 in a 35mm roll which I’ll shot with my with PEN and I reloaded the other roll with bulk film. With the wasted negatives, I’ll make leaders to squeeze extra exposures out of my rolls of Tmax.

12x 24exp Superia X-Tra 400 on discount at Pharmaprix for 6$CAD per 3-pack (Exp 02/2019). The cashier said to me “Nobody use these anymore, it’s for antiques”... I’ll just wait until they put the 36exp packs on discount too *evil grin

 

[dmr]

K-mount to M42 lens adapter, to be able to use a Vivitar 28mm which I like very much on the MX.

 

[choiliefan]

Through local CL ad we picked up some older misc darkroom equipment including 2 paper safes, 2 plastic beakers, Unicolor Jingle Bell programable timer (love it!), Unicolor 8X10 print drum with motor base, Chromega color analyzer and subtractive color calculator, Kodak projection print scale and some ancient paper. Old stuff but immaculately kept so could not resist.

I've been processing my LF negs in a smooth Cibachrome II drum with success but am interested to see how the ribbed Unicolor drum fares although it appears to require twice the chemicals to do the same thing. The Unicolor drum also features stops inside to lock multiple 4X5, 5X7 or a single 8X10 in place without slipping.

We shall see...

 

[GLS]

Another (bigger) Paterson tank, some measuring cylinders, and more DD-X & Rapid Fixer.

 

[rubbernglue]

An hour or so ago I sent payment for a Nikon bellows with a ps-6 attachment in order to evolve and sell my 35mm dedicated coolscan. The Bellos-kit will have to have some adjustments in order to mount rollfilm directly but I have a good idea how to do it

 

[Ian Grant]

Two 20"x16" 50 sheet boxes of Kodak Elite Gd3 (Ilford equivalent is £164.60/$211 a box)
1 pack 20"x16" Bergger Prestige Gd 3 (approx 20 sheets left)
1 pack 20"x16" Agfa MultiContrast Classic MCC ( a few sheets left)
I paid £45/$57.70 for the whole lot so a real bargain.

Also ne quite large Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, by chance I mentioned possibly using a large one in a thread yesterday with a 20" Rectilinear lens, just discovered it fits the front of the integral lens hood perfectly. It works but will be fully restored anyway, far more flexibility than a Packard as it gives 1/10 to 1/90 plus T.

Ian

 

[fdonadio]

I paid £45/$57.70 for the whole lot so a real bargain.

I am looking for paper... how can I find a great deal like this?

 

[Ian Grant]

I am looking for paper... how can I find a great deal like this?

It's just luck, the seller has a large format enlarger and all the darkroom equipment, it must have come from a clearance of a professional photographers darkroom who's gone 100% digital, or ceased trading.

Ian