what waS your last photography related purchase?

[GLS]

BenQ Pro SW271 wide gamut colour accurate monitor. It's not an Eizo, but I wanted 4k capability without spending £4k.

 

[removed account4]

some sweet sweet dektol

 

[Black Dog]

I couldn't resist the limited-edition retro packaging, and it's my first time trying Foma film too.

Nice...FOMA not FOMO!

 

[Stephen Prunier]

So after having my Mamiya 645e for a week now, I realized it wasn't for me so I went and purchased another (3rd time!) RZ67 Pro II with the 110mm lens from Japan. It's arriving tomorrow. And I now have an LN Mamiya 645e with an 80mm lens and the 45mm lens NIB available for sale. I hope I learned my lesson this time!

 

[rubbernglue]

Bought my self a fluid pump for cleansing fix from papers in the darkroom. It pretty much moves water around from one corner to the opposite. It suddenly cleared for me that no enormous amounts of water is needed to clear papers from fix, but mostly movement of water. In this case of course I can simply fill "fresh" water whenever needed and then use a hole in the box to level the amount of water with.

I was afraid that the pump was going to be loud or annoying since I do this in my bathroom and any small noise will amplify in there, but I can hardly hear it running at DC5V.
The pump can run from DC5V up until DC12V, but it seems enough for DC5V for now. It will do 4 Liters/minute at full speed.

Up until this I really had no tray for this at all, only the shower to put the papers for getting rid of fixer.

The tray in the picture is a 50x60cm.

 

[mshchem]

Bought my self a fluid pump for cleansing fix from papers in the darkroom. It pretty much moves water around from one corner to the opposite. It suddenly cleared for me that no enormous amounts of water is needed to clear papers from fix, but mostly movement of water. In this case of course I can simply fill "fresh" water whenever needed and then use a hole in the box to level the amount of water with.

I was afraid that the pump was going to be loud or annoying since I do this in my bathroom and any small noise will amplify in there, but I can hardly hear it running at DC5V.
The pump can run from DC5V up until DC12V, but it seems enough for DC5V for now. It will do 4 Liters/minute at full speed.

Up until this I really had no tray for this at all, only the shower to put the papers for getting rid of fixer.

The tray in the picture is a 50x60cm.

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I do the same thing with a small archival processor. Your setup looks great I may put one of these together. A quick rinse of the print before wash and into your tray. Give it time for the salts to migrate out of the emulsion, don't waste water

 

[Dennis-B]

I've been searching for a Vivitar 1321 tripod for several years. Either I'd miss out on the auction, the tripod would already be sold, etc. However, today was different. I went in to one of the local used camera shops, and he had this one on the floor. Excellent condition; no dents dings, just a couple of use marks.

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[eli griggs]

Bought my self a fluid pump for cleansing fix from papers in the darkroom.

Do you mind sharing where and, which mode,l you bought?

Cheers

 

[mshchem]

I've been searching for a Vivitar 1321 tripod for several years. Either I'd miss out on the auction, the tripod would already be sold, etc. However, today was different. I went in to one of the local used camera shops, and he had this one on the floor. Excellent condition; no dents dings, just a couple of use marks.

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I had one of those when I was a kid. Great tripod, I should never have sold it.

 

[StepheKoontz]

Got a Yashica 44 to play both with 127 film and using 35mm film in it.

 

[AndyH]

Got three Super Takumar lenses from the wonderful Oppelman’s Pawnshop in Lynchburg, VA for just over a hundred bucks. Absolutely mint condition. SMC 50/1.4, 28/3.5, and 35/3.5.

I love pawn shopping.

Andy

 

[eli griggs]

"I love pawn shopping."
"Andy"

Looking for bargains, and then finding them is a great deal of fun, especially if you like to 'bargain the price"!

IMO.

 

[rubbernglue]

eli griggs, Sure enough!

This is the one I use, unfortunately I cannot tell the exact model name of it until I get home since the page does not tell specifically.
Swedish tech-store: https://www.kjell.com/se/produkter/el-verktyg/arduino/tillbehor/vatskepump-240-lh-p87079
They had appropriate hoses for it as well.

 

[eli griggs]

Cheers!

 

[scheimfluger_77]

I've been searching for a Vivitar 1321 tripod for several years. Either I'd miss out on the auction, the tripod would already be sold, etc. However, today was different. I went in to one of the local used camera shops, and he had this one on the floor. Excellent condition; no dents dings, just a couple of use marks.

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I have one of these and it’s about 40 years old. It’s so well used all the joints, pins, and locks are so worn it is cumbersome to use. I don’t know how to go about refurbishing it. The head is marvelous and could be used on any tripod if the attachment mechanism weren’t proprietary.

 

[eli griggs]

I have one of these and it’s about 40 years old. It’s so well used all the joints, pins, and locks are so worn it is cumbersome to use. I don’t know how to go about refurbishing it. The head is marvelous and could be used on any tripod if the attachment mechanism weren’t proprietary.

Have you considered taking it to a machinist or machinist class, for joint/lock refurbishment and new pins.

Keep in mind that a machinist can do a great deal with hand tools, and small machines, besides operating the huge machines they are often depicted as using in photography.

Believe it or no, a good blacksmith can also do similar work, as fabrication is their job too!

You can pay to keep a sentimental tool like this, in action, just shop about for an affordable action and bite the bullet, if able, and would it no be wonderful to pass along this tripod in good working order, when you finally decide to 'retire' or simply pass on yourself.

IMO.

 

[AndyH]

"I love pawn shopping."
"Andy"

Looking for bargains, and then finding them is a great deal of fun, especially if you like to 'bargain the price"!

IMO.

I’m not a natural haggler. But the three were priced at a total of $200, and I said that I didn’t want to be insulting, but how about half price? (How many M42 shoppers come in here?)

He countered at $110 and then gave me ten bucks off the other stuff I was buying.

Score!!!

Andy

 

[Dennis-B]

Have you considered taking it to a machinist or machinist class, for joint/lock refurbishment and new pins.

Keep in mind that a machinist can do a great deal with hand tools, and small machines, besides operating the huge machines they are often depicted as using in photography.

Believe it or no, a good blacksmith can also do similar work, as fabrication is their job too!

You can pay to keep a sentimental tool like this, in action, just shop about for an affordable action and bite the bullet, if able, and would it no be wonderful to pass along this tripod in good working order, when you finally decide to 'retire' or simply pass on yourself.

IMO.

In my case, this Vivitar is fairly tight as is. I'm going to remove the head and tighten it, but all the other controls are very snug.

A number of years back, I found what was later badged as Slik Master 67. It has braced legs, but the head is strictly pan and tilt; the legs had rubber tips. I wanted a bit more flexibility, so I removed the fixed head, keeping all the parts and screws. I had a Manfrotto plate and stud I used for studio lights. It was only a matter of turning down the stud to fit the hollow shaft. I used golf club epoxy to put it in place. It's never moved. To replace the leg tips, I decided to get a set of Bogen leg tips. However, they were undersized by what seemed to be the thickness of some rigid copper tubing. The tubing was slightly too large, but some judicious heat from a propane torch warmed up the tripod legs, and the tubing tapped in permanently; the spike tips fit perfectly.

I used that tripod until my son "stole" it from me last year. Now I have a new long-term project for the Vivitar.

I'm not "tripod poor" by any stretch. I've picked up a nice Bogen 3035, 3051, and 3046, each for less than $50. I also found a Manfrotto 475B for $60, and a nice Gitzo G1320. There are still parts available for them, but as yet I haven't needed any parts.

 

[eli griggs]

It's good to be able to work on kit, for ourselves, keeping what works, working right beside us as a partner in pitcher making and you must feel good, even proud, about knowing that you can do whatever is needed to keep it in working order!

Making adjustments, replacing parts or even improvements

My aluminum Gitzo Reporter is the best everywhere camera support, I've ever used, and I plan on using it until my passing, knowing I would likely no ever bother to look for a replacement.

It simply fits in every way, and only my need for additional height would cause me to seek out another tool, which would be a second, old school aluminum Gitzo, for field work.

I do have a good, heavy studio tripod, a Davis & Sanford "B" with "Floating Automatic Head" with a pneumatic column, that almost broke my jaw, when I released it for the first time, but in the absence of the need to photograph a hurricane, it'll stay inside and I am comfortable in knowing I could support an 8" x 10" field camera on it, without issue.

I'll do what is needed to keep this one going as well, unless I actually acquire that taller Gitzo tripod mentioned above, and even then, it'll be a well consider move.

Right now, the only work I need to do to either tripod is too replace the Iron wire 'collar at the top of the legs, meets column with a new one and slightly larger "S" hooks, to which I can add my camera bag to, when shooting, for additional staying power and so I can keep an eye, as it were, on my bag, while shooting.

Other than making a new dark cloth, I suppose my current list of kit to repair/modify is simply a pair of Canon QL17's light seals those on my Minolta Autocord, which has an occasional 'leak'.

There is also the matter of my little Sawyer's Mark IV tlr, which had a large plate of hardened covering just pop off a couple of days ago. I guess I'll Bight the bullet and reskin it when able.

Acquiring used analog gear is great, but if we can no repair or adjust it for ourselves, in my case a Zeiss Super Ikon 'B' 6cm x 6cm, and can no afford to send it off for a proper CLA, we are just left with dust collectors sitting uselessly on a shelf, and, I really hate that.

IMO.








QUOTE="Dennis-B, post: 2241003, member: 86661"]In my case, this Vivitar is fairly tight as is. I'm going to remove the head and tighten it, but all the other controls are very snug.

A number of years back, I found what was later badged as Slik Master 67. It has braced legs, but the head is strictly pan and tilt; the legs had rubber tips. I wanted a bit more flexibility, so I removed the fixed head, keeping all the parts and screws. I had a Manfrotto plate and stud I used for studio lights. It was only a matter of turning down the stud to fit the hollow shaft. I used golf club epoxy to put it in place. It's never moved. To replace the leg tips, I decided to get a set of Bogen leg tips. However, they were undersized by what seemed to be the thickness of some rigid copper tubing. The tubing was slightly too large, but some judicious heat from a propane torch warmed up the tripod legs, and the tubing tapped in permanently; the spike tips fit perfectly.

I used that tripod until my son "stole" it from me last year. Now I have a new long-term project for the Vivitar.

I'm not "tripod poor" by any stretch. I've picked up a nice Bogen 3035, 3051, and 3046, each for less than $50. I also found a Manfrotto 475B for $60, and a nice Gitzo G1320. There are still parts available for them, but as yet I haven't needed any parts.[/QUOTE]

 

[joelbolden]

3 Minolta xi lenses won at a Shopgoodwill auction, plus Pentax 55-300mm PLM WRE from KEH....Oh, and a new tripod from our local thrift store.

 

[abruzzi]

A few thing on a few different purchases:

- a Nikon F3 and AI 50/1.4 from a seller here on photrio. I wanted to see whether I liked it more than my F2SB. So far I’d give the F2 a slight edge (I much prefer the 60/40 metering to the 80/20 in the F3) but I can see why you might prefer the F3.
- a Vanguard Tripod and some fast film (Portra 800 and Delta 3200 in 120 and Tmax P3200 in 35mm) all is in expectation of a photo trip to Mexico in a few months. I have lots of slow film, but not much fast. Ordered from B&H.
- a later model power winder for my Bronica ETRSi, and a PE 2x teleconverter from UsedPhotoPro. The power winder will probably accompany me and my Bronica on the Mexico trip. (Probably not the 2x.)

 

[baachitraka]

- Agfa Isollete III (Solinar 75mm/3.5) with Synchro-Compur shutter for €30/-

I may go for complete CLA...

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Picked up a Minox enlarger from CL a few weeks ago for 25 bucks. It was a three hour roundtrip but I'd say it was worth it. Just hope the bulb lasts....

 

[patois]

Impossible I-1 instant camera from b/h for $19.99.

 

[R.Gould]

5 liter pack of ID11, a film devolping triple time, a pack of hypo clearing agent and some Adox MCC 110 while I can still get it ( my supplier just got in new stock)
Richard