what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Sirius Glass]

Lynn Radeka's Precision Pin Registration Carrier System for 4"x5" film which I plan on using for 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" negatives. Now I am starting to learn the differences between the different types of masks.

 

[jwd722]

100 ft roll of Kentmere 100.

 

[Ian Grant]

It's mostly Efke aura, some Konica, some Rollei infrared, and a few rolls of Aerochrome. Maybe one of HIE left but I'm pretty sure it's hopelessly fogged now, as most of my HIE over the past few years has come out black (not clear) after development - the images are salvagable but only with bleach and toners to get rid of the grey cast. I also have 3 boxes of 4x5 Acros in Fuji Quickloads, which I bought when they were discontinued, thinking it would encourage me to shoot my Crown Graphic more often, but they're still there.

Here's an image of the last time I took inventory of my film stock (exactly 2 years ago) - most of the infrared film is at the far right of the image.
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Jeez Rachelle, you're as bad as me with my stocks of film, and then in my case paper as well . . . . . . . . .

My latest purchases have been 1 kg #600 grit and 1 kg #400 grit Silicon Carbide, I make a lot of focus screens

Ian

 

[Brad Deputy]

Last weekend; 5 more rolls of Fuji 100 24exp (Japan). This morning their website says no stock remaining. Fuji ceased production (of the 24exp type) in January I will miss true Fuji film.

 

[Sirius Glass]

It's mostly Efke aura, some Konica, some Rollei infrared, and a few rolls of Aerochrome. Maybe one of HIE left but I'm pretty sure it's hopelessly fogged now, as most of my HIE over the past few years has come out black (not clear) after development - the images are salvagable but only with bleach and toners to get rid of the grey cast. I also have 3 boxes of 4x5 Acros in Fuji Quickloads, which I bought when they were discontinued, thinking it would encourage me to shoot my Crown Graphic more often, but they're still there.

Here's an image of the last time I took inventory of my film stock (exactly 2 years ago) - most of the infrared film is at the far right of the image.
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Silly me. I do not even bother to inventory what I have. When the supply of a film get low or I cannot find it, I order more. Who knows what lurks in the depths of my freezer.

 

[murdockhendrix]

Purchased a excellent condition Sekonic TwinMate L-208 light meter from the internet auction site.

 

[5150Bronco]

I just bought the X1D adapter to put on V series Hasselblad lens on X1D ii camera.

 

[StevieB]

I bought a Hasselblad and lens 2 weeks ago. I put a few rolls of film though it and found the lens to be distasteful and the camera too clunky. No idea why people like that camera, yuk!
I traded it with a friend for his LOMO LC-A. I put a few rolls through that, and found it to be a much better camera.

 

[5150Bronco]

That’s too bad to hear. V series Zeiss lenses are by far some of the best glass made.

 

[StevieB]

If you like the rendered image it is the best glass made. I found the negatives to be to be terrible, almost to a point that I wanted to throw the camera and lens against a wall, or take emery paper to the back and front element. Then, I remembered I had a friend who drank all sorts of KoolAid and he was drooling, so I traded. The LC-A glass is superb, I would say it surpasses the Zeiss Glass by a baker's dozen. If I knew you before 2 minutes ago and I didn't ship it a week ago I would have traded it with you. I was happy just to get rid of it.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

If you like the rendered image it is the best glass made. I found the negatives to be to be terrible, almost to a point that I wanted to throw the camera and lens against a wall, or take emery paper to the back and front element. Then, I remembered I had a friend who drank all sorts of KoolAid and he was drooling, so I traded. The LC-A glass is superb, I would say it surpasses the Zeiss Glass by a baker's dozen. If I knew you before 2 minutes ago and I didn't ship it a week ago I would have traded it with you. I was happy just to get rid of it.

Are you sure it wasn't a Hasselblaski ? Just joking. I use Kiev 88 on a regular basis and like the results I get. Sad when you get a camera with high expectation and are dissapointed. Regards.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I bought a Hasselblad and lens 2 weeks ago. I put a few rolls of film though it and found the lens to be distasteful and the camera too clunky. No idea why people like that camera, yuk!
I traded it with a friend for his LOMO LC-A. I put a few rolls through that, and found it to be a much better camera.

Oh well, no accounting for taste.

 

[StevieB]

Are you sure it wasn't a Hasselblaski ? Just joking. I use Kiev 88 on a regular basis and like the results I get. Sad when you get a camera with high expectation and are dissapointed. Regards.

Yes, Eastern European Glass is luscious so much better than that Terribladd Maybe a Kyiv 88 is in my future . Do you have one with a solid metal shutter or cloth? Pmount?

Oh well, no accounting for taste.

No Kidding ! Makes me wonder about you .
The secret's out why you never post any photos

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Not sure if this is a joke conversation but normally soviet glass is pretty good. It is said that Volna 3 80 f/2.8 is somewhat inferior to Plana C 80 but I've got mos of my Volna's for les that $60 while the Planar C 80 goes from $600 upward. Is it Planar C better Volna 3? Probably. Is it $500 better? well...

The tricky part about using soviet medium format lenses is getting a usable and dependable body, which is hard to get most of the time

 

[StevieB]

Not sure if this is a joke conversation but normally soviet glass is pretty good. It is said that Volna 3 80 f/2.8 is somewhat inferior to Plana C 80 but I've got mos of my Volna's for les that $60 while the Planar C 80 goes from $600 upward. Is it Planar C better Volna 3? Probably. Is it $500 better? well...

The tricky part about using soviet medium format lenses is getting a usable and dependable body, which is hard to get most of the time

No, no Joke!
My friend who traded me the LC-A has a Kyiv 60 with some absolutely beautiful lenses. Maybe he only likes heavy clunky cameras and that is why he liked to trade with me. Maybe his lenses are similar lenses that you have, they were nice. I've *almost* bought a '88 many years back from a ebay seller from a pawn shop, his 88' had a big metal plate for a shutter. I do not know enough about the cameras and models to know the differences between that one and different ones. I imagine once you find the good body you are in Heaven, but the road to Heaven is sometimes paved with broken glass.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Yeah. There are a couple of ebay sellers that sell CLA bodies but it take some time to find. Also, a CLA body would cost more that an untested one. I've 2 Kiev 88 dead bodies waiting for repair at some point. Kiev 6s/Kiev 60 are, on my experience, a bit more reliable (if you don't mind a bit of overlap on your frames).

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, Eastern European Glass is luscious so much better than that Terribladd Maybe a Kyiv 88 is in my future . Do you have one with a solid metal shutter or cloth? Pmount?

No Kidding ! Makes me wonder about you .
The secret's out why you never post any photos

Actually I have posted some photographs including Hasselblad photographs, you just have to be smart enough to find them.

 

[StevieB]

Actually I have posted some photographs including Hasselblad photographs, you just have to be smart enough to find them.

I've seen some of them, in the "bypass the subscription only galleries" you've spent effort setting up, the few you have posted and I have seen look like the bubble level is broken.
I hope you get it fixed, does Hasselblad offer an auxiliary bubble level like the Leica NOOOF ?
You've posted nearly 39,000 posts. One would imagine as a community member with a subscription you would have posted images in albums and in your media gallery? Very strange with such luxury cameras, glorious film developing and printing you love to talk about so much you don't and haven't bragged about it all with images instead of words. After all 1 image is worth 1000 words.
I am certain VictorHasselbladLTDLLC would give you a stipend for all those "words"
I guess the gallery isn't for everyone ?

 

[Sirius Glass]

No

Posting my photographs cuts my sales. Besides the few photos I posted got ripped off. Please post your photos so they can be ripped off.

 

[StevieB]

No

Posting my photographs cuts my sales. Besides the few photos I posted got ripped off. Please post your photos so they can be ripped off.

No you do not have a bubble level ? I would get one !

Very sad to hear your hard work was stolen. That's not very neighborly asking me to post my photographs just so they will be stolen.

If I join, how am I or the other people who already post in the gallery supposed to take your comment?
Is that why you made all the threads that subvert the gallery so everyone who posts in those threads would get their work stolen, like you ? I hope not for this website's reputation, that's not very nice.

 

[Sirius Glass]

No you do not have a bubble level ? I would get one !

Very sad to hear your hard work was stolen. That's not very neighborly asking me to post my photographs just so they will be stolen.

If I join, how am I or the other people who already post in the gallery supposed to take your comment?
Is that why you made all the threads that subvert the gallery so everyone who posts in those threads would get their work stolen, like you ? I hope not for this website's reputation, that's not very nice.

Yes I have a built in bubble level in the SWC.
Anyone who wants to is free to post on the Gallery; I choose not to.

 

[StevieB]

Yes I have a built in bubble level in the SWC.
Anyone who wants to is free to post on the Gallery; I choose not to.

You did not answer my questions.

 

[Leppy]

A Fink-Roselieve FR Reporter with Rapax shutter and Wollensak 101mm f/4.5 lens. In very good condition and seems it's quite rare. Also bought 3 Burke & James Inc double dark slides, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" Inches Cut Film Holders and they fit perfectly.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

A Fink-Roselieve FR Reporter with Rapax shutter and Wollensak 101mm f/4.5 lens. In very good condition and seems it's quite rare. Also bought 3 Burke & James Inc double dark slides, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" Inches Cut Film Holders and they fit perfectly.

Great purchase. Which 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 film are you using?

Marcelo

 

[Leppy]

I've a shedload of out of date film and paper.In there is some fp4 and hp4 half plate, which I can cut into 4. But I also have some very old 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 graphic arts film which I will have a play with too, probably at about 5asa.