what waS your last photography related purchase?

[benveniste]

A Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. I tried it out tonight:

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

A Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. I tried it out tonight:

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Whoa that looks amazing! Congratz

 

[Sirius Glass]

A Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. I tried it out tonight:

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I may start looking for one for myself tonight.

 

[abruzzi]

A Kirk Enterprises Arca-Swiss style base plate and tall universal L-bracket for the Pentax 6x7.

I searched for years for one of the original, discontinued Kirk L-brackets custom made for the Pentax 67, to no avail. This is the next best option.

I had a saved search on eBay for years, and over ~4 years I saw two pop up for sale, and both were auctions and both went for over $500. After the second one, I gave up, figuring I siimply wasn't going to be able to afford one.

 

[eli griggs]

A Lume Cube RGB Panel light to use for close-up/macro photography.

I've recently written about getting this for analog photography and though it has a 1/4" x 20 thread mount for a cold shoe, it's fixed to a 90° angle, on either the two stand mounting holes built into the aluminum body.

To solve this, I dug-out a tiny, toy tripod which has a secure ball head that I can mount the light to, and onto a Hasselblad 500 cm lens hood clip I already had.

I'm still looking for a second such Hasselblad clip, for times I want to use two of these adjustable K temp and colour panels.

So far, it's performed well enough on the camera hood, but I do wish it had a PC mount as and flash feature, like it's big brother, the Lume Cube RHB Pro panel, which is a bit larger but has twice the lumes at 1000, no the smaller 500 lumes of the smaller light.

I expect it to also give some light to close-up pin hole cameras and my Canon auto bellows, by way of front mounting the lights to forward lens or camera face, such as the 5"x7" pinhole or the Hasselblad pinhole lens.

 

[GLS]

I had a saved search on eBay for years, and over ~4 years I saw two pop up for sale, and both were auctions and both went for over $500. After the second one, I gave up, figuring I siimply wasn't going to be able to afford one.

I never even saw one for auction. Rarer than hen's teeth.

First impressions with the universal bracket setup are good. It's all nicely made. When mounted in portrait orientation the L-bracket shows a little bit of flex when the camera is pushed down on. This can be prevented if the L-bracket is adjusted so as to be completely flush up against the side of the camera, although then there is a bit of rubbing against the enlarged knurled shutter speed wheel on the metered prism when it is turned. Not a big deal though. I will see how it performs in the field.

 

[Lewipix]

a couple of frosted acrylic diffusers to camera scan negatives....very cheap. Unfortunately, the Sony FE 90 Macro Lens , not so cheap

I was able to modify a very old and sturdy tripod to act as copy stand, cost $0

 

[Donald Qualls]

A Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. I tried it out tonight:

Nice! How much cropping to get that frame fill? Seems to me I've had a 400 mm and at least one tele-extender not give a Moon image that big (asking for my 500 mm mirror lens).

 

[benveniste]

Nice! How much cropping to get that frame fill? Seems to me I've had a 400 mm and at least one tele-extender not give a Moon image that big (asking for my 500 mm mirror lens).

I actually took that shot with a Panasonic GX85 (MFT) camera using an adapter, but it still came nowhere near filling the frame.

 

[EnCavale]

An 11x14 camera -- a world where 400mm is slightly wide angle.

 

[Radost]

Minolta Maxxum 5,
Rollei LED, b35 cheap parts cameras.

 

[KerrKid]

Another Nikon N75. I have three now. It's a disease.

 

[Radost]

Another Nikon N75. I have three now. It's a disease.

No. Not a disease. I have 5-6 Canon T2. I am the same. a lot of later SLRs are so cheap and so great. Cheaper to have a few than look for repair later.

 

[KerrKid]

No. Not a disease. I have 5-6 Canon T2. I am the same. a lot of later SLRs are so cheap and so great. Cheaper to have a few than look for repair later.

I guess that’s how I feel. It’s insurance. Maybe it’s a hunter-gatherer thing, too.

I’m so tempted to get another D200.

I had to talk myself out another Minolta X-570.

Yesterday, I bought another Olympus XA2 so now I have two of those.

I have two SRT-1O1’s and two Pentax Zoom 90WR’s.

I’m going to have to see what all the fuss is about the Canon T2.

 

[Radost]

Most of those cameras I got for $10-20. The canon T2 is worth a lot more than that!

 

[KerrKid]

Most of those cameras I got for $10-20. The canon T2 is worth a lot more than that!

That's the big problem. I keep seeing N75's listed for those kinds of prices and keep pulling the trigger like some sick hoarder. $40 for a complete camera setup is unbelievable. The Pentax Zoom 90WR is also selling for next to nothing for reasons I can't figure out. What a great camera. I keep wanting to get another one but I haven't even shot the two I have.

The Canon T2 seems very similar to the N75 so I probably won't go down that path. At least not, yet, because then I've have 3-4 of those, too.

I really need more lenses instead of more camera bodies.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Just bought a Sekor C 180 mm f/4.5 lens for my RB67. That makes the current set 50, 90, 127, 180, and 250 (plus 2x teleconverter and 0.46x filter ring wide angle converter). Brings the total kit weight to, um, good grief. Sixty pounds (those lenses, one body, all three viewfinder options, six or seven roll film backs, left hand grip)?

Anyone know a good priced source for an antigravity backpack?

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

RB67 are indeed heavy/bigger. Mostly used to my ETRS, Rollei and and Kiev's and just tried the RB67 last week. Quite a difference in size

Great and fun camera though.

Marcelo

 

[KerrKid]

I got my Ricoh GR Digital II from Japan. It was listed as excellent and it has that appearance but it's dead as a hammer. Won't power on. What a disappointment. May be there's some trick that's alluding me.

 

[Donald Qualls]

just tried the RB67 last week. Quite a difference in size

Well, rather unavoidable, given what it is -- compare it to a Bronica or Hasselblad, and it seems huge, but then it's effectively an 8x8 SLR instead of a 6x6. That right there nearly doubles the weight of the body, makes the lenses either slower or heavier (or both), and makes the viewfinders (especially the prism) heavier as well.

However, I'm sticking with mine. Fast lenses aren't something I really need with this kit, given how easy it is to get film to ridiculous EI and still get good images (P-3200 or Delta 3200 easily go to 12500 in a phenidone-based developer like Xtol, and it should be possible to get XP2 Super to 3200 or higher with up to +3 push and bleach bypass), and it was never meant to be a "run and gun" camera. And it's surprising comfortable to hand hold with the left hand grip and a good strap. I've got my third 6x7 film back on the way (two are Graflex RH-10), as well as a 6x4.5 Mamiya back, a Graflex 22, and a Graflex 23.

And all of those backs work with my Century Graphic 2x3 press camera; the lenses will as well once I get the RB67 lens board adapter I've ordered and get it swapped onto a Century compatible board.

I've never had this level of interoperability with 35 mm, and haven't the budget to get it in large format. Even now, I've only got around $1500 into the RB67 kit. Saw one on eBay today with body, WLF, 90 mm, and 6x7 roll film back for $300, so they still aren't going out of sight, either.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Yeah RB67 is quite darn good. Price factor is great as well. Most of the lenses are great and cheap compared to other systems. My only lens right now is th 127mm f/3.8 but most likely will get the 50mm. Really enjoy wide lenses. Speed is not a real issue since I do mostly arquitecture and landscape with it.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Ricoh GR Digital II

Aaaargh! My eyes!

 

[KerrKid]

Aaaargh! My eyes!

I thought you'd like that

 

[murdockhendrix]

11 rolls Kentmere Pan 100 24 exposures

 

[LeoniD]

A few rolls of 120 Svema/Astrum Foto 100. Looks really nice and seems to be coated by them too