what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Anon Ymous]

1l 25% ammonia solution.

 

[GLS]

B60 and B70 polarising filters for my Hasselblad kit.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Contact cement.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Always admired the earlier M42 mount Fujicas for their compactness and handling.

As a bonus, there's still a lot of very good M42 glass out there for good prices.

 

[Disconnekt]

Got a very clean Goseen Luna Pro SBC for $49 (~$65 with shipping/taxes), it even came with a "Luna-copy (Repo) Attachment", which I dont really have a need for so I'll end up just selling it/give it away.

Got it today in the mail, got a 9v battery for it to do a quick & dirty check while indoors against my MZ-S, very close match. Didnt get a chance to do a quick test outside yet, will be doing that in a day or two.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Tremclad, matt black... those wee cans are blinkin' expensive now!

 

[pbromaghin]

Manfrotto681 monopod in pretty good condition but missing it's foot - $5:

A trip to Home Depot and another $5 later, good as new:

 

[GLS]

Joel Myerowitz: Cape Light

Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places

 

[eli griggs]

Master V, England build, w/great case, like new Intercone in new condition case and excellent original user manual.

The meter is no working, but it looks like a good project meter, with the, for now, spare intercone and the instruction booklet that gives you a wider set of tools withing this meter line.

I'm very happy to have it.

 

[AnselMortensen]

50 sheet box of expired 4x5 Velvia 50.
Wooden adapter plate to make a 5x7 reducing back for my Eastman 2D 8x10.

 

[choiliefan]

I just received a large box of misc old photo stuff.
Among the goodies was this odd Japanese Suehiro tripod head with timer builtin. Appears to use a standard cable release in a similar fashion to the old Kodaks and probably others.
I'll try to get some better pics of it when I can.

 

[Nokton48]

New to Me 1000mm F16 Apo Ronar by Nokton48, on Flickr

This lens has been on my Radar for decades. The Rodenstock 1000mm F16 Apo Ronar will be fitted to my 8x10 Sinar Norma for Telescopic large format photography. It will be an interesting project to get this into service. It will need to be supported at the front and the back of the lens. Two tripods will be required. I've had the 760mm F11 Apo Ronar for quite a while but this new lens goes to the next level

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

Turns out I have enough spare parts to build this prototype. It's held together by tight adjustment, and it's very solid. WOW it's heavy I mean a real brute. I used Gaffer Tape from B&H cut with razor blade to specific widths, and the lens is not going anywhere and it's solidly supported at this point. Light cracks and leaks around the bellows are pretty much plugged up, so the lens appears light tight at this point. I prefer to protype with various types of tape, before making (or have something made) as far as rotating this into the equipment rotation. This was fun to build.

The goal here is to re-create the camera that Reinhardt Wolfe was using, in the back of his famous coffee table book "CASTLES IN SPAIN". It's definitely the same lens

 

[Pentacon_777]

Shanghai Leici 217-01 double bridge calomel reference electrode and Rex 231-01 glass electrode both from AliExpress

 

[GLS]

Fujinon C 12.5/450.

 

[logan2z]

Just picked up a Nikon F in really beautiful condition and a pre-AI Nikkor 50/f2 to match.

 

[abruzzi]

Fujinon C 12.5/450.

Nice! But beyond my means. I was just looking for very similar (long lens for 8x10 in my case). I had to “settle” for a Apo-Ronar 480mm f11 in a Sinar DB board. When it arrives, I’ll transplant it to a spare Compur 3 I have.

 

[GLS]

Nice! But beyond my means. I was just looking for very similar (long lens for 8x10 in my case). I had to “settle” for a Apo-Ronar 480mm f11 in a Sinar DB board. When it arrives, I’ll transplant it to a spare Compur 3 I have.

Thanks. Yes it's a chunk of change, no doubt. Saw one for a good price from someone on the LFPF though, and it fills the last key gap in my 4x5 kit. Will also serve me well should I ever decide to go 8x10. I also considered an Apo Ronar 480 f9 instead, but that then wouldn't leave much room for focusing on my Technikardan, and I wasn't sure how well it would handle a Copal 3 racked out all that way. I also considered the Nikkor T 500 f11, but it's comparatively huge and my LF pack is already bulging.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Potassium Carbonate!

 

[abruzzi]

Thanks. Yes it's a chunk of change, no doubt. Saw one for a good price from someone on the LFPF though, and it fills the last key gap in my 4x5 kit. Will also serve me well should I ever decide to go 8x10. I also considered an Apo Ronar 480 f9 instead, but that then wouldn't leave much room for focusing on my Technikardan, and I wasn't sure how well it would handle a Copal 3 racked out all that way. I also considered the Nikkor T 500 f11, but it's comparatively huge and my LF pack is already bulging.

yeah, Linhof made a "macro rail" that allows you to center the tripod mount when fully racked out on the TK, but they are hard to find used, and not cheap. My plans for the Apo Ronar are explusively 8x10. Its not light but lighter than some other options. Anyway, nice grab!

 

[Donald Qualls]

Over the weekend (tax refund in my bank), I rolled the dice a second time on a 127 mm lens for my RB67 (Japanese seller claims CLA and "near mint" -- and it looks it in the photos); also grabbed another 2x3 mount Graflex RH10 and a second 2x3 Grafmatic. Since I have two cameras that can use those...

 

[Ian Grant]

A new in box late Epsilon shutter, it's #0 Compur/Copal compatible would have been for an Ensign Selfix 120 camera. I'll use it for some 203mm f7.7 Ektar cells.

Also, an M32.5*0.5 to M39*1 adapter so I can use #0 lenses like some Compompnnd LF lens on LTM lens boards or 35mm camera bellows.

I'd forgotten I have a Praktina to Canon EOS adapter on its way from the Ukraine, it's 3D printed finish looks iffy, but it's cheap so if it works great, if not at least I've helped someone out. Would be nice to be able to use my 58mm f2 Biotar on my 5D mkIV.

Ian

 

[abruzzi]

A new in box late Epsilon shutter, it's #0 Compur/Copal compatible would have been for an Ensign Selfix 120 camera. I'll use it for some 203mm f7.7 Ektar cells.

Don't the 203/7.7 cells fit copal #1?

 

[Roger Thoms]

This bad boy arrived today, lens from Japan and the hood and filter from KEH, both ordered within a half hour on the same day and both arrived within 1 hour today. Replaces a lens that was stolen a few weeks ago.

Roger

 

[miha]

20 rolls of Provia 100F in 120. Get it while you can...

 

[Minox]

A 30m roll of Rollei 80s, together with 30 rolls of Portra 160 (35mm). That gets dearer by day.