what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Andrew O'Neill]

You still have to be careful of the bar or bars flexing with multiple sheets or heavy papers.

I was using a new Rototrim profesional twin bar cutter and found 140lb wc rag papers, 22 x 30, would often need a recuting because of twisting so I eventually returned to the Stright Edge and water brush for better results.

The trimmer is difficult to use, exhausting in fact for five or more sheets at sessions.

Enjoy your cutter, but be watchful.

Eli

Thanks Eli. I have plenty of experience using them. I brought one into my art/photo classroom (as well as a meat cleaver type) and used it to cut everything from tissue paper to matte board. Cheers!

 

[Don_ih]

High power flash cubes.

 

[eli griggs]

K&F tripod with ballhead, to augment my small Leica tripod (larger unit though) which will help position center, a camera or lights upon a small still life, out side of “studio space”,

Its a nice unit, can be used as a monopod and thought it lacks twist locks on it’s legs, it looks to be enough of what I need.

 

[mshchem]

Another Minolta IV F meter. I have 4 or 5 of these. For the first time in probably 40 years of use I had one go crazy on me. So I just ordered another from Japan. I paid $125 + $45 DHL all customs paid. LNIB has the extra flat diffuser. Cheap and I know how to use it.

 

[abruzzi]

a Schneider Tele-Xenar 30cm ƒ5.5, to assuage my OCD.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

a developer/fixer kit for paper development from fotoimpex

 

[lobitar]

A Polaroid SX-70 PolaSonic Mod.2 at a local street sale, for 15 $. Not pretty, but working!

 

[Sirius Glass]

All the talk (on another thread) of @Andrew O'Neill contemplating a 'Blad made me realize that I don't shoot in the moment enough with mine, partly because the strap is uncomfortable.

Sooooo, I just ordered a pair of Hasselblad lugs so I can use one of my nice thick/wide neoprene straps with my 50x cameras.

A wider or wider strap can make the camera more comfortable to carry.

 

[abruzzi]

I couldn’t find any cheap Arca Swiss 110 lens boards. There used to be so one in Europe that 3D printed them and sold them for $12 or so. I guess the tariffs cut off the US as customers. I found some models on Thingiverse but the design was weird which made them way more expensive to print using printing services. So last night I built a 35 model, and this morning I ordered a test print through Treatstock for $12 shipped.

 

[stevenje]

Rosco diffusion gels and Kodak CC filters.

 

[tcolgate]

I got this quarter plate development tank that has a sixth plate insert. No idea how well it'll work. I think it takes a bit under 200ml of solution, should be enough for the 3 plates it holds. If it works it'll be easier than setting up my darkroom, and should mean less issues with dust and let me process a few plates at once without them knocking together.

 

[thinkbrown]

A 16x16" slab of half inch glass for making contact prints. Gonna try cyanotyping soon

 

[tezzasmall]

A Dora Goodman 35mm 3D printed pinhole camera. I took it out and shot a roll of FP4+ yesterday and the film is hanging to dry. I'll be back in the darkroom as soon as to check it out.

I also (apparently) purchased two VERY basic point and shoot cameras on eBay, which I thought that I'd just browsed, until the postman gave them to me...

Terry S
UK

 

[Helios 1984]

Yashica Auto Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.7 (slightly dented, no fungus, good looking glass)

7 loonies, at one of my regular thrift stores.

 

[Franswa]

A box of 4x5 50 sheets expired FP4+, and some Arista EDU Ultra 200 4x5 50 sheets which is 50% off right now at Freestyle

 

[Donald Qualls]

Just received my second pair of 50-frame metal Minox cassettes, this pair with film expired in 1959. I'm buying these for the cassettes and boxes, of course, but $40 for the pair is less than I'd pay for *used* plastic cassettes (with coffin case) from Blue Moon...

 

[mshchem]

I got this quarter plate development tank that has a sixth plate insert. No idea how well it'll work. I think it takes a bit under 200ml of solution, should be enough for the 3 plates it holds. If it works it'll be easier than setting up my darkroom, and should mean less issues with dust and let me process a few plates at once without them knocking together.
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That's cool . I bet that's going to work out great. Simple, foolproof.

 

[loccdor]

10x Portra 160 35mm. Giving color negative a go again after a year of only shooting slide.

 

[mshchem]

I ordered a Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, black Friday sale. I never thought I would spend the money but if it gets me out more it's worth it.

I'll use one of my existing heads.

 

[Melvin J Bramley]

Nikon AF 70-210 F4.
I had one years ago and like other equipment should never have sold it.
I know it has low contrast but is sharp enough for me.
I did buy a Nikon F90 to 'power' the lens thinking my F80 would not have enough!
Needless to say the F90X will be going up for sale.

 

[JensH]

I got this quarter plate development tank that has a sixth plate insert. No idea how well it'll work. I think it takes a bit under 200ml of solution, should be enough for the 3 plates it holds. If it works it'll be easier than setting up my darkroom, and should mean less issues with dust and let me process a few plates at once without them knocking together.
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I had such a tank, too. A clever design. Worked well but it is not as sturdy as modern materials...
The bakelite (?) broke as it fell onto our hard bathroom floor.

 

[Disconnekt]

Got two Haida Greystone CPL filters, a 67mm& 77mm

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Batteries for the light metre....

 

[tcolgate]

I had such a tank, too. A clever design. Worked well but it is not as sturdy as modern materials...
The bakelite (?) broke as it fell onto our hard bathroom floor.

I've actually picked up a second that is purely for 2.5 x 3.5 (which is the plates my camera takes). The second one is smaller, takes an extra plate (so 4 in total), and also includes a little stand which I think is for drying (looks like the tank will rest open upside down on it.
I'd rather have had an adapter for my sp445, or patterson, but these only need a couple of hundred ml of fluids, and have been cheap, and it's nice to give these old things new life.

 

[MCB18]

So, yesterday was very eventful.

Not only did I manage to score another 100 foot roll of 160NC in 70 mm, but I have a friend that went to a photographers liquidation sale, and in among the many many many films this guy had in deep freeze, was a roll of 2006 70mm 2424 aerographic infrared film! In exchange for me cutting 30 rolls of 120 (about half the roll), I get to keep the rest! I’m actually pretty hyped to get some of this stuff, I’ve been looking for a roll for years now.