what waS your last photography related purchase?

[What About Bob]

Now I have the last ingredient to make a developer that I haven't used in ages: D-76

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I bought a Jobo 1520 tank from B&H - since it's cheaper to get a new one from there than to get a used one from ebay - I broke the lid of mine a couple of days ago (it's quite old). I resisted the urge to buy

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great for drinking used developer....

Yeah- you don't want to accidentally confuse the one for the other and end up drinking your fixer.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I don't remember if I told the saga of my Pentax LX on here (long story short - has an issue with the film advance, and getting it repaired will cost $350 and take 7+ months). Well, one popped up on Ebay the other day with recent servicing, reseller warranty, customs and shipping included, for $350. So I treated myself to it. Should arrive Thursday.

 

[Rayt]

I bought a nice condition Leica IIf Red Dial from KEH in December.

 

[Jbennett68]

A black Pen FT with the 38mm f2.8 pancake lens. Having an issue with the counter I need to fix but it's clean and everything else works well and the price was right. Can't keep track of 74 frames without a working counter though.

 

[hardly any color]

Four liters of tmax developer

 

[eli griggs]

Now I have the last ingredient to make a developer that I haven't used in ages: D-76

That's the stuff!

 

[Disconnekt]

Got two 1.5" D Rings In Shackle (these: D https://pacifictrimming.com/product...6v5k4zDGgXp9aq8EjYuZK_IAJafZCjQk8S2wtMskjGVQ0) in gunmetal grey a few days ago to add to my messenger bag, easier to attach my bag strap to it.

Got them in the mail today, one was easy to put on, the other was a pain (took like 10 minutes to get the rod part in, but got it done)

 

[4season]

Reveni Labs autocolimator. Was able to nail infinity focus (off film) on my Agfa Isolette with a degree of precision that I couldn't achieve before.

 

[ivan35mm]

^ wow, that’s very cool!

i’ve recently picked up two different recessed lens boards for my plaubel camera

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I don't remember if I told the saga of my Pentax LX on here (long story short - has an issue with the film advance, and getting it repaired will cost $350 and take 7+ months). Well, one popped up on Ebay the other day with recent servicing, reseller warranty, customs and shipping included, for $350. So I treated myself to it. Should arrive Thursday.

Ok- the new-to-me Pentax LX arrived yesterday, and I put a roll through it to test the film advance and it seems to be working!

 

[eli griggs]

Ok- the new-to-me Pentax LX arrived yesterday, and I put a roll through it to test the film advance and it seems to be working!

Show us a pic or two.

 

[Taurabon]

I replaced a cracked knob on a Calumet Green Monster. 1/4-inch knob screws aren't readily available in Japan, so I bought a “Knob Star” (product name) and hex bolt and nut and combined them. It looks funny, but it's practically fine.

 

[Don_ih]

This Arnold Newman book:

(photo from ebay)

Discovered his signature inside after I got home.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I just bought a Kodak Twin 20 (bottom loading, horizontal transport 620 with bright finder and Galilean finder). Intended fate is to use the film transport in a tea tin camera, possibly interchangeable between pinhole and a lens.

 

[abruzzi]

I bought some Arca format frames and bellows from @B.S.Kumar , and carriers from @CatLABS . Combined with a rail, glass and Mamiya mount I already had I assembled a Arca Swiss F-Classic 6x9 dedicated to mounting a Phase One P65+ digital back. My other Arca 6x9 is now dedicated to only film either in 6x9 format, or replacing the bellows and rear format frame as a 4x5 "F-Field". Such a beautiful system.

 

[Sanug]

Nearly mint condition and not expensive. Fond them in a nearby photo shop.

 

[AnselMortensen]

This Arnold Newman book:

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Discovered his signature inside after I got home.

Score!

 

[eli griggs]

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Nearly mint condition and not expensive. Fond them in

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Nearly mint condition and not expensive. Fond them in a nearby photo shop.

Great find.

Do you have a Canon FD adapter?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Oxalic Acid.

 

[AnselMortensen]

Oxalic Acid.

Darn.
I was hoping it'd be a Hasselblad.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Darn.
I was hoping it'd be a Hasselblad.

Me too!

 

[miha]

B+W Skylight filter (when shooting Ektachrome), Hoya Yellow (K2) filter, and Durst Setopla so that I can finally use the 50mm El Nikkor on my Durst Modular.

 

[What About Bob]

Good ol' Tri-X. Trying out Rerapan film for the next 127 film day coming up. Ilford rapid fix and Hypam are my go-tos and I love me some vanilla scented stop.

 

[chuckroast]

Good ol' Tri-X. Trying out Rerapan film for the next 127 film day coming up. Ilford rapid fix and Hypam are my go-tos and I love me some vanilla scented stop.

Here is a cheap way to make stop bath. Get regular old white vinegar - which is around 5-6% acetic acid - and mix it 1+4 with water to make a working solution. MUCH cheaper than the factory stop baths.

Cheaper still is to buy full strength (close to 100%) acetic acid.

Mix that 3+8 to make an approximately 28% stop bath stock

Mix that 28% stock 6/oz per gallon to make working stop bath

Just take care to have ventilation and eye/skin protection and avoid breathing in the acetic fumes. Always add the acid to the water, not the other way around.

I haven't bought factory stop bath in 40 years.