What have you just BOUGHT?

After a huge sell-off of my entire Canon system (save for a couple lenses I kept for the GH4) and a big purge of excess camera bags I made the single biggest change to my photographic equipment I've ever done.

Bought a used M240 from Tamarkin, a Zeiss 35mm f/2 off Facebook, a Zeiss 50mm f/2 from a Leica dealer in Portugal, and I treated myself to a Filson + Magnum Harvey messenger.

Thankfully I still had money left over to put back into my bank account. I think I'm set for a long long time. My last halo camera has been obtained and I'm finally committing to rangefinders.
 
Ten rolls of agfapan Vario XL. I have never used chromogenic black and white before and I have thought, what the heck, I will try with some retro stuff!
 
Nikos72 said:
Ten rolls of agfapan Vario XL. I have never used chromogenic black and white before and I have thought, what the heck, I will try with some retro stuff!
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Interesting! I have long liked chromogenic B&W and wondered why they're all ISO 400... But I find best results with a bit of over-exposure (set to EI 250) because they're intolerant of under-exposure, and I like the better shadow detail and contrast.

I shot 10 rolls of 120 Vario XL back in 1982-83 and liked it as much as the contemporary Ilford XP1. But I had the impression it was made only briefly, and I didn't see it on the market after that. What is the expiration date(s) on your film packages?
 
Leitz/Leica BEOON (16511). Mint in the original box. Hardly used I suspect. For copying negatives including medium format, which it isn't ideal for, but can do. Just needed an LTM 50mm adapter which I had.
 
16 gigs of memory for my PC. Lightroom has been choking on my 6x9 color photos - I was just running out of memory which was making processing a pain. Instead of downresing the scan (ie the smart thing to do since I'm scanning beyond the sensor resolution anyway), I decided to spend $150 on more memory than I'll need in a while.
 
A very poor condition Tower 37A (aka Mamiya Prismat) with 35/2.8, 48/2.8 and 135/2.8. The camera is a display piece or a camera to experiment repairs on!
 
I only bought a bunch of films:
135: Ilford delta 3200, ilford xp2, a few impossible.
120: Ilford xp2.
I'm in a B&W mood in these days...but not su much time and place to develop therefore I switched to xp2...
robert
 
A Minolta XD-5 body and Minolta 320X flashgun. I had an XD-7 years ago and regret selling it. Finding one now in working and half-decent condition proved too difficult so I settled for the simpler sibling to complement the XG-M & lenses I have. The flash gun was simply too good to pass over, even though I don't often use flash - plus it also plays nicely with the Lumix G2 I own.
 
I finally got around to buying a Nikon F3 HP. I've wanted one for a while now, because I really enjoy the tougher built pro and semi-pro SLR's. I have a Nikon F5, but there's a lot of charm in the F3.

I found a nice example with a bit of brassing from a second hand dealer. Another second hand seller had an MD-4 motor drive for it. So, both were ordered and are enjoying life together now 😀

Pictured here with the Nikkor 28mm f3.5 and loaded with Ektar 100.

As 'luck' would have it, I was planning some shooting today but it's just too dark and grey for Ektar. Will get around to shooting this roll next week.

Nikon F3HP by bjorn.keizers, on Flickr
 
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