Your Favorite Photography item that's NOT...

[Godfrey]

Kodak Pocket Photo Guide

 

[coelacanth]

I gotta say that's Artisan & Artist cloth strap, ACAM-102 to be exact. I use them on all of my 35mm and digital cameras with two lugs.

 

[jordanstarr]

My darkroom. I spent many days building it and a lot of time collecting the finest gear I could. I can honestly say that there isn't much I would change about it. Huge enlarger, sink, great film developing equipment, etc....it's not pretty and most people who come into my old farm house basement take a look around at the dirty brickwork, cracked concrete, leaky walls, black plastic barriers and hundreds of cobwebs want to leave almost immediately. It looks like a dungeon or murderer's lair from a horror movie, but it works like a charm. I'd rather have it than my Leica *gasp!*

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

My Nikon 8000ED scanner, without it, I could not shoot film. Nearly all of my work has passed through this machine.

My Minolta Flash Meter VI. I use it constantly and it never lets me down. Perfect exposure is the single most important thing for getting beautiful tonality in black and white photography and is even more important in color work.

 

[thegman]

Tripod, it's not particularly great or anything, but I like landscape and long exposures, so vital for that. Also like my VC II meter, not had it long, but it's tiny and adds a meter to any camera with a hotshoe, which is pretty cool.

Epson V700 is very good, but scanners are kind of a necessary evil for me.

 

[daveleo]

#1 = small domke bag

#2 = polaroid tabletop tripod

 

[nikon_sam]

My darkroom. I spent many days building it and a lot of time collecting the finest gear I could. I can honestly say that there isn't much I would change about it. Huge enlarger, sink, great film developing equipment, etc....it's not pretty and most people who come into my old farm house basement take a look around at the dirty brickwork, cracked concrete, leaky walls, black plastic barriers and hundreds of cobwebs want to leave almost immediately. It looks like a dungeon or murderer's lair from a horror movie, but it works like a charm. I'd rather have it than my Leica *gasp!*

I too built my own Darkroom...it was at my parents house...I blocked off a space under their patio using plywood on the outside and wood paneling to finish it inside...It was ugly but it worked...the only new item in there was my enlarger...
I built it when I was 20 or so and it stood for many years...finally my dad took it down when he replaced that patio...
Today I set up my darkroom in the downstairs bathroom when I want to print...it's not that roomy but it works for now...I miss my old room...🙁...I still have that enlarger, timer & trays...

 

[setyotomo]

my domke f5xb and "wonderland" photobook by jason eskenazi