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Wife and I were trying to get the tiny number off a piece of equipment. Reading glasses, illuminated magnifier were not adequate. Dug out the Nikon D810 with AF Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8D. No problem. Her comment "The most expensive magnifying glass ever." Funny, but it worked perfectly..

There was quite a lot, I had 22 reports in addition to un reported. There are a few more suspects hanging fire, we'll wait and see. I'll keep an eye on things.

Working on it - please keep the reports coming!

I can recall in High School as "Photo Editor" for the Yearbook using Dad's Leica M3 with "candlestick" Leica flash for some events. Fresh bulbs in the right sport jacket pocket, used in the left (No more than a dozen total!). #6 FP for focal plane shutter, and not small. Strange as it may seem, I still have a few sleeves of 5B & 6. No batteries I can find for the old Leica flash.

If a major motivation for the trip is photography, personally I would take a camera. I admit bias, since I was forced to use a camera without a finder for work for several years and found it very difficult under sunny skies, sometimes even needing to revisit a site and take more photos. I also haven't had a cell phone since I retired many years ago.

Apparently you have no content of any kind. If you wish, I can ban on Member request, just let me know.

One missing piece, or maybe two. Often equipped with the 43-86 and AW-1 Winder. Quite a good combo, at least with the later version of the lens. The winder was fun but not particularly fast, but with 36 exposures...

https://butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_maxxum_7000/minolta_maxxum_7000.htm I think this is the one.

Still have mine, with the winder. Was my second to an F Photomic Tn. Both excellent, but how far we have come,

Both my Df and Zf, the latter, so far comparatively little used, are virtually silent. Just the tiniest little click on the ZF, quieter by far the the shutter sound.

Never did it but maybe https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/10/using-baking-soda-and-superglue-to-reconstruct-broken-plastic-parts/

If it is an important error, something that could harm someone's outcomes, or a significant error, contact me or another moderator. Haven't done it recently but I believe moderators still have the capability.

I have one of these, though a newer variant. Was a given it by a friend, now long deceased, who was the graduate of a West Coast Photography school. It could be useful in film days, and took some of the guesswork out of the color / value decisions. My recollection is that he used it more for movie work than still photos.

I am stripping a great many slide trays, my Fathers and my own, literally a pallet load of cartons. These fit an older Nikon projector, and I think Sawyer. Probably others, both carousel style round and straight. Rather than trash them, I would prefer to send them to someone who will use them. Free for actual shipping cost in the U.S. PM please.

Once a battery swells it needs to go into recycling not a camera!