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charles_stobbs3

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  1. After my first roll of Kodachrome I used almost nothing else for 50 years. If a subject didn't look like it was 2X3 I didn't take the picture. Now that I'm into digital I do some cropping (and sometimes try other forms of editing).
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  2. I think #625 is a zinc/air battery. They are smaller than some mercury cells and you may need to put a rubber O-ring around the outside to keep it in place. I forget the O-ring number but in most store the bins get so scrambled that you should bring the battery to get a proper fit. I think the O-ring thickness is .073. (The memory is only partly gone.)
  3. While playing with a new (to me via Ebay) I saw the lens extend and realized that the air volume inside the camera must have increased by a cubic inch or two and wondered how the air gets in there. Is there a piston or bellows that repositions to keep the internal volume constant , does the air come in through an internal, filtered, opening or does it come in through whatever cracks and crevices exist? On film cameras a new clean photosensitive surface appears every time you advance the film but with a digital the same surface stays for the life of the camera. I guess I'll have to remember to only turn on the camera in a dust free environment and clean the lens barrel before turning it off. Paranoia makes life more interesting.
  4. My experience started taking black and white photos with a 620 (2 1/4 X 3 1/4) black and white photos and developing and printing at home in a closet converted to a darkroom. I pasted the results in albums. Then I moved away from home and about the same tome bought a 35mm camera and soon started using Kodachrome. I bought a projector and screen but realized that I preferred a hand held slide viewer in daylight. When Kodachrome was taken off the market I switched to digital cameras and looked at the pictures on my computer monitor. Then I got a cell phone which allows me to send photos directly to friends or look at them on the phone. I seldom look at any of my older photos and when I do I don't study the details. They serve only as memory prompts. I hope this helps.
  5. Apple sells small iPhone printers. I haven't investigated enough to know which is best. Back n the day I used to print on double weight glossy, dried in a blotter roll without ferrotyping. Don't know if any similar print media is available in a small wireless printer.
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