It's quite a lot of work you're doing. Of course, the BFA calls for this. You've turned into a sleuth, or maybe you already had some tendencies for that!

The photos you posted are lovely. Very worthy of the bachelor's degree you'll get.

I will definitely want to see your detective work tomorrow, or whenever you get to it.

It took about 18 hours of darkroom work to create those. I tend to be a perfectionist, so I'm pretty sure I create about twice as many test strips as anyone else to get the contrast and exposure just right.

And - sleuthing does come naturally to me. It's a lot like puzzles that have kept my mind occupied my entire life. I'll try to post the original images tomorrow - but I've got 6 hours of classes before I get a break!

I was going to use my ancient F2 but the seals were just shredding and falling off, so I postponed that experiment until I can find someone to replace the seals.

When I got my outfit, I chose the 55mm for all-purpose and macro work. I still use it, but on the new camera body (a Z-5, via the FTZ adapter) The 105 is a fabulous lens and I actually got the latest incarnation of it (from required IRA distributions).

I really look forward to using the F2 once again, and thanks for giving me the motivation to have it brought up to speed.

I’ll look at your photos closely later. It’s very late and I had an eye exam and did some shopping today, 100 miles driving.

I've got another one where the shredding seals is much more obvious (without looking I don't recall the model - it has the battery hidden under the mirror or some weird place). But when I was looking for solutions, someone suggested using a single strand of yarn to replace shredding felt seals. I'll see how the next roll goes before I give that any serious thought.

These two are actually my spouse's cameras. My original camera was a Pentax SP 1000. If I can't get the EL to stop leaking light, I've got a battery on the way so I can use the Pentax, although I really want to continue using the lens.

I can look up ways to update the seals. Not right now!

Hang on to the Nikkor. It’s usable on the latest Z-series cameras.

I think there’s also a damper on the mirror that is falling apart. I’ll check on that shortly.