u/tolpoyer

First frames through a minolta 16 MGS. I hand-loaded HP5 into an original cassette that I had replaced the light traps in with flocking sheet.

I loaded the storage chamber in a dark bag then taped the leader to the take up spool and loaded it into the take-up chamber in daylight. I'm not sure I have the dexterity to do that second section in the dark bag but I'm open to being told that that's what caused the light contamination at the start of the film.

That said there is also a band that starts thick along one edge, gets thinner to the middle of the film, and then thicker again, plus a couple of odd vertical light leaks.

Any advice gratefully received.

I picked up the above lens for a song due to mild fungus. Disassembly and cleaning the fungus out was very successful, but during the work, the aperture ring clicker fell out. It's an I-bar "spring" and a rounded cylinder (not a ball bearing as other 50mm models seem to have).

On the plus side, this is now modified for stop-free aperture adjustment and a nice video lens when adapted to my A7Sii - but I feel like I should have been able to reassemble it with the click back in place - can anyone help with a pic (or the right exploded view diagram) to help me work out how it is supposed to go back?

Thanks in advance.

Loose in my camera kit bag, which is micro four-thirds and OM system bodies, lenses and caps. Can anybody identify what this has fallen off?

Can anyone help me identify what I need to replace the knurled screw for my rubber 50mm f/1.4 lens hood?

Doesn't need to be original, just functional.

Thanks in advance.