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Brilliant! I love the authentic-looking corrugated roof🤓

A while back some friends gave me a laser-cut kit to build a balsa-wood tree house for an indoor plant. I think they got the idea...

Mine is sadly no longer so sparse as when this was taken. It is all Nikon F though. Later this year it should all move to new display...

@Pete Askew that's an impressive display. My little cabinet is over-stuffed with all manner of items, from the good to the bad, to the...

There isn’t one I’m afraid... https://realphotographersforum.com/threads/why-the-f.8097/ These cabinet are now bursting at the seams...

The place I worked in back in the late 80s/ early 90s had a rather well-worn one of these adapted to fit one of our microscopes (had...

Anyone here shoot any of the Photomic F2's?

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I see. I should have followed the links. Clever.

Thanks, Pete. Yeah, it may be possible, though I'm not sure I'd trust myself getting into it lol.

Well that was certainly a success. I wonder if you can get a bit of silicone lubricant into the motor / gears somehow.

Cheers, Pete. Unfortunately it won't be for a little while, but when I do, I'll post something up, successful or otherwise🙂

Now they do look exciting! Looking forward to seeing the results. I might need to check these out! https://zebradryplates.com/

Thanks, Pete. Regarding the parallax issue, as Gary mentions above, that's where the Rollei sorcery comes in. You'll notice that the...

A fine looking camera and an interesting experiment with the close-up lenses. Is there an indicator to allow correction for parralax?