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Tokyo, 2009.06.25

I've got the good news from the camera repair shop in Illinois that accepted my old XD-11. The work is done, and it's on the way back. At the same time, I got my test rolls back and it seems that the X-700 light seal fix did the job -- no more light leaks!

I'm still not sure about the meter in my old 35DC rangefinder, but I'm not done experimenting with it, either.

Here's what it looked like when I had my XD unit apart to fix the viewfinder (semi-successfully, as it turned out).

my Minolta XD undergoing surgery

rand()m quote

In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnation without government permission.

Newsweek, Aug 20 2007