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Purely out of curiosity,and waiting for a lottery win,are there any companies today maufacturing NEW drum scanners ?

Thank you for your responses. Glad to see that age has not made me completely stupid !! Having started in photography with a rangefinder free camera I'll be reliving my past.

Probably a (very) silly question,but if my rangefinder has been knocked out of alignment,can I just focus by guestimation,and using the distance figures marked up on the lens ?

This list of Minolta repair facilities in the U.S. might throw up someone who can help : https://earthsunfilm.com/repair-services/?fbclid=IwAR38dqXIDgtMJETnFan-IsoLob7IHxRJWDV0ulleLAt2pICXd-rie_-4bos

Check out KAMI mounting fluid - probably a supplier near you.

I was once given to understand that plastic mounts were 'sacrificial' if the lens was knocked against a hard surface. The mount broke more easily and should in theory reduce camera body damage and repair cost

Find monopods very useful,especially when you add an accessory walking stick knob which gives you a walking pole :

Worth an e-mail perhaps - https://www.japancamerahunter.com/services/camera-repairs/

Probably a VERY VERY long shot but the following Coolscan repair service based in the U.K. might just have the part you are looking for -wouldn't harm to ask : website - https://lincolnscan.co.uk/Coolscan.html e-mail - coolscanuk@gmail.com

This list of repairers for Minolta cameras in the U.S. might be of use, as several list lens repair in the work they do. https://earthsunfilm.com/repair-services/?fbclid=IwAR38dqXIDgtMJETnFan-IsoLob7IHxRJWDV0ulleLAt2pICXd-rie_-4bos

This might be a good place to search for an answer to your question : https://learncamerarepair.com/downloads/pdf/Edixa-Reflex-Repair.pdf

This is the latest Facebook list of Minolta repairers in the USA : https://earthsunfilm.com/repair-services/?fbclid=IwAR122V1HgJdDSPcAAqDbwZHDxzhPhS4FvACAPaoH0G9uhrFTCVz0t8arjMU

Simple non technical soul that I am I liked the tests done weekly by Amateur Photographer magazine in the U.K. They used to shoot a series of shots of a permanently moored ship on the river Thames from their office window on the opposite bank.

Back in the late 50s early 60s before I got into processing my own film,I used a very well known company in London called Wallace Heaton(of 'Blue Book' fame) to process my film. The negatives always came back with a contact strip which you would then use to order up any enlargements. In recent...

AgX thank you for your reply. I was referring to consumer film scanners,so what you say makes perfect sense.