ic-racer, thanks for your information. I wanted to reach you to see if I could get the photos from you directly via some private means, i.e., my email. I just joined. I really appreciate your organized workplace and the concise instructions plus pictures that I hope soon will guide me to success.
I'm a soon to retire biostatistician, cancer researcher, and want to get outdoors here in Rockies for fall and winter nature photography with the SLX/6000 bodies and both 80 mm Planar and 150 mm "portrait" lenses. They have 40 years of accumulated dust. I'm rebuilding the battery packs in my electronics lab to LIFEPO4.
I have my equivalent lens in front of me, all tools ready to go. I've been able to take off the bayonet mount successfully storing it, and have cleaned the first layer. But seeing all of your pictures would be a real boon to working with all of the lenses in the front and rear groups.
I tried to write to you here to message you privately, but I'm not allowed to do so. Something about not enough posts. I'm in process of contacting Sean, but I now realize that is not likely to work.
Is there a way I can give you a mobile phone number to text, or get to you my email address, without breaking the rules? Maybe you are positioned to get my email address and we can correspond?
Thanks again, and best from the Rockies from Nordic Skier