OP/TECH straps are great, and I've been using them on cameras for years. I have one serious complaint, though. The short straps that attach to the camera are too short. If they used maybe 3/4" more of the strap material, it would be so much easier to put them on and off. I just spent at least half an hour trying to remove a strap connector from a camera. I was able to remove the female end (finally), but there wasn't enough strap material to fit the male connector back through the loop.

I spent quite a while removing that little triangular piece of metal from the camera and then I had to remove the strap from that. I still have to remove the strap from the little plastic piece that was on the triangular piece. That still requires feeding the connector back through the loop, though. I'd rather not cut the strap and have to buy a new one. Of course, when I'm done, I'll have to reinstall the tiny plastic and the triangular piece.

In the picture below, each small strap goes through the carry point on the camera. Then, that large connector has to go back through the loop - which is too small. If I have to cut this one, it will cost me $8.00 for a new one.

I want to use my old 500 CM. The best photos I have taken were with this camera. I just inherited a Bronica GS1 with a 6 x 7 back, so I have two medium format film cameras.
1. What would you do?
2. Should I have the film professionally developed and scanned, if so, auto-versus- custom scans?
3. Should I have the film developed only and photograph it on my copy stand with a macro-lens on a high MP 35mm camera?
4. Should I develop film myself (only black and white)-I still have a darkroom?
5. Is it better to photograph film on a copy stand with a 35mm or use a flat bed scanner? if so which scanner?
6. Should I spend a fortune and buy a digital back (my wife doesn't read UH)?
In a quandary and need some help
Thank you,
Bob

I posted about how I was going to replace the touch screen in a Sony camcorder. I found many sellers on eBay, so I ordered one. After receiving it, I removed the old screen, and I was ready to install the new one. Unfortunately, the new one was missing a ribbon cable. Mine had four, but the one I received had only three. It wasn't defective; it was made that way. The video I watched on YouTube showed someone replacing the screen, and that had four cables.

Obviously, I wasn't going to use the new LCD, so I emailed the seller, and I just received a reply. I can return it for a refund because I "bought the wrong item." His lengthy reply emphasized the fact that it was all my fault, but he would allow me to return it for a refund if I said I was returning it because I bought the wrong item. "It is because you purchased the wrong product."

What's odd is that every seller is offering the same three-cable item, and I doubt that Sony made two different camcorders with the same model number but different connectors. I hate giving up on this camera because it works otherwise. If Sony didn't give it a touch screen, it would still be working.

Me being me, I bought a used Sony HDR-SR11 camcorder from KEH for a reasonable price, described as EX, so I sort of got the old one working. I'm going to keep looking for an LCD for the old one and hope that I remember how to reassemble it when the time comes.

EDITED: This was sold by a Chinese company, but it was shipped from Kentucky. However, I must return it to China! 😁 I don't think it's worth the trouble for a $22 item.

I watched a photographer on YouTube saying how much he likes the Kodak Mini Shot 3. After you take a picture, you either print it or lose it. It uses the four-color technique, printing one color at a time and going back to print another. I have an old Kodak EasyShare with an accompanying printer that works the same way.

Have any of you used this camera, or the Mini 2? For a little over $100, it sounds tempting.

EDITED: Surprisingly, I can install the Kodak Printer App on my cell phones. That will let me take pictures with the phone and print them with the camera. My phones don't accept most apps.