No idea what "Van Goua Immersion exhib" refers to, but for the first time ever I like the advertisement photo of "Valuable coins" at the bottom of the post.
These coins were in use in The Netherlands until 2002, when they were replaced by the Euro.
The silver-coloured one on the left has the image of Queen Juliana, the second one from the right I believe, is Queen Beatrix, the one on the far right Queen Juliana again.
Yes, I remember those coins well !
So, whoever posted this picture: Thanks for the memories!

Regarding that challenge: I purchased a piece of non-glare glass from a framing-shop. Place the film on the scanner glass place, then the piece of non-glare on top of it. Set the scanner for scanning on the glass.

If you want to go that route, may I suggest that to prevent cutting yourself on the glass, you put packing tape around the edges of the non-glare glass - the kind of packing tape that looks like silk threads have been woven into it over the length.
On the corners, leave an inch or so of packing tape, folded double - easy handles to lower the non-glare on top of the negatives and to pick it up again, without getting finger prints all over.

Great idea! I did that for out granddaughter's wedding (wedding and reception all in the same room).
The people owning the building and renting out that room even gave me some tips, where to stand for example.
My trial shots turned out nice, and even though 2 or 3 of the wedding shots were throw-aways, the majority turned out very nice thanks to visiting the venue beforehand and having a chat with the people running it.

Have you tried it for yourself?
I started with the Olympus E-5, a heavy beast.
I have arthritis, and that camera combined with a long lens was just way too heavy for my hands.
Then my brother came to visit from overseas and brought his Olympus mirrorless. (I think it might have been the OM-D E-M1, but not sure). Anyway, he let me use is for an hour or so one afternoon.
On the way home from our outing we stopped at my favourite camera shop and ordered that same camera for me.
What a pleasure to be able to "shoot" all afternoon with little or no pain in my hands. The weight made all the difference for me!
Today the E-M1 has been promoted to a "grandkids can borrow it" camera. For myself I now have the OM-D E-M1 mark 3 and have the same pleasure taking photos without pain in my wrists and hands.

I did also buy an adapter so that I can stil use the lenses I had bought for the E-5, but will only use them on a tripod to "save my hands."

I agree that constantly reading about how good the mirrorless cameras are can become tiring, but to me it has become "God's gift to me!"

If I am reading it right, you have 31 negatives that are 2 x 6 Inches.
For those a flatbed scanner should do just fine.
I have scanned many, many negatives, both colour and B/W on my Epsonperfection v700Photo.
They all turned out very good.

I was hesitant to spend the money for that scanner, but it had a high recommendation from another owner of that model scanner, any my piggybank was fat enough at that time, so I splurged. It's been a number of years now (I think maybe 7 of 8), but I've never regretted this purchase.
The scanner stands within arm's length of my computer and I still use it several times a week, never had a problem.

Forgot to add to my message above, about scanning my negatives:
Initially, the curling of the film was a problem, even when I used the filmholder that came with my scanner.
I went to a frame-shop and bought two pieces of non-glare glass, about 8x8 inches. I covered the four edges with packing tape, the kind that looks like silk threads have been woven into the tape - sorry, I don't know the correct name for this tape.
On two of the corners I left the tape about 2 inches longer than needed and simply folded that "tail" double, so no sticky stuff could grab on anything. I use these longer pieces to lower the glass on top of the negatives on the glass plate of the scanner and to pick it up again. Altogether is has saved me many hours, if not days of cleaning the glass piece to remove fingerprints.

I have hundreds of negatives, many of them were printed, but many were not.
Several years ago I bought an "Epson Perfection V700 Photo" scanner.
It scans the negatives very well, and I am very happy with it.
Just to test it, I took one of the scans to a photo lab and had it printed. Excellent result.
Same excellent result for scanning photos and other printed material.
This scanner was not cheap but I've never regretted paying the price for it.
Still have a few boxes of photos and a couple of albums to scan, so I can share them with my boys. There have already been questions from the daughters-in law who is going to get this album, and who that album...
When I'm finished scanning, they'll all get exactly the same photos!

I bought a monopod for the same reason some years ago, and also found little to no improvement over handheld.
I found that it was near impossible to hold the monopod perfectly still.
The foot of course, sits on the ground or floor. It's the upper part that is slightly swaying in every direction.
Now look for something I use as a stabilizer off the ground: a fence, a car, etc.
Indoors, I'll use a chair, a table, a doorpost,...

It has a made a huge difference in the quality of my photos.

If you're using PSE (and I imagine this works on PS as well), select your tool (pencil, brush) and the size.
Move your mouse cursor to the start of the straight line and click once. Move the cursor to the end of where the straight line should be, press the Shift button, and click again. Done.
There is a way for circles as well, but can't remember it, will have to look for it.
Happy drawing with the mouse!

What about the remaining 4.2% ?

Ah,wait a minute.... I seem to remember a post, a long time ago, about a monkey snatching a camera and taking a photo.... that must be it.

Would be nice to be able to see the video....

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I'm in Canada - and I'm sure I'm not the only UHH reader in Canada!

Not giving advice, just telling you what I do.
For convenience, I start with putting my photos on the computer's hard drive.
Once a week or so, I copy them to an external drive, at the same time organizing them by date, subject, etc.
Once a month, more often if I have added a large number of photos, I bring the external drive that lives in my grandson's bedroom, some 10 km away, home and copy the new additions to that one, so that the two external drives have exactly the same content.
The images from the computer's hard drive are deleted, and one of the external's goes to grandson's bedroom again. Every so often I'll give him a few dollars for "rent".
This "system" seems to work for both of us!

That would already be formatted, would it not?
Should not be an issue.
If you feel hesitant, first copy and paste the photos from the card to your computer, external HD, or....
Then with that card in your camera, take w few shots and you'll know right away if it worked or not.

The firmware update may have altered the formatting, so it is possible that the only way to use a "used" card in the camera, is to copy the photos to "elsewhere", format the card in camera, and start shooting.

I don't use Nikon, but I did google the above: Looks you may need a "remote" gadget to use that cable.

Yes definitely three thumbs-up for Wetransfer. For some years I have been sent up to 32 pages of a magazine every few months, to translate. The senders use Wetransfer and only recently did I start to use it myself. Very easy to use!
Esther