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On the 'things don't last as long as they used to' front:

I'm really into mechanical and older cameras. They last forever, they don't need batteries.

Having those cameras also mean having contacts with people who keep these cameras going. I talk to a very old Japanese man in Georgia about my Yashica; older people going into nursing homes have sent me their cameras so I can keep using them.

I really enjoy this aspect of mechanical cameras. If it doesn't work, open it up.

I"m convinced my Polaroid SX-70, which is supposed to be refurbished, isn't metering light very well. Even in super bright outdoors light, all of my photos turn out severely underexposed. My film was made in Sept 2024 and the whole experience has been kind of finicky. I'm wondering if it's a film problem or a camera problem.