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And we are going to receive the postcards made from it!! )

Good news! Scott is in!! :) I have sent you the addresses again with Scott as Mr July :) Myself as Julio, still I couldn't send to Grahams but I plan something and maybe in two weeks I can send all of them in a row :D In the meantime I have move to country house with garden in which I can walk, at m...

Nice photo!

Phil, you are not old

That is a nice camera, indeed!

Try to pull from the shutter at the same time you turn the focus wheel CW

Super silly question, please dont get offended
Are you turning the shutter ACW or the focus wheel CW? I think this last one is the way.

I still suspect that I must remove the rear pipe or retaining ring as you call it. I review your steps and found you first remove it before removing the shutter. Could you confirm this? I tried but I couldn't find the way, I'm sure it came out with the shutter. I will check my photos again. I guess...

Yes that pipe will come out with the shutter... I think it's stuck with this: It could be as well the dried grease in the inner thread is solid by now... try some lighter fluid with a syringe, it should soften the grease.
I hope that helps.

Here in Moscow is a tense calm... schools will be closed from tomorrow and rumours of locking down the city are being spread plus hundreds of what medicines work and which one don't. Impossible to find many simple things. Myself I moved from my flat near school (online lessons) to my girls in the ci...

Ok... first hint... have you removed the small metal plate between viewing and taking lenses? Edit: Yes, I see from your photos you did....