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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 823929" data-attributes="member: 48483">Small update. A week ago I decided to get on the project to shoot the 2 rolls of expired B/W film that was found with the gear.The film door on the N70 broke. It's a common problem and many cameras are out there now without a film door, or have a broken one. There is a bespoke repair kit for the latch, and I bought one. Well the short story is that the film door on my camera is also warped. I did the repair of the latch, and it works fine if I snap it with the door not installed in the hinge. But once it goes in the hinge, the door won't seat and close. Been studying it for a day. Lost cause. I could have bought an entire working N70 for the cost of the repair part. I am scrapping the camera. The N8008 is also still not functional. I have sold off 2 of the lenses at this point and I will try to move the other lenses and the SB-24's. I still have a Minolta XD-11 to shoot the film with. But I only have 2 MD lenses to work with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 823929, member: 48483"] Small update. A week ago I decided to get on the project to shoot the 2 rolls of expired B/W film that was found with the gear. The film door on the N70 broke. It's a common problem and many cameras are out there now without a film door, or have a broken one. There is a bespoke repair kit for the latch, and I bought one. Well the short story is that the film door on my camera is also warped. I did the repair of the latch, and it works fine if I snap it with the door not installed in the hinge. But once it goes in the hinge, the door won't seat and close. Been studying it for a day. Lost cause. I could have bought an entire working N70 for the cost of the repair part. I am scrapping the camera. The N8008 is also still not functional. I have sold off 2 of the lenses at this point and I will try to move the other lenses and the SB-24's. I still have a Minolta XD-11 to shoot the film with. But I only have 2 MD lenses to work with. [/QUOTE]

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