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I don't know about locations but you might want to pop in to Lerwick Camera Centre in Commercial St while you are there! Has to one of the most northerly camera shops in the country.

Good to know, In fact I did put it on my original map so I must have known at some point. Go to the Sky Garden, it's great!

A fine location for sure but not strictly free! Maybe I’ll do a chargeable version one day.

Hello, If you haven't used film before or for a very long time then I would respectfully suggest the best film camera is a free one. Ask friends, family and colleges and someone will have a camera they no longer use. Give it a go, see what you like, what you would like to change etc. If it's...

Back "in the day" when customers used to come in store and ask if we could remove a broken filter we would say "certainly sir, we have a machine upstairs for that". We would take the lens upstairs and wedge the filter in a door jam and twist the lens off the filter. There isn''t a filter made...

I saw (and liked) your YouTube review of this. Good job

Bring a camera and or memory card to try stuff out with

Years ago I had a chap come into the shop I was working in very cross his state pension had only gone up 86p I think he said. “I can’t even buy a new lens cap for my Bronica” he exclaimed, ignoring the fact he was in a position to buy a expensive cameras in the first place. In all seriousness...

It's by no means limited to Sigma and Nikon! Here's how I removed a very degraded covering from a Leica. I have a Minolta with masking tape over the grip somewhere for the same reason. View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZU-Gj5ZCl90 I haven't seen that 303 protectant before, I might pick some up.

The Canon EF is a sturdy mechanical camera. You are not going to damage it by loading a film slightly longer or shorter than a factory loaded cassette. As noted elsewhere you can damage the film by winding on one too many frames or not pushing the rewind button in or a bunch of other issues and...

Thank you.

Preparing for war? No If it’s a nuclear war it’s not something I would care to survive anyway. In truth I would bet we are all “preppers”. I’m sure you have “the torch” in a kitchen draw or something similar that everyone knows stays there and is not used to fix the car or whatever. It’s there...