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I do see people selling vintage batteries, dead ones, mine still has near full capacity which absolutely shocked me, especially considering all of the corroded batteries in some very nice Metz flash gear, two separate Nikon DG body and lens combinations (35-135, 50mm f1.4) (in near new condition) plus motor drive and thankfully easy to remove and clean up battery contacts. One 1971 Miranda 35mm EE (Sensorex I think), I'd never heard of them, also in near new condition but it's battery cover wasn't the coin slot type, it was the knurled chamfered edge of a ring that was terribly hard on the fingers. Lucky for me I found a trick searching online where someone else used canned air and inverted it and used the refrigerant to chill the cover and shrink it. I was already familiar with the refrigerant gas in the canned air because we use it for other purposes but it also worked a charm on the little cover and I go the battery out and cleaned it all up. Originally it took 1.35 volt mercury batteries and I believe the 1.5 volt LR44 (which fits) will throw the meter out a little . I can live with that but believe there may be a zinc oxide replacement or a hack to use such a thing.
Oh, a model C brownie in nice condition in a new original case (original with cardboard packaging)
I have to pick up some M2x5 bolts and M2 nuts (brass) to replace rotted rivets on battery compartment contacts on a Metz 32 CT3 and a Metz 45 CT3.
I also removed the battery from the new condition Cosina and a few other gems (Yashica, Kodak Disc camera, light meters and an Agfa development talk I'm going to check for leaks), buy some film, buy some c-41 chemicals and have a go at processing (I haven't done that in over 50 years but it can't hurt), I'd like to put a roll through each of the SLR cameras I just got. I've acquired, 6 large tubs of equipment including some very interesting books, lenses (no prime unfortunately) and everything in between. I can't do a dark room, I already have an old enlarger under my house and no darkness or spare space to put a dark room, There's some little gadgets relating to developing too. And some very nice Hoya filters plus other little cameras.
My ex brother in laws father passed away some time last year and he had his own dark room for many years, even better when he bought his farm and had his own private runway and hanger at his property, lovely bloke made a fortune (to the tune of tens of millions of dollars) but got too busy for photography in the 80s and didn't upgrade past some cheap point and shoot digital cameras, pity, very smart business man. His family (children) inherited a significant amount of money, my ex brother in law spent $350,000 cash on a new top of the range F150 Lariatt (with a $10,000 bull bar that's worth more than my entire car 4 times over) and large caravan and retired and now travels around the country at his leisure. Good luck to him, he's always been a good friend even after he and my younger sister divorced and both remarried. He passed all of the photography equipment on to me because I often discussed it with his father and he always knew I had good gear. It will all go in my collection and I'll look after it.
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