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Still muddling through feeling ill. The worst was over by last weekend but I have a lingering cough, drip, and fatigue. I haven’t been ill like this since before the pandemic. Best of the blogs ▷ Ted Shideler has had the misfortune of selling a lot of stuff on Facebook Marketplace lately and offers a retrospective that might help you if you decide to try the same. Read What I learned by selling a ton of stuff on Facebook Nikon N90s, 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6G AF Nikkor, Agfa CT Precisa (expired 1/2006), processed C41, 2018 Cameras and photography ▷ Mike Eckman has uncovered a way to buy gear from Japanese auctions and walks us all through the ways to do it and the pitfalls. Read A Camera Buyer’s Guide to Japanese Auctions ▷ Jerome sings the praise of a Minolta auto-everything SLR that is essentially a point-and-shoot camera. Read VMLP 47: Minolta Maxxum 3000i—a Point and Shoot SLR My newsletter has the inside scoop on what I’m working on! Subscribe here.