A shingles vaccination and a wonky finder

Saturday 9.15 I had an appointment at Parkhead for my 2nd shingles vaccinations. You have to get 2 to make it stick. I got home and put a roll of Kentmere 400 into the F4, and realised the lower display in the viewfinder wasn't working. I did a bit of research and found out about A.J. Johnstone in Hope St. I decided to take the camera in on Monday. I had planned to go to the Men's 10k in the city centre on Sunday, and would still do so, the viewfinder display being non-essential for a couple of rolls. But the side-effects of the shingles vaccine began to kick-in on Saturday night (dizziness, mostly) and by Sunday morning it was clear I was photographing nothing that day. 

Monday morning, I managed to get in to work, and whilst the class were doing online tasks, I had a shufty at what AI was saying about my defunct lower display, and I learned that it's likely related to the connections between the finder and the rest of the camera. And so it transpired: the finder can sit on its place at the top of the camera and more-or-less function without being properly fastened, and once I fastened it, all was well. 

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