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Are there import restrictions or somehting? I would have thoguth a couple of rolls of 120 could be sent by post without any problems. YEs. Well, provided that 'very old Nikon' is a reflex camera. The Nikon rangefinder cameras have a Contax (rangefinder) mount. There is a gotcha relating to the mechanism that ocuples the aperture ring to the meter.There heen 2 major designs known as 'non AI' and 'AI'. If the lens wil lmount and you have the wrong sort of coupling, then the thing can still be used in stop-down metering mode. But AIcoupling depends on a cutout in the back of the aperture ring, which old lenses don't haev On somes cameras you can fold away the AI coulping link, so such a lens will mount. On others you cna't and the lens doesn't fit unless you modify/replace the aperture ring. The modified rings are no longer available, so you have to attack the one you have (after removign it from the rest of the lens, of course) with an end mill. THe eye of the photographer is much more important than the cmaera.... -tony