> Actually, I now ermember I do have a
'digital'
 > camera on the
 > to-be-repaired [ole, and I suspect it's getting on
 > for 20 years old...
 >
 > It's a 'Datacopy 300'. Inside there's a linear CCD 
[...]
  LOL LOL sounds more like a hand scanner matey! LOL 
Thank you,  I do know the difference. Very few hand scanners have a Nikon
bayonet lens mount on the front...
-tony