>>4360070>It is absurd how consistent this smell is across all old eastern european photography equipmentIf thing was manufactured 50-70 years ago and being sold just now, you can be sure it was stored in the ГAPAЖ or in the БAЛКOH. Neither of these is good for equipment. The smell you are talking about is bouquet of mold, old furs, naphtalene, gasoline, rat's shit, old books, dead pigeon and cigarettes. Notes of leaked sour juice from fermented tomatoes is optional but highly likely present too.
