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Nice! I do miss seeing them dance in the sky. 

Rare sight in NH - northern lights visible due to a significant solar storm.  It was clearly visible and photographed more impressively than it looked. Still fun.

I've been attempting to take meaningful photos at 300mm.  It's been a nontrivial task.  First up is some carefully edited photos taken with my (never not crap) Canon 75-300mm. A heron stepping around the pond.  75-300 @ 300mm, F/10, 1/800, ISO1600.  I took advantage of the 5D4's high ISO performance to use a small aperture (the 75-300 sucks ass at anything else) and maintain a decent shutter speed.    First day with the 300mm F/4 Nikkor.  The subject is more native MV wildlife.  This time, the wheelbarrow belonging to my (sainted, octogenarian) mother.   It was holding still and well lit.  The 300mm Nikkor works on a Canon body with an adapter, but it's nontrivial to use.  First off, it doesn't have a hard stop at infinity focus.  Many (most) old manual focus lenses have one and I find it super useful at any focal length.  At 300mm, lacking a hard stop is a serious handicap.  I eventually learned to deal with it.   Not terribly interesting shot of Sweetened Water Farm, from my driveway.  The main point of this shot (besides capturing some golden hour sun on some trees) was to demonstrate just how far back infinity focus starts with a 300mm.   Bonus: (Nearly) the same view last summer, taken with my second Orestegor 300mm (which is significantly bigger and heavier than the 300mm Nikkor.)  Again, not the wacky depth of field the 300mm provides.  Both of these shots were taken wide open, which is to say F/4.   Late afternoon sun on Jernegan pond.  The 300mm Nikkor does produce a tiny bit of CA wide open.  You both have to work to make it in a shot and then look for it afterward.   A small plane flew overhead and I managed to capture it.  Not as easy as one might imagine.   There's shooting the moon, then there's shooting the moon.  F/4, 1/160 with my hand on the front of the lens (steadies it a bit), ISO3200.    Moments later, F/4 (I *think*), 1/160, ISO6400.  More use of the 5D4's ISO performance.   When I took this shot, I was very proud that I captured two herons and a duck.  Upon editing I realized it was actually three herons.  TBH I haven't picked up the 300mm Nikkor in a few weeks.  I've been too busy editing photos from 2013 and 2023.  More on that later.

For the Yashica? Split focusing would be great on any TRL; I dunno how many have one. I guess that’s what you mean: consider a third party screen. Probably not for the Yashica, it isn’t very good, but I could see it on an Autocord or Mamiya C3! I see myself with either a Mamiya 6 or 7, in 2025. I haven’t shot 6x7 yet, but I like 6x6 a lot.

@EdipisReks1 Mamiya 6 is a super cool camera. You might consider a split circle focusing screen