Visible crew/equipment: During a close up of the police officer's sunglasses, when Chekhov is asking for directions to Alameda, some crew are visible in the left lens. They are a line of people trying to stay out of the camera. (00:43:30)
Visible crew/equipment: During the scene on the bus, two members of the camera crew are visible in the window behind and to the right of Spock. The crewman of the left is sitting and operating the movie camera, and the crewman on the right is taking still camera shots. (00:43:50)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Mr. Chekhov is being interrogated on the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier) after being caught on board, a studio microphone being used for the shot is visible hanging above him. (01:14:45)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Sulu flies the helicopter and accidentally turns on the windshield wiper, look closely at the bottom of the wiper and you can see the crewman's finger manually moving the wiper. (01:18:55)
Visible crew/equipment: At approximately 01:32:50 on the Blu-Ray, you can see a diver releasing the mechanical whales. He is on the far right side of the screen, you can make out his head, body and left hand. He is visible for a good 8-9 seconds. If you have a different media source, it's during the Bird of Prey decent. You see a closeup of Kirk, followed by a closeup of Uhura and Gillian, then a close up looking down on the harpoon. It's in the following scene. (01:32:50)
Answer: The United Federation of Planets uses the credit. Its a purely electronic form of money. Necessities and luxuries both are simple and cheap to produce with the Federation's advanced technology, and humanity has matured to the point that accumulating wealth is considered vulgar. Furthering the common good or the advancement of humanity is the real status symbol in the 23rd and 24th century. These conditions result in a society with very little need for money. Citizens are paid, but since the technology built into a place of business (or starship) or home supplies all basic needs for free, most people spend money only on exotic products that aren't commonly manufactured, like art or handmade foods.
Grumpy Scot