Dream on :-(
Lukasz
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Just a dream
> > LX has never been the no.1 choice
> > for me considered it's relability track record, and ongoing expensive
> > service bills. It is a lovely camera when it works. Both Super A/Program
and
> > MX are a lot more reliable imho, and I certainly would not recommend to
> > trade both for a LX.
>
>
>
> All this talk about the LX and the MX...the other day, somebody mentioned
> the "coming flagship" rumor and spoke of a camera "we can all take to our
> graves."
>
> Of course this is not what any company wants...to sell a camera that will
> last forever and never need updating. Manufacturers want to sell cameras,
> not get into the business of servicing 25-year-old warhorses.
>
> I've referred to the LX/MX type cameras as "MMM" cameras (which I said was
> "an idiosyncratic term sure not to catch on" <g>). It meant Manual,
> Mechanical, and Metal.
>
> Odd, but no one really makes a top-quality classic MMM SLR camera these
> days, unless you count the "Hunchback of Solms," the strange and bulky
(and
> singularly unpopular) Leica R9.
>
> It's true, the Nikon FM3a exists and can be purchased new, but it's based
on
> the FM/FE series, which was not top of the line. It was a popular design
in
> its day, but not a premium or a deluxe camera.
>
> If you want a premium, deluxe MMM, you're a throwback. The market seems to
> want AF cameras with built-in motors and lithium
> batteries..."Wunderplastik." (a term coined by Bill Pierce, and one that
> _has_ caught on.)
>
> And _now_ who will make such a thing...with digital here to stay? We have
> "atelier" manufacturers of classic wooden and metal view cameras (Ebony,
> Wisner, Canham, Gandolfi, etc.)...so in the future will someone step up
and
> make a carriage-trade MMM SLR? I don't see that happening.
>
> Still, my dream camera is a "Spotmatic SPIII." It would be the size, shape
> and weight of an ESII, with a K-mount, a 100% viewfinder, and
> aperture-priority AE and metered manual. Metering would be centerweighted
> averaging. If I really got to go hog-wild, I would include, OM-4T style, a
> button on the top plate that combined the function of a spot-meter and an
AE
> lock (an incredibly useful feature on the old Olympus. And a feature that
> would finally justify the name "Spotmatic"!!) Styling would be
> retro-Pentax...finish would be the incredibly durable Spottie chrome
finish
> (matching the Limited lenses nicely <g>), or black paint over brass that
> would wear down nicely.
>
> I suppose no one would buy it but me. But I would be happy.
>
> <s>
>
> --Mike
>
>
>
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