Truth and humor. Amen. On 7/16/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No , Boris - now I'm over reacting. Buzz off! > > I'm sick and tired of people telling me that I should be using new > technology. That I can learn to love it. That I should embrace it. That > I'll get used to it. That it will help my photography. I don't want to > learn to love it. The technology doesn't do anything for me. I like old > cameras. I don't like fancy whiz-bang features, modes, and programs. I > don't use flash. I don't give a rat's ass about frame rates or Hyper this > and Programmable that, as nice as those features may be (BTW, the Rollei > TLR had a Hyper Mode back in the sixties <LOL>). Leave me the f*** alone > wrt to the stuff YOU like. When I decide I want something newer, I'll get > it and use it. I will get a DSLR at some point, but perhaps not for the > reasons others here have. > > Y'know, I asked three simple questions about how a specific camera worked, > and by the time the day was done there were half a dozen people telling me > what I should do, and that the camera I asked about was wrong or right for > me. That I'd love or hate it. > > I'm borrowing the camera for a specific feature for a solution to a > specific situation because my digi is under the weather with a wobbly > tripod mount. If a friend on the list didn't offer the loan of her 5n I'd > be using the LX for the project. I don't want an autofocus camera. Can > you understand that? I don't want a plastic camera. I like the heavy > metal cameras and the old lenses that I use. When it came time to buy a > second Leica I bought an old one for about the same price as a new one. > BECAUSE I LIKE IT. The latest lens I bought for the Leica is seventy years > old. > > Neither you nor anyone will convince me to buy or use something that does > not give me pleasure and the kind of photographic experience I want until I > decide I'm ready for it. Don't you think that, after all these years, and > all the money I've spent on gear that if I wanted something other than > what I have, I would have already purchased it. So, for the last time - > F*CK technologically advanced cameras. I don't need them for the kind of > photography I do. I'm not a macro shooter, I don't make close-ups of > flowers and rocks, when shooting landscapes or scenics I don't need auto > anything, just a sturdy tripod, good light, and some film. And just to put > things in perspective, I also recently purchased a well-regarded auto focus > lens, because it's suitable to me needs and works great when used manually. > > If you, and others, like your Captain Whiz-Bang cameras that's fine. They > fill a need for you. They don't for me. I like old things. I like my > 30+ year old, all metal, wood, and leather, comfortable-for-my-fat-ass > Mercedes and my even older, 100% original Cadillac convertible with real > leather interior an tail fins. I like my denim shirts faded and frayed at > the collar. Most of the furniture in my house is antique. My coffee mug is > almost 40 years old - I don't want a new one, and heaven help the house > keeper should she break it. I've worn the same belt buckle almost every > day since 1968. I love it. I don't care for change. I like the way old > things look and feel. I like how they make me feel. In a word, > comfortable. > > And now I'm gonna watch a 1940's movie on my 20+ year old non-cable ready > TV set, and enjoy some non-microwave pocorn. > > Shel > >
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