A link that I gave on my press camera webpages, and I have posted here before. For those who have not read the article, it is kind of bemusing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/020726.htm -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Think of all the gear some people carry today - far heavier and more > cumbersome than a couple of bodies and lenses plus film (which could > usually be purchased just about anywhere, so there was little need to carry > lots of film around as part of stock). When I read about what some people > take to GFM, I cringe. > > Shel > "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > >>> Yeah - those were the days when it was fairly affordable to own two or >>> even three high quality cameras and switch between them when one ran >>> out of film! <g> >> It's all relative. I don't recall considering my Nikon F2 or Leica M >> 'inexpensive'. (Or the Rolleiflex or Hasselblad for that matter.) >> Never liked carrying two/three bodies, or the load of film to cover >> what I wanted to do if I was traveling. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
