On Dec 7, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > cbwaters wrote: >> Does anybody think they'll ever again make a camera body that >> would elicit >> the same emotions thirty years on? >> > Nor do I. They (camera makers) figured out a while back that making > cameras which last 30+ years isn't conducive to turning a profit. > While > I can't blame them, I certainly miss the stuff that was made to last. > Old cameras, bicycles, even small kitchen appliances are much more > interesting to me than the latest and greatest (which is more or less > disposable). Being able to repair and maintain something myself is a > lot of fun, and, I believe, more economically and ecologically > responsible. I generate enough trash as it is. Then again, if I were > making money with my cameras I'd probably have a different point of > view. >
Old things are interesting because they're old and remind us of good times of the past we had with them, using them. It has nothing to do with whether they were designed to last 30 years or not. But then I'm a robotnik. Cameras are tools. It's the photographs which make me nostalgic. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
