Re: BMW drivers

[Ben Kreunen <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>Some of my favorite photos are the KM slides my grandpa took with his
>trusty Argus C3 and my dad took with his incredible Ansco Memar. It
>amazes me how a wonderful film can produce wonderful results with a
>so-so camera, and have results to prove it 50-60 yrs. later.

Actually it amazes me how people spend so much money on the mass produced 
crap that is produced today.  Many older "so so" cameras actually had 
reasonably good optics when compared to some of the small crappy lenses in 
todays compact cameras.  I'm not that old, but I can still believe that in 
many cases they don't make 'em like they used to. You can have all of your 
electronic wizardry to make your decisions for you but it is still the lens 
that captures the image.

I've had a lot of people approach me with their old rangefinder cameras 
saying they are looking at upgrading to a new camera but don't want to 
spend to much and my advice is always "get the camera serviced, before you 
even think of buying a new one"

Cheers

Ben

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