on 1/7/01 6:10 PM, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I too, and this is from an incurable gadget freak :-)
>> Above phenomenon has been happening on my other hobby, and it is really sad.
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>> Everything became too "electronic" and you realize this when you see Sony,
>> Casio and Hitachi etc are making cameras (digital, mind you).
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> I agree also but I do not think that new features and perceived quality are
> necessarily mutually exclusive, although it seems like it.
> I always considered a balance between modern features in a not gimmicky
> implementation (I feel that both modern metering and AF can be useful
> features) combined with old world built and material choice would a great
> idea. The Limited lenses fill this concept; I just whish to see cameras along
> similar lines; not more cameras made of the same material as the Airfix kits I
> built as a kid.
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>> When the photo world shifts to the digital, the traditional boundary between
>> the big 4 and other electronics mfrs will become blurred, and the only thing
>> which may differentiates the big 4 from others is that they supply glasses.
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> But they still offer the best expertise in camera building.
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>> BTW, now I want a Leica, a compact and finely crafted picture taking
>> instrument !!!
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> I agree. I just whish that someone made a modern interpretation of Leica
> values. Something like Limited lenses.....
Hi Pål,
I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. You just expressed them
better than I did.
Cheers,
Ken
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