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[OM] Re: Why not digital? (was: Confession time...)

Subject: [OM] Re: Why not digital? (was: Confession time...)
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:46:34 -0700 (PDT)
> Some are - have you seen a 7s with the f0.95?  OooooAhhh! Or
> an original pre-war Canon with Nikon 50/2? Some of the RF's
> are delicious.

But we're talking a couple generations ago. Since the AE-1 their
cameras have become a commodity or more like minivans.

Number of megapixels = number of seats.
Low noise sensors = number of cupholders.
Fancy histograms = DVD player for every passenger

But it's still a minivan.  Just a modern day station wagon.  How
passionate can you get about a minivan?  Function trumps form.

You never get the desire in a minivan of putting on the driving
gloves and taking it on a twisty mountain road doing four-wheel
slides or hanging the rear-end out going around the hairpins.

To me, the Olympus has always been more of a "sports car".  An
OM-2n just has that Mazda RX-7 or Italian sports car feel to it.
It just wants to be driven with the engine RPMs wailing away.

AG


                
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