Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 9/17/04 7:22 PM, David Mason at masonster@gmail.com wrote: > just because a new version of a camera comes out doesn't mean the old one > stops working... hell, ask Doug about that. The weakness in this analogy is that keeping my antiques working is dependant on a supply of parts and service. Barring accidents they go for a very long time before they need any service but if I use them, accidents will happen. Since the best Leicaflex repair techs are in high demand and turnaround often can be measured in months I've begun doing minor repairs myself often using parts salvaged from dead Leicaflex bodies. Being hand-held computers the supply of parts for current digital cameras is measured in months instead of decades. I don't mind doing this because these cameras' viewfinders are second to none, which has been very useful if not essential to the making of many of my photographs. Because of advances in film and optics the image quality they produce now is better than when they were first built 35 or so years ago, and still competetive with a new film-based SLR. I doubt the same will be said in ten years for today's digital cameras. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com