Re: *ist D was not production type :-(

[Bruce Rubenstein]

We don't use any Korea War era fighter planes in combat, and for good 
reasons: they can't do what modern fighters can, no matter whose flying 
it. (There is also no reason to think that pilots of yesteryear (and 
photographers too) were better than the current ones. ) Same thing with 
cameras. Many pictures of today, of similar subjects, look different 
than 50 year old ones, because of  newer camera technology.
The old, "a great photographer with a box camera can take better 
pictures than a Bozo with an auto wunder", obscures the major point that 
good photographers take better pictures than bad ones. Good 
photographers with good equipment will take better pictures than good 
photographers with bad equipment.
You like old stuff? Fine I do to, but I use the new stuff when I know 
I'll get better results with it.

BR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In fact, cameras are in some ways more
like airplanes than cars as there are still a lot of 20, 30, or 50 year old
ones still in service.