Tomoko Yamamoto wrote:
>
> At 05:59 PM 1/10/98 +0900, Mr. Maekawa wrote:
> >For those who read Japanese, there is a small article from Nikkei-BP in;
> >http://biztech.nikkeibp.co.jp/biztech/biz.cgi/general/bs980108051.html
> >(in Japanese only)
> >According to this article, old cameras manufactured in 1940-1970's are
> >getting popular among young people who are around 20 years old in Japan.
> >Especially there are many youth interested in olympus Pen-F recently.
> >
> I just read last night in fj.rec.photo that someone went home to trade his
> Nikon FE10 for his father's Canon P(?). He was saying that at the time his
> father bought his Canon, he had to pay the equivalent of
> four times his monthly salary. (That sounds rather high, and I wonder how
> his father managed to live for four months, but his father might have been
> living with his parents)
>
> I did not understand why the young man wanted the old camera so much. Now
> I know he was part of a trend in Japan.
Sometimes ago, I´ve seen a young photographer who took photos of his
girl friend in holiday with a screwmount Leica, a camera which was at
least two times older than he was. He checked the light with a handheld
meter and with modern print films there should no problem with exposure.
Nobody noticed the retro look of some new Canon and Pentax cameras?
Indeed it would be nice if Olympus would produce the actual OM bodys
with chrome finish. The fitings should be in chrome too, not like the
fist OM-4Ti with them in black.
Chrome would last much longer than black paint.
Richard
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