I couldn't agree with you both more -- my best pictures date back about 40 years
-- Kodachrome of course, with my trusty Aires IIIC and a Norwood Sup. Director
meter. Anybody remember ev metering?? ;-)
Craig
Frank Ernens wrote:
> Keith (R.K.) Berry wrote:
>
> > For the price of a new p&s zoom camera that would lose 500f its value
> > within months, I recently bought a Retina IIIc (selenium meter so no battery
> > problems!) with 12 months' guarantee. Cold weather since has allowed only
> > one short trip with it, but for an hour or so, with its shiny brown leather
> > e.r.c. and polished chrome fittings,
>
> My Dad had a Retina he traded for a Minolta SRT-101 in 1972. The coating
> on the Rokkors was the last word. The Minolta had two major repairs.
> It never produced pictures as good as the old Retina, which I think
> had German lenses. That was a rangefinder, small and quiet, and he
> got some wonderful candids with it. The Minolta could f/8, but it
> couldn't *be there*.
>
> The Retina's brown leather was gorgeous. The metal was
> shiny. He was proud of owning something you could clean
> and polish. It was built to last and he'd paid more for it
> expecting that.
>
> Dad used a separate light meter, maybe because selenium has a memory
> effect. I have a large box full of negatives and trannies he
> put through it, mostly black and white but some colour.
>
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