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Old 09-29-2007   #5 (permalink)
Tom Swaman
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Default Re: Compact Camera Enigma.....

When I started an amateur used 127 or 610, if I recall correctly The 610 or equal was identical to 120 with a different spool. A pro used 4 X 5 as the Hasselblad 500C was not yet around and the Rolleiflex and the Minolta Autocord were still in the womb.

While the dSLR is a bit cumbersome, the flexibility afforded by interchangeable lenses will, I predict keep this around well into the future. Just look at what has happened to medium forman. It certainly has not become less clumsy!

Well, Heartseye, I hope we are boh around to see who is right. I think a lot of what is on the drawing board exists not for photography, but for commercialism.

Tom
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