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I'm a former old time ham radio operator and built transmitters with vacuum tubes when I was in high school (1950's) I lost interest when solid state came about. Too dam small to solder connections and fix things.
I'd give gold to own old time radio equipment.
Same thing for photos. Leica and all the rest. I used to do all my own processing and printing, but who can afford the space to devote to a real dark room now?
Enter digital photograpy. Wonderful. No bad smells, no washing. I've been doing digital photography exclusively since 1996 and have a fantastic archive now of trips oll over the world that I can print in "35mm photo quality" any time of the day on my HP printer. Plus thanks to Vinnie, I can do a pro style DVD show with sound.
In Feb I took a trip to Antarctica and with a Lumix 12X (optical) digital camera, equivalent to a 440mm zoom in 35mm format. I could look at the photos instantly on my laptop and organize my slide show, without ever thinking of chemicals, paper and washing, drying, etc.
The old ways were good, but the new ways are better. On our Antarctic cruise we listened to seminars given by old fashioned 35mm film guys and man, you gotta ask youself about which century you are living in.
When I got home I went down to the photo shop where I bought my Lumix 12X digital and sold it back against a store credit. At the end of the summer I'm going back and buy the latest "thing". It's wonderful. But, it's like PC's the technology keeps changing and it is really a challenge to keep up to date.
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