Notes on life, art, photography and technology, by a Danish dropout bohemian.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Olympus review
When I was a teenager obsessed with photography, I'd have sacrificed both my grandmas to get a camera like this, and thrown in both my grandpas to get it at such a price!
I remember when in the 60's I was constantly browsing catalogues and staring at the images of my then dream cameras. I still love them: Agfa, Voigtländer, Rollei. Minolta just came up, and whow: looked suspicious to me. Why? Too cheap? I think it was more because they weren't "Made in Germany". Lol: where's "Made in Germany" now? Except for Leica and a few others, they're all gone. Now it's "Made in Japan".
Yes, I remember reading an article in the seventies which made fun of the fact that "made in Japan" used to be a phrase people said to make fun of crap quality, but it was no longer true.
Already in the sixties, Nikon made some of the best cameras you could find.
I remember when in the 60's I was constantly browsing catalogues and staring at the images of my then dream cameras.
ReplyDeleteI still love them:
Agfa, Voigtländer, Rollei.
Minolta just came up, and whow: looked suspicious to me. Why? Too cheap? I think it was more because they weren't "Made in Germany".
Lol: where's "Made in Germany" now? Except for Leica and a few others, they're all gone.
Now it's "Made in Japan".
Yes, I remember reading an article in the seventies which made fun of the fact that "made in Japan" used to be a phrase people said to make fun of crap quality, but it was no longer true.
ReplyDeleteAlready in the sixties, Nikon made some of the best cameras you could find.
I can't say I approve of your value system, sacrificing your grandparents for a camera! Tsk, tsk!
ReplyDeleteWell, you didn't know them. :-)
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