I'm a luddite and proud of it. I never owned an autofocus lens until last year. My Leica has a proper screw mount. Until last year my LX was my most modern camera. I still own a Speed Graphic. I own a 1955 Chevrolet, and its my favorite vehicle. I have several computers because I need them for work, but I frequently write with a pen and paper.
I now shoot digital almost exclusively. It has nothing to do with new vs. old or high tech vs. low tech. It has to do with what works best for me. > Then I can't be a Luddite, I see cell phones as labor causing devices... > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > On May 16, 2005, at 6:19 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >> It's funny, I've been accused by the Lawyer for my Great Grandfathers > >> trust of being a Luddite > >> for not having a cell phone. I on the other hand value privacy, > >> which is the best reason not to have such a device, if I had one I'd > >> never be alone, (which for some people must be the next thing to > >> being dead). > > > > > > There is an "On/Off" switch provided on communications devices. This > > permits privacy and silence when desired, as well as communications > > when desired. I only turn mine on when I want to be available for > > contact. > > > > I think the term Luddite is quite applicable: > > > > Luddite > > n 1: any opponent of technological progress > > 2: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed > > labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > -- > A man's only as old as the woman he feels. > --Groucho Marx >
