With a decent lens and a properly functioning camera body, would you expect the results to be any different than with a new Captain Whiz-Bang camera? All the bells and whistles in the world don't change a thing wrt the light hitting the film.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Steve Desjardins > In 1972 I was 14. I worked in a drugstore and saved for quite a while > to buy that SP500. At the time, it was by far the nicest thing that I > owned. I had a little darkroom set up in my basement and went through a > LOT of Tri-X. > > The funny part is I got a new battery for it a few years ago so my > daughter could use it in a photography class. I shot a roll of some > flowers just to be sure it still worked. The pictures were marvelous. > > It's hard to improve on certain designs.