On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Nick Wright wrote:
His LX lasted nearly 30 years. I'd be surprised if any digital camera
available today would be operational half that long (other than museum
pieces that never got used).
This is completely irrelevant to the question of whether to repair
old, low value equipment.
If the repair doesn't cost too much and he can get another couple
decades of service out of it, why not?
If he loves shooting with them, indeed: why not?
Other than cost, and cost vs the value of the gear.
Love trumps cost, but I don't love equipment very much.
My experience is that once I obtained digital cameras that surpassed
the quality of what I could do with 35mm film, the film cameras I
owned ceased to be of any importance at all. That's why I sold all the
35mm system cameras, and would put no money into fixing broken ones:
that money is better spent acquiring whatever new equipment might be
advantageous to use.
Godfrey
"Equipment often gets in the way of photography."
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