Yes! The basic form and function has stayed the same for many years.
Usability is not poor, it is pure. It's an old-school photographic tool with high craftsmanship and beautiful design. I have many more "capable" cameras, and I reach for this one the majority of the time. To each their own.
It was years before I figured out the "Calculator" app on the Mac can be set to Reverse Polish, under "View"!For me, something has to have function as well as form. The following device is entirely unbeaten. I have three at the moment...
It's perfect design. Intuitive, small enough to fit in a pocket, batteries last forever, feels extremely well made and responds perfectly to everything. The design has aged quite well since 1981.
We were just talking about Amazing Grace in my church group. Something about a man who was heavily into the slave trade, seeing the error of his ways, repenting and finding faith. It’s probably my favourite hymn, that saved a wretch like me indeed!
I’d love to be able to take photos like this, but I really have no clue with the technicalities of photography, so can’t really justify spending what would be necessary for a good camera. I used to have a fairly cheap Canon Powershot, it did it all automatic, and the images were pretty good actually. But those point and shoot cameras now don’t seem worth buying, I’d probably get images just as good with an iPhone. I love the convenience of using my iPhone, and now I think people are starting to take smartphone photography a bit more seriously as the quality has come on so much. But it’s unlikely to ever match a professional dedicated camera. For casuals like me, my iPhone is fine.
Well there I go assuming, that’s reassuring.
The Sam Maloof rocker:
It’s by the British artist Damien Hirst. I have next to no real knowledge about art, I’m too lazy and ignorant to be serious about it. But I respect it. I remember a friend of of mine got me a book on Duchamp years ago. It was interesting, as far as I remember his displaying of that urinal was particularly original for the time. If he hadn’t done that, would anyone else have? So much of contemporary art now seems to be of this vein. Rather than schools or styles as such, the artist can point at anything they deem valuable.
Agreed. The usability of Leica rangefinders is the gold standard. My M6...
Without wanting to be ignorant of the value of anything highbrow. I also think there is much beauty in the mundane. One of my favourite writers is Charles Bukowski, he turns a dead beat alcoholic life into poetry. I’m basically a bum, with a drinking problem, I’m a mess. I find a kinship with him, as if my ridiculous existence is somehow glorified into something magical. There is something very human about him.
Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous! As someone who is not generally fond of cooking, here I sit in awe of the beauty of a piece of cookware. The shine of that hammered silver is amazing, and the copper handle... *chef's kiss*The only metal that conducts heat faster than copper is silver, and yes there's a foundry in Turkey that makes solid-silver cookware. They are not cheap, but I'd love to own one someday.
