Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My own thinking while working at a camera shop in the early 80s was that cameras became as simple as they needed to be for the average Joe about the time of the Spotmatic. You had full aperture viewing and a match needle meter. I mean what more could you want? I figured everything after that was just an attempt to get those remaining folks who thought they couldn't operate a camera to step forward. The auto exposure cameras got the next wave and then the program exposure jobs came in to mop up. I figured everyone was about covered then. How was I supposed to anticipate the EOS crowd? Funny thing is, will all the improvements, it's now harder to show someone how to use a camera today than it was with a Spotmatic . . . Of course, the M3 still ranks as the simplest of all . . . Bob (can argue with progress) McEowen In a message dated 1/12/00 12:41:26 PM, peterk@lucent.com writes: >Interesting perspective, but could we not also say that the AE-1 enabled >the > >average person to have an SLR? And take photos they would not have taken > >otherwise, even with a brownie, since the AE-1 was an SLR. Besides, the > >AE-1 forced manufacturers to make more affordable cameras....oooopss, sorry > >I guess I wasn't thinking.