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[jonoslack]

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Hi Norm

Smashing - lots of mystery, splendidly composed.

I agree - we all want the best from our cameras, and sometimes it's worth putting in lots of effort, but, it isn't technical perfection that makes a photo 'work' it's the idea and the execution.

 

As for the Saab - it was mine, now it's my wife's; 1994 turbo S, one of the last two delivered to the UK, metallic blue with a blue hood. I do high mileage, so I have a boring modern one.

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[norm_snyder]

Jono--

 

Thanks, so much. I completely agree that the captured image is the purpose of the entire exercise, and while there are many well designed devices for taking pictures, many of which accomplish this goal with less effort, the M-camera is, for me, anyway, the tool that works best. Sometimes using jpegs seems in keeping with simplifying the whole interface, and reducing it to its essentials.

 

As a former owner of an 1984 SPG turbo, and somewhere in the deep mists of time, a 1967 Saab 93 Monte Carlo, I recall that they were cars designed by airplane engineers to accomplish the goals of an automobile, while at the same time ignoring the stultified engineering routines of most auto companies of the time. They were odd, in their way, fussy at times [i had to run three different plug temperatures on my 3-banger], but the results were worth the effort.

 

Regards,

Norm