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   On 12/23/25 1:01 PM, Marian wrote:   
   >Jim Jackson wrote:   
   >>  Modern digital sensors have way better low light   
   >> performance than most films did  :-)   
   >   
   >My first camera, oh, it was in the 1960s, was an East German all-metal 35mm   
   >SLR, with this black 'leather-like' pigskin-like leatherette covering on   
   >the heavy metal which was peeling off at the edges.   
   >   
   >Manual everything!   
   >   
   >It was an immersive experience adjusting every shot to the ISO, aperture,   
   >and shutter speed by hand. You really *felt* every decision you made in the   
   >final image.   
   >   
   >Cellphone cameras no longer need such attention anymore, but they don't   
   >give our grandkids that same tactile sense of crafting the exposure from   
   >scratch.   
   >   
   >They now craft their exposure using AI after the fact.   
      
      
   >It's kind of like how cars changed, where we changed the points every year   
   >and replaced the capacitor and checked the dwell & timing, and now, none of   
   >that is needed for the life of the car.   
      
      
   I replaced a few vibrators. Remember where they were?   
      
      
   >I still mount and balance my own tires at home though, since I'm old school   
   >(I use the cheap HF bead breaker, tire mounter & static balancing jigs).   
   >   
   >Am I the only one left?   
      
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