you know, one of the reasons why i am always telling everyone about classic cameras, is that quality of that kind doesnt exist anymore, sorry to say.

ok fine, we now have digital cameras that are now almost equivalent in producing quality photos as film, but, have you ever had a close look at most digicams? noticed the amount of plastic in them? notice how fragile they seem? and heaven help you if you accidentally happen to drop a digicam on the ground -- chances are it will never work correctly again -- i know, its happened to me!

as an example of what i am saying, look at the photo of the voigtlander vitessa camera above.
this superb camera was built in the 1950s and of those ones still available, 99% of them are working fine, often as good as when they were new. why?

well, in my opinion, one of the answers is due to the quality of materials and workmanship that was used in those days.
built-in obsolescence didnt exist then, so everything that was built, was built to last lifetimes.

unlike today, when manufacturers choose the cheapest materials around!

in the case of the vitessa, it was so solidly built that you could quite easily use it as a door-stop, and it will still carry on working!

and of course, as all of you photographers out there will know, in order to take a good shot, your camera needs to be heavy-ish, so that when you depress the shutter, the camera does not shift about.
all the classic cameras were built with this in mind, all being manufactured out of metal; eg the Nikon F range, the Canon A1, the Minolta etc etc.

it remains to be seen how many digicams will survive in fully working condition, in another 50 or more years time! i dont think many will survive, somehow.........

PS the voigtlander vitessa above is available for sale here