**Name of this forum changed (slightly)**

Howdy Classic Camera folks.

 

I have changed the name of this forum slightly. As we move further and further along the photographic timeline,

the "pre 1970" date designation was getting more and more useless.

 

So the name of this forum is now "Classic Manual Cameras" with the goal that it encompass all cameras up to the

electronic/autofocus era. If it's manual, it has a home in this forum. Although, obviously, some camera systems

are probably better served in their respective forums (Canon FD, Leica, or Medium Format being good examples). But you

get the point.

Works for me.

I think this is a very wise decision. Under the prior definition, even a Nikon F2 was not a classic.

So now, if I have a Minolta manual focus question I come here and not to the Sony (ha ha) forum? Not that I cared

to go there much anyway, having to pick through too much digital stuff to find if my question had been asked

before. I believe eventually this area will turn into the 35mm film camera ghetto. It's bad enough to deal with

certain sorts of brand snobbery as it is now.

Fully support this descision. Thanks Josh.

Goodonya Josh!

Great idea! It's time we broaden the time frame.

Very sensible compromise!

Since the mostly metal, manual cameras with mechanically timed shutters reached their peak in the early 70's this is a logical change.

Autoexposure came in well before 1970. Where can we discuss older cameras with that feature?

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Is this a serious question? Come on. It's pretty obvious what cameras fit into the discussion realm here and which do not. Just take half a minute to read the threads.

good move

And here I was feeling like such a rebel for talking about the Olympus 35RC :p

I'll be visiting here more often now, Thanks Josh.

Thanks very much Josh.

Excellent idea.

Great move, thank you!

Thank you!

"Autoexposure came in well before 1970. Where can we discuss older cameras with that feature?"

 

Uh, Josh, I think it was a serious question. The pre-1970 cut-off provided a known limit, however well or poorly it worked.

 

I was going to ask a similar question myself.

 

I assume from your response that, going by past threads and their general trends, we're now looking at pre-auto-everything and certainly no digital cameras, with some flexibility regarding dates of manufacture.

 

So I assume that somebody posting the occasional aperture- or shutter-priority camera from the late-60s or early-70s has nothing to worry about.

 

Now for the next thing: I'm all for it too.

Great idea! A good fit for my Nikon /Nikkormat collection.

You Rock

This is good.

 

Josh made a reference to "medium format". I hope that classic (pre-1970, all-manual, or whatever you want to call it) MF cameras such as classic folders and TLRs still belong here, while the MF forum is still for not-so-archaic and digital MF, as in the past.

Medium format is medium format. If someone wants to ask about a classic folder in the Med Format forum, they are welcome to do so. Likewise, if someone wants to ask about a Hassy 500c here, I guess they are welcome to do so as well, after all, that camera was introduced in '57 or something like that.

 

However, a user has to ask themselves "Where am I likely to get the best answer to my question?". I'd say that Hassy users are going to be more plentiful in the Med Format forum and folder users more plentiful in the Classic Forum. But that's just my opinion.

Great! Good idea!. Very clear and sensible! Appropriate to the times, but why do I feeel just a wee bit older just at this moment?

Excellent choice-should expand our discussions and ability to learn.