<p>Mary Doo - to answer your question. For some reason I never "connected" with my digital cameras in the same way as I did with my - well first, my cold war Soviet made-for-export Fed3 rangefinder - and my OM-1.<br>
After I got my hands on a film scanner and started seeing my digitized film images compared to digital images after various B&W filters, the difference became very obvious to me. There is a je ne sais quoi about a film image, even digitized, that a digital image just doesn't have.<br>
That's how I became "digitally disillusioned".<br /><br>
However, back to the main point at hand. I found both of your links enlightening. The whole corrosion issue makes quite a bit of sense. Whether the corrosion happened during use, as with John, or in storage, as with mine.<br /><br>
I'll work with my pocket Vivitar light meter - even fits an accessory shoe - and save my money for film and developing chemistry.<br /><br>
Thanks to everyone that's put their two cents in!<br /></p>