Item: He understands the sublime qualities of the 1911 (and the closer to JMB's original the better). Not too uncommon among the bangnoscenti, but still praiseworthy.
Item: More important, he is installing a what he calls a "split prism" focusing screen in his electrical Nikon. In my day we called it a split-image screen, but who can get hair-splittingly picky about minor matters of nomenclature when a certified technocratic competent decides he will, by gawd, sometimes focus his nukey image zapper MANUALLY!?
There is hope for America.
This paean was partially conceived as an excuse for me to tell you all about the glorious Nikon F, but a couple of posts down from his split-image entry, X already did that. He omitted only the truth that the Nikon F, loaded with Tri-X, marked the point at which photographic technology could have stopped dead without the slightest disadvantage to the visual arts and sciences. And if that ain't solid-gold truth I'll kiss your butt in front of George Eastman's statue and give you an hour to conjure up the ghost of Weegee.
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Right. New isn't better, better is better.
Remember: If you have an F2 and a Leica R3 and need to take a photo over a wall, stand on the Nikon and shoot the Leica, because the Nikon can take it... :D
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