I recently read a BBC story* on the revival of digital cameras among millennials and the youth's fascination with early 2000s digital photography. It's as though they suddenly discovered a two-megapixel Nikon Coolpix in a musty cave alongside the Lascaux paintings.

I must confess, I am also nostalgic for vintage cameras - especially the tired, old rangefinder picture makers of the 60s loaded with black and white Tri-X film. Yes, I said film!

I wonder what the kids would think of my 11 x 14 view camera with a bronze lens from France. And it wasn't from the Lascaux cave.

* https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64512059

Story and Illustration Copyright © 2023 by Michael DeFrancesco