I have a couple of Olympus OM-1's that I use (vintage 1975, so they meet the 10-year rule). If the battery ever goes bad, the camera is still fully functional (except no built-in light meter). I can always use the f:16 rule in sunlight (exposure = f:16 at 1/[the ASA film speed]; e.g., f:16 @ 1/125 sec for ASA 100 film) or guess the exposure in other conditions. Bob -----Original Message----- From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:56 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: quest for pictures <snip> I personnaly prefer old, mechanical cameras. I can understand them, I can fix them (as you might have guessed by now, I like tinkering with _all_ types of machinery). Actually, I probably prefer fixing cameras to taking photographs. <snip> Electronically controlled film cammeras are just not eccentric enough to be interesting :-) -tony