G'Day All:
This entire discussion about analog/digital/square/not-so-square reminds me of my feelings as a young child when I learnt that the coal-fired steam trains would stop coming through my town, and would be replaced by oil fired Garretts (I think they were called). Later, there were relatively quiet, faster, stronger diesels, and then the line was electrified for some of the distance to the 'big city'. I used to love those old steam trains puffing and chuffing along. But, as a passenger, I found the diesel had no cinders flying back to get in my eyes, and the 8 hours took 5 hours. Then, the electric trains, were quicker still and air-conditioned.
I eventually came to realise that commercially, modernization made sense. But, even now, the train hobbyists can fire up their coal-fired trains for weekend jaunts - even photo ops for romantics like me.
So, it seems, it's the same with us all in our little Hasselblad world. Commercially, we need the quickest, best, most powerful. And the 'little boy or little girl' in most of us needs steam driven some times. Some of us are just happy to have steam. So be it. To each his own.
The diesel engineers want to drive those old steam trains just once, and the hobbyists would love to get into that new air conditioned cabin. They are all connected by their love of locomotion. There's room for all.
That's my thought for the day. Sorry for waxing philosophical!! I've got to go now ... and set up my 'OO/HO' gauge.
Cheers,
Colin