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Of the M3...

Started Jan 20, 2021 | Photos thread
Asla
Asla Senior Member • Posts: 1,100
Re: Of the M3...

RLight wrote:

Perfect is the enemy is the enemy of the good... The M3, as imperfect as it was, is, served a valuable purpose during its tenure.

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A gentle reminder that life is short, you don't need a perfect setup, and many products that are "lacking", serve important purposes. Many times in my life, imperfect products, solutions, interim approaches "bridge" very important gaps.

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Westgate Mall, San Jose, CA. Captured with a "Japanese" M3 imported via Tenso prior to the M3 being released in the USA. Note the timestamp.

Castello Di Amorosa, Calistoga, CA. Took a direct hit from the wildfires last year destroying their wine tower when the fire hopped the freeway and overwhelmed fire response teams didn't have the manpower to protect St Helena/Calistoga. The rest of the Castle did survive. Napa will never quite the same between the fires and COVID

Childrens Discovery Museum, San Jose, CA

Our beloved Calico, is no longer with us. The M3 served well for memories sake

Oren's Hummus Shop, Palo Alto, CA. Beef Hummus

Our firstborn, how they grow up fast

Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA

Seagull, Santa Cruz, CA

Hi!

I have similar feelings of older and past gear of mine. Heck, I made some pleasing photos even with Minolta AL! Well, at least results pleased me...:-D

Thank you for sharing and reminding us from basic things...

A s l a

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