Hey now, don't knock it. The cell phone has come along just in time to allow candid photography with a view camera! I have plenty of time to focus, set exposure, insert film holder, and get a shot when people are hypnotized by their phones. 
Kent in SD
Indeed, not only are they in a trance, they are also trying to work out what the hell the
camera 'phone is seeing!
Yesterday afternoon, as I was doing my obligatory walk along the marina, I was stopped by this twenty-something child who asked me to make a snap of her with her 'phone. I thought this was very funny, in an ironical kind of way, and so I smiled to myself. I stopped smiling when I realised I could hardly see where she was! Playing for time and praying for my eyes to adapt to the thing, I asked her if she wanted a full-height or a closer shot. She said that just as long as it showed the bay, with her standing there, she was cool with it. Well, in Spanish, in words to that effect.
To my delight as much as surprise, I bumped into her again not long after as I was walking the opposite way out of the boat place. She smiled first - I am very careful as an old man - and we had a chat of sorts. Turned out that, just like Manuel, she hails from Barcelona. Apparently, she's staying with a friend who has to work during working hours. So retirement does have benefits after all: apart from other quasi-wrecks, you get to meet not only the unemployed, but the occasional attractive tourist.
Look forward to it, forget forty: life begins when it no longer matters very much! It's called liberation. Can one do liberation street? I'm sure Google can.
;-)
