New York City 1977

In article , Tony Cooper wrote:

Savageduck:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from
the viewing observation deck of the Empire State. The
camera was a Leica CL, the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and
the film Kodachrome 64, I think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo
blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

android:
Sooo???

Sandman:
I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age
that makes your posts a little hard to make any sense out of
rather than you being american.

Savageduck:
Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We
have quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason
some of us have experience with antiquated equipment, including
but not limited to cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog
cameras, wet darkrooms, wire recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

Not to mention flash bulbs, Brownies that weren't little girls
selling cookies, black corners to hold prints on the page, crinkled
edges on prints, that red circle behind which was the number of
exposures taken, and looking down at an upside-down image.

You make it sound like you think digital photography has been around for 30
years and you really have to be really old to have any knowledge about analog
photography. :-D

--
Sandman

On 12/09/2016 3:48 @wiz, Savageduck wrote:



Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited to
cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms, wire
recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.


Well, I'm 62 and I remember all that punched card, FORTRAN, COBOL and
analog camera stuff. Actually, I remember as well punched tape, NEAT/3,
Assembler360/370, APL, PL/1 and a few other 3 and 4-letter swear words!


And I STILL use film quite often! B&W and some select colour negative
ones.
But digital with M4/3 has taken a lot of my time of late.
Love the format and what I can do with its cameras and adapted lenses
for astro-photography!
So much that my other digital gear is only used occasionally except the
D200 which I still have a special liking to, God only knows why...

On 9/11/2016 1:48 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

In article , android
wrote:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from the viewing
observation deck of the Empire State. The camera was a Leica CL,
the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and the film Kodachrome 64, I
think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

Sooo???

I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age that
makes
your posts a little hard to make any sense out of rather than you being
american.

Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited
to cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms,
wire recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

IF you're a baby, at 56 I'm still just a glimmer in my father's eye.

On 2016-09-12 18:15:13 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/11/2016 1:48 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

In article , android wrote:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from the viewing
observation deck of the Empire State. The camera was a Leica CL,
the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and the film Kodachrome 64, I
think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

Sooo???

I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age that makes
your posts a little hard to make any sense out of rather than you being
american.

Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited to
cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms, wire
recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

IF you're a baby, at 56 I'm still just a glimmer in my father's eye.

....er, that was a baby at 67 not 56. ;-)
--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 9/12/2016 4:08 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-12 18:15:13 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/11/2016 1:48 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

In article ,
android wrote:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from the viewing
observation deck of the Empire State. The camera was a Leica CL,
the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and the film Kodachrome 64, I
think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

Sooo???

I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age
that makes
your posts a little hard to make any sense out of rather than you
being
american.

Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of
us have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not
limited to cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet
darkrooms, wire recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

IF you're a baby, at 56 I'm still just a glimmer in my father's eye.

...er, that was a baby at 67 not 56. ;-)

No, I was referring to my age, not yours.

On 2016-09-12 20:12:36 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/12/2016 4:08 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-12 18:15:13 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/11/2016 1:48 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

In article , android wrote:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from the viewing
observation deck of the Empire State. The camera was a Leica CL,
the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and the film Kodachrome 64, I
think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

Sooo???

I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age that makes
your posts a little hard to make any sense out of rather than you being
american.

Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited to
cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms, wire
recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

IF you're a baby, at 56 I'm still just a glimmer in my father's eye.

...er, that was a baby at 67 not 56. ;-)

No, I was referring to my age, not yours.

Aah! Baby, at 56 (you not me). ;-)

--
Regards,

Savageduck

In article 2016091213485823810-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote:

On 2016-09-12 20:12:36 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/12/2016 4:08 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-12 18:15:13 +0000, PAS said:

On 9/11/2016 1:48 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-11 17:33:47 +0000, Sandman said:

In article , android
wrote:

android:
This is a scan of a capture of mine taken from the viewing
observation deck of the Empire State. The camera was a Leica CL,
the lense a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 and the film Kodachrome 64, I
think.

It's now featured at the top in the gallery of my photo blog.

https://wp.me/P3strj-2m

Edit: Forgot update but now it's up!

Sandman:
Are you 57 years old?

Sooo???

I didn't know you were a Swede as well, but I guess it's the age that
makes
your posts a little hard to make any sense out of rather than you being
american.

Ageist!! What have you got against us old farts?
How old are you, 35?

Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited to
cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms, wire
recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.

Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.

IF you're a baby, at 56 I'm still just a glimmer in my father's eye.

...er, that was a baby at 67 not 56. ;-)

No, I was referring to my age, not yours.

Aah! Baby, at 56 (you not me). ;-)

Nahh.. If you're a baby than his a fetus. I do think, however that you
should stop use that ages of man according to Larry King as a reference.
That dude said some confused things...
--
teleportation kills

On 9/11/2016 8:58 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:22:05 -0400, Mort wrote:

Sandman wrote:
Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of
us have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not
limited to cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet
darkrooms, wire recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.


Right you are.

Aside from Rolleiflexes and Nikon S-P and F cameras, I had a Webster
wire recorder in 1948. I not only recorded my entire family speaking,
but put a full hour of dance music onto one wire reel. That made me
very popular at parties, as we could then dance and hug a girl for an
hour instead of only 2 or 3 minutes between shellac discs.

I had a summer job in 1950, correcting errors in punch cards regarding
multimillion dollar maritime insurance policies.

I worked at a bank one summer in the 1950s running a punch card
sorting machine. That job was a certain candidate for "The most
boring job I've ever had".

The rejected cards were taken to one of a dozen punch card ladies who
made replicates. Just to alleviate the boredom, I would sometimes
bend, fold, mutilate or spindle a few cards just to create a reason to
walk across the room to give the cards to one of them.



If you folded one in the right place, you could become a millionaire, at
least until they cough up with you.



--
PeterN

On 9/11/16, 7:58 PM, in article ,
"Tony Cooper" wrote:

On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:22:05 -0400, Mort wrote:

Sandman wrote:
Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of
us have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not
limited to cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet
darkrooms, wire recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.


Right you are.

Aside from Rolleiflexes and Nikon S-P and F cameras, I had a Webster
wire recorder in 1948. I not only recorded my entire family speaking,
but put a full hour of dance music onto one wire reel. That made me
very popular at parties, as we could then dance and hug a girl for an
hour instead of only 2 or 3 minutes between shellac discs.

I had a summer job in 1950, correcting errors in punch cards regarding
multimillion dollar maritime insurance policies.

I worked at a bank one summer in the 1950s running a punch card
sorting machine. That job was a certain candidate for "The most
boring job I've ever had".

The rejected cards were taken to one of a dozen punch card ladies who
made replicates. Just to alleviate the boredom, I would sometimes
bend, fold, mutilate or spindle a few cards just to create a reason to
walk across the room to give the cards to one of them.


Ahhhh! The ORIGINAL Florida 'Chad Hanger', you are!!

On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:05:48 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:
: On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 10:48:22 -0700, Savageduck
: wrote:
:
: Most of the regulars in this NG are certainly older than 57. We have
: quite a few in their 60's, 70's and 80's. There is a reason some of us
: have experience with antiquated equipment, including but not limited to
: cars, punchcards, FORTRAN, COBOL, analog cameras, wet darkrooms, wire
: recorders, 78 shellacs, and more.
:
: Compared to some here I am a baby at 67.
:
: Not to mention flash bulbs, Brownies that weren't little girls selling
: cookies, black corners to hold prints on the page, crinkled edges on
: prints, that red circle behind which was the number of exposures
: taken, and looking down at an upside-down image.

Oops! I was with you until that last line, Tony. When we looked *down*, it was
at an image that was left-right reversed, not upside-down.