"Anyway, moving to the under-subject in this thread, does anyone know where I can get the headphones for my Walkman re-foamed? And where I can buy cassette tapes to play in it? "
Yes, the past.
How insensitive. You'd think someone who must have heard the 'do they still make film for that?' question on a regular basis would know better....And where I can buy cassette tapes to play in it?
How insensitive. You'd think someone who must have heard the 'do they still make film for that?' question on a regular basis would know better....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=cassette audio tapes&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=26477580776&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10277645537467603981&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_1q6llmy8cc_b
I'm not a terrible photographer, I'm misunderstood and only time may judge my work. Thanks, that's worth remembering
I jest, of course. Though I doubt that critics of Turner's time were pointing out how he could get more brush strokes per square inch with a new brush rather than questioning the nascent concept of impressionism that he was introducing through his later works.
Anyway, moving to the under-subject in this thread, does anyone know where I can get the headphones for my Walkman re-foamed? And where I can buy cassette tapes to play in it?
I am side-tracking the discussion again here, but to be fair, decent cable will be noticeably better than £3.50 cable
But while we're on the subject, anyone know where I can get my in-car 8 track serviced?
You can't compare or say what is right or wrong with anyone’s photographs, how they take them, what they take them with, cheap/expensive/extortionate or how they produce them.
For the same size of film and sensor, and the same size print, the digital image will look sharper than the film one regardless of the amount of detail resolved
Interesting post, Carol, though I disagree with this bit. I believe you can do all the above and it's perfectly valid provided you accept that it's only from your perspective and that the taker and other viewers may have wildly different and equally valid viewpoints. That's the key thing for me, remembering that your opinion is only yours, you cannot say that it's right or wrong, only that it's what you think. It's also something to bear in mind when you receive criticism, of course
Regarding the fishnets, I've had a look at Moriyama's work (not heard of him before this thread) and it's not for me. Over-stylised and over-blown, I can understand why some folk would think it's art but it's too abstract for my taste and the fishnet images strike me as prurient, there's a focus on sexualisation that sits uneasily with the depersonalisation of the subject(s). Arty with the right explanation, fetishistic imagery otherwise.
Interesting post, Carol, though I disagree with this bit. I believe you can do all the above and it's perfectly valid provided you accept that it's only from your perspective and that the taker and other viewers may have wildly different and equally valid viewpoints. That's the key thing for me, remembering that your opinion is only yours, you cannot say that it's right or wrong, only that it's what you think. It's also something to bear in mind when you receive criticism, of course
Regarding the fishnets, I've had a look at Moriyama's work (not heard of him before this thread) and it's not for me. Over-stylised and over-blown, I can understand why some folk would think it's art but it's too abstract for my taste and the fishnet images strike me as prurient, there's a focus on sexualisation that sits uneasily with the depersonalisation of the subject(s). Arty with the right explanation, fetishistic imagery otherwise.
Can't help you with the servicing query but I've got half a dozen 8 track cartridges up in my attic if you're interested (seeing as you've still got the player). Any use to you?
Band On The Run - Wings
Electric Warrior - T Rex
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
They would sit in their bedroom striving for optimum sound quality and if anything, they cared more about the sound quality than the actual music. Some weren't actually that interested in music. Just the hi fi.
Sorry Stuart, I was actually only joking!! I've never owned one (but I remember my grandfather having one). Some fantastic 70s nostalgia in that list though, almost worth hunting for an 8 track player on ebay just to play them!
That's exactly the kind of thing I meant when I said people miss the point in my earlier post. They become obsessed by things which should be secondary concerns, not primary ones.
Talking about the hi-fi muppets, gold plated mains plug pins always made me chuckle. Now, obsessed people, I understand the point is that gold is more conductive so you get the maximum amount of power to your precious expensive audio devices, but let me introduce you to this little factor called 'mains fluctuation'...
... and let me introduce you to the concept of dedicated turntable power supply units and phono stage amplifiers that are specifically designed to smooth out mains power fluctuations. Smartarse!
I'm talking about voltage fluctuation which has absolutely nothing to do with rectification, smoothing or anything else within the actual gear. 225 volts one day, 219 the next. Smartarse...
The point being in the grand scheme of things a gold plated pin isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference.
So am I.Try reading up on it ... you might actually learn something that changes your ill-conceived prejudices. And who said anything about rectification ... I certainly didn't mention it.
Mmm. I always thought this was a photography forum?
Can we please return to the topic in hand and cease with the childishness. We are serious-minded adult photographers not tiny minded pedants.
I think film vs. digital on the grounds of resolution alone is a pointless argument now. My opinion is that both technologies have matured to a point at which the laws of physics are the limiting factor and for a film/sensor of an equal size, the resolution is also equal. I don't think there is much more to be done in terms of packing in more pixels per square millimetre but improvements in dynamic range would be useful. Something at which negative film still excels.
Also, film has the benefit of being easy to scale up. You want to double its size? No problem. We won't cut it so small! However, trying to scale up a sensor causes problems on an exponential scale.
Steve.
Oh dear, we've found our resident forum audiophile whose feathers I've ruffled...
I mentioned rectification as a random throwaway comment to indicate I'm not talking about anything on the PSU side of things, I'm talking purely about the actual supply. The point of gold plated pins is to get the maximum amount of power from the socket to the device, but the mains supply fluctuates a fair bit anyway so putting such importance on such things is rather pointless.
By the way my "prejudices" are not "ill-conceived". I've been a professional sound engineer for almost 20 years, the experience gleaned from such a career has taught me there are more important factors in getting good sound than gold plated plugs. If you think otherwise, you're wrong.
Yeah OK! You could have fooled me. A professional sound engineer that doesn't seem to have come across frequency clipping before. That's different.
Annnd... moving on
So have I. Unwatching thread now...
For the second time in as many days "who are you and what have you done with Dean".
I'm happy to use film lenses from the 80s on my digital camera, though there are definitely times when a lack of resolution (and the dreaded purple fringing) detract from how pleasing the images are, but not always.
Regarding the fishnets, I've had a look at Moriyama's work (not heard of him before this thread) and it's not for me. Over-stylised and over-blown, I can understand why some folk would think it's art but it's too abstract for my taste and the fishnet images strike me as prurient, there's a focus on sexualisation that sits uneasily with the depersonalisation of the subject(s). Arty with the right explanation, fetishistic imagery otherwise.