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Nov 20, 2019 01:12:42   #
RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
 
I am all for feeding starving people, kids included, but this looks like some sort of scheme. A penny for the kids and 99 cents for the owner of the machine. Maybe I'm wrong.

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Nov 20, 2019 03:36:34   #
Inglese
 
Free air still available here at a filling station near me.

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Nov 20, 2019 05:19:18   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
aellman wrote:
Those of us who believe film will never disappear have apparently forgotten not only the sad fate of Kodachrome, but also nickel Cokes and free air to fill your tires. Not to mention "feature creep," as demonstrated by the shot of a contemporary air machine below. In days gone by, when you picked up the hose from the hanger the air turned on, and when you hung it back up it went off. There are about 15 buttons on a machine like the one below, not including the "Feed My Starving Children" button. As an added convenience, you can't pay with cash.

>Alan
Those of us who believe film will never disappear ... (show quote)


Sheetz has free air.

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Nov 20, 2019 10:29:37   #
aellman Loc: Boston MA
 
RodeoMan wrote:
I am all for feeding starving people, kids included, but this looks like some sort of scheme. A penny for the kids and 99 cents for the owner of the machine. Maybe I'm wrong.


I was thinking the exact same thing when I posted the photo. Starving kids and compressed air are strange bedfellows. I would steer clear of button #15-a, and spend my valuable time trying to figure out what the hell all the other buttons do.

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Nov 20, 2019 19:47:07   #
PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA
 
aellman wrote:
Those of us who believe film will never disappear have apparently forgotten not only the sad fate of Kodachrome, but also nickel Cokes and free air to fill your tires. Not to mention "feature creep," as demonstrated by the shot of a contemporary air machine below. In days gone by, when you picked up the hose from the hanger the air turned on, and when you hung it back up it went off. There are about 15 buttons on a machine like the one below, not including the "Feed My Starving Children" button. As an added convenience, you can't pay with cash.

>Alan
Those of us who believe film will never disappear ... (show quote)


Those free air pumps also were at gas stations where two or three employeed would come out of the station, pump your gas, clean your widshield, check the oil and transmission fluid levels and even check the air pressure in your tires and inflate or deflate as needed. Find a place to do that today. Gasoline and wages werea lot lower back then too.

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Nov 21, 2019 21:50:06   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Architect1776 wrote:
I just heard that Lomography is introducing a new colour negative film called, Lomochrome Metropolis.
With a small rise in interest in film lately this is somewhat intriguing. My daughter the other day called and was interested in a good used film camera and was wondering what to get so we discussed it and using film in general.
She has a couple of DSLRs and several lenses but it seems that among some younger people there is a bit of an interest in using film and experiencing the wait and the anticipation to see as well as the different look.
Has anyone else heard of this small movement of interest in film?
I just heard that Lomography is introducing a new ... (show quote)


I, for one, still shoot film on occasion. I use two AE1P, one B/ W, one color.
Why? Cannot see these cameras sit, unused.
And the uncertainty factor.
Just like Rock 'N' Roll, film will never die.
Why should it?
Bill

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Nov 22, 2019 13:39:21   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
Retired CPO wrote:
Yeah, I've heard some murmuring. Not sure what it's all about. Maybe the same mindset that is bringing back vinyl record players and electron tube driven electronic equipment.


Tube amps give the best sound! Just ask any guitar player or audiophile!

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Nov 22, 2019 13:48:42   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Sinewsworn wrote:
Tube amps give the best sound! Just ask any guitar player or audiophile!


And that fact can be proven.

Music is analog. Tubes are analog.
Digital is samples, no matter how small, a dead spot between samples.
Bill

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Nov 22, 2019 14:18:37   #
BebuLamar
 
newtoyou wrote:
And that fact can be proven.

Music is analog. Tubes are analog.
Digital is samples, no matter how small, a dead spot between samples.
Bill


The ENIAC was a digital computer and it did have 20,000 vacuum tubes.
Digital imaging sensor generate an analog voltage for each of the pixels.

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Nov 22, 2019 15:25:17   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
BebuLamar wrote:
The ENIAC was a digital computer and it did have 20,000 vacuum tubes.
Digital imaging sensor generate an analog voltage for each of the pixels.


Worked on the A/N-FYQ-7. Largest computer ever in physical size. Tubes the size of a human head. No more than five people in the computer room or the temp change would cause the computer to “crump.“ Every Sage (semi-automatic ground environment) Direction Center had two- Bonnie and Clyde. North American Air Defense Command.

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Nov 22, 2019 16:52:41   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
newtoyou wrote:
And that fact can be proven.

Music is analog. Tubes are analog.
Digital is samples, no matter how small, a dead spot between samples.
Bill


There are reasons why we like the tube sound. The “dead spot” between samples is not one of them.

Digital signal processing involves passing a digitized signal through a filter. There is no “dead spot” in the reconstructed waveform because it is an analog waveform.

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Nov 22, 2019 16:54:17   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
BebuLamar wrote:
The ENIAC was a digital computer and it did have 20,000 vacuum tubes.
Digital imaging sensor generate an analog voltage for each of the pixels.


What was the mean time between service like on that computer?

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Nov 22, 2019 16:56:16   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
newtoyou wrote:
And that fact can be proven.

Music is analog. Tubes are analog.
Digital is samples, no matter how small, a dead spot between samples.
Bill


Tubes are amplifiers. Just like semiconductors, they can be used in digital or analog circuits. It is the circuit that is digital or analog, not the device.

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Nov 22, 2019 16:59:02   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Inglese wrote:
Free air still available here at a filling station near me.


We have free air too in LA and you can see the air. The clear air costs more. 😳

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Apr 11, 2020 01:29:13   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
Film photography has become a niche field. It provides its own satisfaction. Yet digital photography surpassed it years ago.
Retired CPO wrote:
Yeah, I've heard some murmuring. Not sure what it's all about. Maybe the same mindset that is bringing back vinyl record players and electron tube driven electronic equipment.

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