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Jul 8, 2019 16:09:14   #
markngolf wrote:
You are absolutely right about Buddy’s disposition and personality. However, we were speaking of drumming skills and ability. There is no debate among jazz critics and musicians. Buddy wins!!


There's also style, and in my opinion Mr. Krupa has 100 times the style of Mr. Rich, which again in my opinion makes him the better drummer or at least the one I prefer to listen to.
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Jul 7, 2019 15:07:03   #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Unbelievable drum solo by Buddy Rich
https://youtu.be/9esWG6A6g-k


Not bad but Krupa was always better.
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Jun 10, 2019 13:21:19   #
redlegfrog wrote:
What Liberalism has done to our soceity...

Subject: Re: HIGH SCHOOL 1957 vs. 2017 ! ! ! !
By today's standards none of us were supposed to ever make it.

HIGH-SCHOOL
1957 vs. 2017

Scenario 1:

Jack goes duck hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2017- School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.


Scenario 2:

Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2017 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled - even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:

Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2017 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government because Jeffrey has a disability.


Scenario 4:

Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2017 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse, Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being spanked herself, and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.


Scenario 5:

Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.
2014 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2017 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.


Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2017 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The, FBI investigates his parents - and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.


Scenario 8:

Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957–In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2017- Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.


how stupid we have become!
What Liberalism has done to our soceity... br br... (show quote)


So funny, so true, so sad
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Jun 4, 2019 19:43:58   #
sandyllong wrote:
I'd like recommendation for a good, reasonably priced 50mm 1.8 lens for a Nikon D7100 camera.

Thanks,
Sandy


50mm f1.8 Nikon
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Jun 4, 2019 15:34:33   #
salewis wrote:
Many of my friends argue that cameras are becoming obsolete. I don't agree, but I would like to know what arguments are best to convince them that cameras do a better job than phones.


First of all cameras will never be obsolete. Phones are cameras. I wonder if when the Kodak Brownie came out if people worried that the large format was becoming obsolete the Brownie is smaller and lighter blah blah. Or 126mm vs slr after all most people were happy with 126 lighter smaller etc. Most people using the Brownie, 126, Polaroid, medium format, rangefinder, flsr/dslr pretty much any camera except large format don't care about "quality" they want record/snap shots. So yes most people will use phones or whatever comes next. But serious cameras will always have a market and be here. Like the large format that's still with us after being supplanted by 4by5 then 33mm then digital. What we're using now will still be here in 100 years maybe in niche but never obsolete.
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Jun 3, 2019 21:29:41   #
Silversailor wrote:
My brother has submitted photos to a local newspaper that are to be used along with an article he has written. He uses a Canon (?) and has saved them in jpeg. The editor has informed him that the photos are too large for their software to handle. My brother assumes he is talking about either dpi or number of pixels.
What advice should I give him in preparing his photos for publication in a newspaper? Should he be saving the photo in TIFF or PNG? Thank you


Probably the files are too large.
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Jun 3, 2019 21:20:28   #
Charles 46277 wrote:
HR, I have never tried shooting video with digital (never did with film, either), even though my cameras can do it. Even the little Kodak point and shoot I got long ago did video on its little sensor, and now I use a Canon 650 which of course can do video. Frankly, I think video is a different craft and ideally it takes a well organized and trained staff to compete with Hollywood.

Roger Ebert, the great film critic, said he did not consider motion pictures art. He explained what he meant--it is the product of an industrial complex involving many stages and products, many skills and arts (such as writing, acting, musical composition and performance, fashion design, set design and construction, experts in period history, etc.) as well as business expertise in finance, distribution, marketing, catering, and so forth. Of course some directors have been consummate artists in film, as have been many actors and cinematographers. But the motion picture is a vast enterprise costing many millions (even hundreds of millions) combining all the elements of a highly articulated industrial complex. Giving me a movie camera would be like giving uncle Clarence an 11x14 view camera after he had used a Brownie.

People who are growing up with video cameras (cell phones) may see all this differently. Great pictures were made with Kodak Brownies (Google it if you don't know this), and I am sure that great videos are made with cell phones (probably in the same proportion).

Not long ago I got a second hand Hasselblad HD2 (finally affordable for me with a bargain price), and the quality is everything I dreamed it would be. But it does not do videos. (I think later HD models do, as do other Hasselblad models).

A similar question is--why not a digital that is just black and white? Yes, Leica makes one for about $8000. Not counting lenses. Thing is, by sticking to black and white, the digital technology can be far superior in terms of most quality standards (think about it). Of course I can do black and white using a color digital camera, but the technology is already vastly compromised in the color design, so that is why if I want b/w I just use 4x5 film. Or dig out a Mamiya twin lens for roll film. In fact, when I first tried digital, I used it for color because color does not have to be so good, and used film for serious things (black and white).
HR, I have never tried shooting video with digital... (show quote)


You're absolutely right, contrary to what a lot of people think, film is better than digital. I went to digital in 09 with a Nikon d300 then a D800E both take great pictures but I primarily use digital because it's cheap and fast. If I'm serious I use a 35mm film or 120mm film, but it's much costlier and processing is a pain, all the pro-labs in this area are gone.
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Jun 3, 2019 13:58:50   #
Chris T wrote:
I reckon he meant car, L ... personal passenger vehicle = car ... right?

But, if you expaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand on that a bit, I guess it could mean - limousine - right?


A Lear Jet is slso a personal passenger vehicle, but my comment was directed at keeping it simple and direct. Should have been clearer.
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Jun 3, 2019 13:37:05   #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Remember the contest between Ford and General Motors to see which company could market the longest personal passenger vehicle, just to say theirs was bigger?!


Personal passenger vehicle? Do you mean car?
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May 31, 2019 22:24:02   #
JohnSwanda wrote:
You are about the 5th person to make that reply, without reading the rest of the thread. The OP posted it in Main Photography, and admin moved it to Chit Chat.


Sorry :(
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May 31, 2019 22:23:36   #
JohnSwanda wrote:
You are about the 5th person to make that reply, without reading the rest of the thread. The OP posted it in Main Photography, and admin moved it to Chit Chat.


Sorry :(
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May 31, 2019 21:30:19   #
rjaywallace wrote:
MauiMoto - An interesting riddle, but how does it relate to the subject of this forum - Photography? Next time you might want to post items like this in the Chit-Chat section.


It IS in the chit chat section!!!!!
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May 30, 2019 11:20:30   #
Cookie223 wrote:
There’s a good chance someone from TSA will try to have you check it in with your luggage. A few years ago, I had a 1” plastic Glock key chain. I had one idiot say it was a firearm (it’s a key chain) and it was confiscated. On another trip I had a pen size laser pointer, taken away. They deem it was a weapon and unless I checked it in, that would be confiscated. My luggage was already checked in, except for my briefcase, and they took the pointer.
I’m all for security, but this was ridiculous.
There’s a good chance someone from TSA will try to... (show quote)


Why I refuse to fly and have since '03 ad long as there's a TSA.
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May 30, 2019 11:09:06   #
photodoc16 wrote:
Terrymac,
It usually refers to butter that has some knowledge of literature and the arts.
Photodoc16


:)
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May 28, 2019 13:04:13   #
blacks2 wrote:
I thought they would be interesting for some.


Magnified 1st image not Laurel and Hardy but beautiful old Indian bike. When 19-20 my father rode an out of control Indian through a guard rail. Really annoyed his friend who owned the bike.
The second image shows the distance cars have come. From the looks car is around 1920 plus or minus. When was the last time you had to get under the hood on the side of the road in a suit? Thank God for AAA!
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