Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got a Casio with LCD right here wait I'll show it too you...... I had tried to use a watch or two with a silicone band so I always had cortisone on my shopping list or some medicine to rub on my wrist first before I put my watch on or I'd get a rash which made it so my watch ended up for most the day in my pocket where it would get smooshed.. Those for the most part are Swatch watches. I did a big Swatch watch add by the way once for a department store I had to use their Normans (from the Norman conquest) instead of my Balcars (French!) so I didn't have a clue took me all day. On 8/30/15 9:23 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Mark, > > After a company presentation Bulova and gift Accutron both quit on me, I > went to the local Wal-Mart and bought a Casio with LCD display for a lot > less than your price point. Setting it up takes an instruction sheet, > as do DST changes, but, other than that, it just runs and runs. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 8/30/2015 7:48 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Its confusing perhaps the apple watch coming in two sizes and there is the >> pixel size vs. the millimeter size of both. I'm betting that had Dick >> Tracy >> had the option he'd have gone with a smaller dial size. That thing had to >> get in the way when he was collaring a perp... get caught on something. >> Coincidently I'm down a watch. There is no watch on my wrist for a month >> now this is a new first a new low I was saving for a new lens now I'm >> saving >> for a new laptop. >> I have like a lot of people (guys?) a cigarbox filled with cheap watches >> which don't work. The question being which one to bring in and try to get >> fixed and for how much? This is complicated by living in NYC with everyone >> sworn to rip you off like the dog which you are. >> Getting one fixed cost the same as fixing an old one would be the thing. >> The >> thing which has made for a cigar box filled with mystery watches (what >> went >> wrong with this one?) >> All I really want is a Timex like I had as a kid in the 50's (in NY). To >> get >> one I need a Time machine you sit in and a big wheel goes round and round >> as >> designed by George Pal. >> Using an iPhone for a pocket watch is very common right not but its not >> me. >> I'm a watch guy. >> I want something on my wrist which shows me the time and looks like a >> watch. >> It dos not have to light up and say "kiss me baby". >> The step counter in my iPhone I find to be quite a deal changer since May >> I've done well with it its called Pacer and like many things free it acts >> like it. I've lost a ton of weight and can see clearly when I'm sloughing >> off or being erratic and by how much. >> I need something which cost real money and works really with an interface >> not designed by a mouseketeer. . >> A Fitbit on my wrist might be the thing. Or another of the dozen brands. >> They all look like watches. I guessing they are watches. >> My price point is $99. >> When its overcast my sundial does not work so well. >> >> >> On 8/30/15 7:49 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >>> Mark, >>> >>> What you are quoting is the overall case size. The screen size on the >>> large one is slightly larger than 24x30mm, and they show an add whereby >>> the entire screen is filled with thumbnails, so I assume you can display >>> a single image to that size. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 8/30/2015 6:05 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> The apple watch shows you an image just slightly larger than an >>>> individual >>>> image in a 35mm contact sheet. Around 40mm long. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/29/15 10:48 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> During the depression years of the 1930s, the Direct Positive "4 for a >>>>> dime" pictures served that purpose. They were inexpensive and filled a >>>>> need at the time. I still have a few of them. >>>>> >>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>> >>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:43 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>>> I have a photo history book and they are talking about Daguerreotypes >>>>>> also >>>>>> Tintypes being made 1 inch square or smaller and the size was called >>>>>> "Gem". >>>>>> The little gems that they were. I think often copied from a larger >>>>>> image. >>>>>> The issue being I think not size but the bottom line. Money. >>>>>> Shrink it till they feel they can afford it. So what if they cant see >>>>>> it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/29/15 10:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have no interest at all in the watch. It may be handy for >>>>>>> reminders, >>>>>>> etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Images that size remind me of the stickpin portrait that my >>>>>>> great-great >>>>>>> aunt had of her dead husband. It was sepia, and about the size of a >>>>>>> "pinky" nail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:19 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>>>>> The point of the small screen is to just see what you can see and >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> care >>>>>>>> about what you can't. The point is instant ness and ease. IPhone >>>>>>>> photography >>>>>>>> has established that. Most won't take it from there. Now if you >>>>>>>> could >>>>>>>> project the image like a clock radio on the ceiling....!! THEN you >>>>>>>> could >>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>> how really bad it is. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 8/29/15 10:13 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I realize that, Leo, but have not really looked into what can be >>>>>>>>> seen >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> the small screen. I'm not sure my eyes would work with details >>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> small. :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 9:10 PM, Leowesson wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Jim, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The Iwatch acts as a remote for the iPhone it is paired with. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Leo Wesson >>>>>>>>>> leowesson.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 21:01, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at >>>>>>>>>>> lighttube.net> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Mark, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I have to admit that I have gone part way down that route. In >>>>>>>>>>> order >>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>> conveniently use text messaging, I recently purchased an iPhone. >>>>>>>>>>> Now, >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> camera is quite good, but I don't like the images as they come >>>>>>>>>>> out >>>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> camera. I run them through my editing workflow like any other >>>>>>>>>>> camera >>>>>>>>>>> images, except they are jpg, which limits the process. Finished >>>>>>>>>>> images >>>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>>> pretty good. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Now, the second part. I have my LUG gallery bookmarked. If I >>>>>>>>>>> want >>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>> share >>>>>>>>>>> an image or two with a friend or relative, I just open up my LUG >>>>>>>>>>> gallery >>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>> touch the thumbnails along the side until I find what I want. It >>>>>>>>>>> has >>>>>>>>>>> been >>>>>>>>>>> quite useful, and, on the iPhone 6 screen, the images look pretty >>>>>>>>>>> good, >>>>>>>>>>> though limited in size. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Incidentally, my grandson's wife has an Apple watch, and likes >>>>>>>>>>> it. I >>>>>>>>>>> haven't >>>>>>>>>>> asked if it can do images. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/29/2015 8:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> One of the rare occasions in which Brian got involved in a >>>>>>>>>>>> thread >>>>>>>>>>>> way >>>>>>>>>>>> way >>>>>>>>>>>> back in the turn of the century or millennium we were talking >>>>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> demise of craft and print making and how things were going the >>>>>>>>>>>> way >>>>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> jpeg and people not showing you their prints but showing you >>>>>>>>>>>> their >>>>>>>>>>>> jpegs >>>>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>>>> a small screen like from an iPod. (a thing which played music) >>>>>>>>>>>> Someone >>>>>>>>>>>> joked maybe it was me that soon we'd be viewing each others pix >>>>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>>>> our >>>>>>>>>>>> Dick >>>>>>>>>>>> Tracy wrist watches and that was shot down as being too >>>>>>>>>>>> Apocalyptic >>>>>>>>>>>> Dysphoric. I wonder if its still in the archives? >>>>>>>>>>>> In the past few years when the iPhones took over and those >>>>>>>>>>>> screens >>>>>>>>>>>> became >>>>>>>>>>>> the main viewing ground for seeing sobodies photo work; it was >>>>>>>>>>>> looking >>>>>>>>>>>> bad >>>>>>>>>>>> but it got worse. The Apple watch came out and I've not seen >>>>>>>>>>>> one in >>>>>>>>>>>> person >>>>>>>>>>>> yet. But I was wondering if you can view pix on them. I just >>>>>>>>>>>> checked. >>>>>>>>>>>> You can. >>>>>>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/watch/built-in-apps/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "the smaller 38mm Apple Watch has a resolution of 272 x 340, >>>>>>>>>>>> while >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> larger 42mm Apple Watch has a resolution of 312 x 390. " they >>>>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>>>>> 40mm's in height. >>>>>>>>>>>> So things will get dumbed down even further. Or they already >>>>>>>>>>>> have. >>>>>>>>>>>> If things can get worse but I think it would have to start with >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> Apple >>>>>>>>>>>> iGlass. Little high tech eye glasses. >>>>>>>>>>>> So when it used to be people were really listening to you >>>>>>>>>>>> talking >>>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>>>>>> instead of their little earphone ( just happened in the apple >>>>>>>>>>>> store) >>>>>>>>>>>> now >>>>>>>>>>>> its not just not you they are listening to. They're not seeing >>>>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>>>> either. >>>>>>>>>>>> They are watching the readout. What Arnold saw in T1. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> * The system goes online August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are >>>>>>>>>>>> removed >>>>>>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>>>>>> strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. >>>>>>>>>>>> It >>>>>>>>>>>> becomes >>>>>>>>>>>> self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. 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