[Leica] August 29th Apocalyptic Dysphoria; Pictures on your watch.

Sat Aug 29 19:48:03 PDT 2015

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.
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> On 8/29/15 10:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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. In a panic, they try
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> pull the plug.
>>>>>>> Sarah Connor: Skynet fights back.
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