Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I retired I took my watch off and put it in a drawer. If I want the time, I look at my iPhone. I don't miss it one bit: it's liberating. I don't care what time it is or what day it is. If I need to make an appointment, I look at my iPhone. Free at last, free at last... It's all about your frame of mind I guess... On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 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. In a panic, > they > >>>>>>>>>> try > >>>>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>> pull the plug. > >>>>>>>>>> Sarah Connor: Skynet fights back. > >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com