What that says about me is that my knees are getting old faster than the hills are eroding.
Wonderful bike!
I think there is a definite crossover between various 'anachronistic' hobbies - steel bikes, typewriters, film photography, etc. This past weekend, I passed a college student riding a 70s Schwinn Continental with a Rolleiflex slung over his shoulder. I used to get the appeal of the lean, mean, carbon machines, but find that I am significantly happier on a relaxed Raleigh 3 speed or indeed, the old Schwinn I found in my college dorm years ago. Sometimes it is less about the result than it is the journey -- and looking cool while doing it!
One should experience the joy of riding a one gear bike at least once in life.
You get a clear sense of how much of your power is actually wasted.
And how much time is wasted fumbling with gears.
Also very little and easy maintenance.
Got to a steep hill? Get off and walk. That’s a gear.
Need to go fast on a straight? Just pedal faster.
Most of your time will be spend in the mid power band though. And that’s where a one gear bike shines.
Is there really a strong interest in... bicycles? Maybe we should talk about trains- I mean this thread is a bit off track!
Nouns and verbs are both useful but they don't typically serve the same purpose.
That applies to fishing rods, bicycles, toys (such as cameras), and concepts.
"Photography" for some people means toys and technologies...ownership...acquisition. For other people (like me) photography is an active verb that's mostly about making images that can be shared.
In my case, sharing images centers on making prints...I rarely bother to put images online.
I'm afraid 'photography' is actually a noun. But that's fine, I get your point. I share your view that prints are the preferred output, but online sharing can be useful too. I never put my fish online.Nouns and verbs are both useful but they don't typically serve the same purpose.
That applies to fishing rods, bicycles, toys (such as cameras), and concepts.
"Photography" for some people means toys and technologies...ownership...acquisition. For other people (like me) photography is an active verb that's mostly about making images that can be shared.
In my case, sharing images centers on making prints...I rarely bother to put images online.
Nouns and verbs are both useful but they don't typically serve the same purpose.
That applies to fishing rods, bicycles, toys (such as cameras), and concepts.
"Photography" for some people means toys and technologies...ownership...acquisition. For other people (like me) photography is an active verb that's mostly about making images that can be shared.
In my case, sharing images centers on making prints...I rarely bother to put images online.
I'm afraid 'photography' is actually a noun. But that's fine, I get your point. I share your view that prints are the preferred output, but online sharing can be useful too. I never put my fish online.
Kodak is unlikely to become a verb now, but Hoover did (as did cycle and fish and kayak).So Kodak is a verb? As in Kodaking, right?
I'm afraid 'photography' is actually a noun. But that's fine, I get your point. I share your view that prints are the preferred output, but online sharing can be useful too. I never put my fish online.
Kodak is unlikely to become a verb now, but Hoover did (as did cycle and fish and kayak).
It was a reference to the use of the term "Kodaking" in the past.
"Kodaking" was never used by civilized people to refer to making photographs. It would be like "Hasselbladding" today.
For a significant period of time, "Kodak" and "Camera" were equivalent in many people's minds.
Sort of like "Kleenex" and "facial tissue".
So it wouldn't surprise me if many might have, during that period of time, referred to "photographing" as "Kodaking".
We are talking of course about a time long before Hasselblad cameras were a gleam in even Sirius' eye.
Maybe Sirius Hassles people with his 'Blad?
So a slide projected on a screen or viewed on a lightbox is not a photograph then?making photographs requires making prints.
Was the available light such that he needed a large flash? Did he also have a large lens?
Probably people don't want to be photographed in their bathing suits. I haven't been to the beach in a while, but from what I remember, it is understandable why people don't want to be photographed in their bathing suits. And then there is the issue of photographing children. I'll go out on a limb and say you would get the same reception if you took a DSLR to the beach.
Yes, there is. All you have to do is look at the catalog of a place like Freestyle. Film hit its nadir about 2008. Somewhere here I have a post of that year lamenting the very, very few film and paper options at Freestyle. Literally, just a few. And, if not there, where?
And look at Kodak resuscitating many of their old films.
There's a huge fan overlap between audiophiles and photographers. Probably most here know of the resurgence in analog audio.
Like many here, I used digital cameras and digital audio, but for fun and satisfaction, it's back to analog. As many are discovering, even the young. Nothing like holding a piece of art in that 12"x12" LP cover. Versus some scribble on an MP3 player.
We are analog creatures!
Yes! Can we see?One photo I shot there on my Yashica Minister III did in fact end up adorning a 12x12 LP cover
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