How Old Are We All?

How Old Are You?

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Started by DanHasLeftForum 2 years ago.

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Poldersnapperhelp_outline
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2 years ago 2 years ago
Never mind.
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@Poldersnapper has written:

I'm old enough to remember when B&W photos were the norm - this was my first camera 😉

All the best,

André

Aah - the Exaktas - I’ve had dozens over the years (still have nine of them!). Quirky, innovative left handed cameras with some amazing contraptions - e.g. the system to allow extension tubes to be used with the external shutter release. Did yours have that little sliding knife to split a roll of film so that the exposed portion could be removed for developing?
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Stillstihlpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@xpatUSA has written:

@lmans has written:

That is the same in many forums.... Pick a subject, any subject..... google it....find a forum. You will find that there are always people that post often ...day in and day out. Just look at this forum as an example, Relatively new forum within the past few weeks and yet? Look at the numbers of some.

Following an accident last year, I am stuck in front of the computer in my wheelchair - with my main interest being photography. Currently, I don't even dare to pick up a camera with my tactile-deficient hands - so no need for "get out there and na-ni-na ... " advice.

That's my excuse for going through new posts here and elsewhere hoping for something, anything to respond to ... hence this response LOL.

Are your hands still improving? If not, you're just going to have to be brave. I have very limited hand movement, and have to mount the camera (A7 IV) on a Manfrotto Margic Arm when using heavier lenses, but I still love to feel it in my paws when using smaller/lighter glass. It's tiresome not easily being able to operate half the controls, but you learn to adapt.
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Poldersnapperhelp_outline
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2 years ago 2 years ago
Never mind.
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sandyjenningpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
What do these old cameras look like? I've never seen one.

San x
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2 years ago 2 years ago
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MikaYpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
Got a random but kind of appropriate popular culture mental association before bedtime; obviously the answer to "How Old Are We All?" is "Justified & Ancient". Sorry, couldn't resist sharing it ;)
sandyjenningpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
"Justified and young" could be used too x
DanHasLeftForumhelp_outline
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@Mackiesback has written:

your threads about ISO scare everybody away,

I don't think so.

It might take a little time for the google bots to find and/or rank threads on dprevived so that they appear on the first page of google searches.

Once they do, then maybe more genuine beginners might find this site and get involved as members.

At the moment if I google search "Why are my photos noisy" the corresponding thread in the Beginners Forum here doesn't come on the first page.

Maybe the Admins and their team will need to allocate more resources to SEO after things settle down here.
ysleepanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@DannoLeftForums has written:

At the moment if I google search "Why are my photos noisy" the corresponding thread in the Beginners Forum here doesn't come on the first page.

Maybe the Admins and their team will need to allocate more resources to SEO after things settle down here.

Ugh, Google search is effectively ------ at this moment. Basically it's all the content farms that get highlighted nowadays due to them gaming the SEO so hard. It's the reason why I've added "Reddit" or "dpreview" or *insert relavent forum here* nowadays when doing a search.
ysleepanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@DMCO has written:

I agree with you. And, while it’s potentially possible to do so, it seems to me unlikely that a forum like this, populated by us, will be able to do so. Gen Z’s use the internet as a resource a LOT…. They don’t know a world without it….. they were literally born into a world with it……. If they are not here (or other forums like it) now, they probably won’t be.

One young photographer on these boards just posted on this forum a link to his/her telegram account. Predictably, the first number of responses were “what’s telegram?” , “I thought telegrams were no longer a thing”……. Maybe some folks were just having fun, IDK…. But that type of “fun” would certainly re-enforce the idea in my own kids minds that these forums are for dinosaurs and these type of forums will die with their customers. 30-years from now, the cycle will repeat, as it has for much of modern history.

You're not wrong. I'm finding a lot of the younger photographers on the r/photography subreddit, and their first instinct towards learning something is to ask for a video tutorial on YouTube. Very different from the early web days! I'll bet the percentage of people who know about Discord here is like 10%, and that's another place where I interact with a lot of young photographers.
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Ghundredpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
How old are we? As my wife says, old enough to know better, or too old to be doing that 😂😂😂
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leitzpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@DannoLeftForums has written:

How Old Are You?

And I mean physical age, not mental age which would be a different poll all together 😀
With 3700+ members it could be useful to get an idea of the age variations of members here.

Boredom is hell, isn't it!!
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DanHasLeftForumhelp_outline
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@leitz has written:

@DannoLeftForums has written:

How Old Are You?

And I mean physical age, not mental age which would be a different poll all together 😀
With 3700+ members it could be useful to get an idea of the age variations of members here.

Boredom is hell, isn't it!!

I wouldn't know but your post tells me you are speaking from experience.
leitzpanorama_fish_eye
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@DannoLeftForums has written:

I wouldn't know but your post tells me you are speaking from experience.

Right - experience reading this post. I know whose drivel to avoid in the future!
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2 years ago 2 years ago
@leitz has written:

@DannoLeftForums has written:

I wouldn't know but your post tells me you are speaking from experience.

Right - experience reading this post. I know whose drivel to avoid in the future!

And yet you keep replying :-)
AlanShlens
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2 years ago 2 years ago
Danno - please stop winding people up.

And others - just don't respond. It only makes him feel better.
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DanHasLeftForumhelp_outline
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@AlanSh has written:

Danno - please stop winding people up.

Leitz originally engaged with me with his post directed at me

@leitz has written:

@DannoLeftForums has written:

How Old Are You?

And I mean physical age, not mental age which would be a different poll all together 😀
With 3700+ members it could be useful to get an idea of the age variations of members here.

Boredom is hell, isn't it!!

not the other way around.

I replied as I am entitled to do, am I not?

He then decided to continue his engagement with me and I replied as I am entitled to do, am I not?