old Kodak cameras

[robertwgross]

Today I was visiting an old historic ranch house that dates back to about 1890-1930. As I wandered around looking at the antiques, I spied an old Kodak camera. It had a 1913 patent date on it. It was a folding thing, about ten inches tall. Its film size appeared to be similar to 120-type.

Some yahoo kid was wandering around there, and I asked him if he knew what that was. He looked for a second and said "Its a camera." I agreed.

Then he asked me how many megapixels it had.

<sheesh>

(Bob walks away muttering to himself, "They send them to school, and they give them books, but still they don't learn anything ...")

---Bob Gross---

[mikesd]

How many megapixels made me chuckle Bob, reminds me of a study I once saw where school children were asked how do you spell relief and over 70% responded r-o-l-a-i-d-s :lol:

[Redbird_xo]

It might be possible that the kid was not in the "zone" to appreciate "old things." Speaking from personal experience, I didn't pay much atttention to history when I was a kid. Years had gone by and I find myself reading Encarta Encyclopedia on history matters these days.

[robertwgross]

Speaking from personal experience, I didn't pay much atttention to history when I was a kid.

...because there wasn't so much of it back then.

---Bob Gross---

[CyberDyneSystems]

:lol: :lol:

This reminds of my Sisters 7 year old.... visiting my place recently...

Looks at me "hi fi" and says,. "what is THAT?" pointing to the very well preserved top of the line fluid damped Turntable and tonearm.

[FlyingPete]

There is a whole generation growing up at the moment (pre-teens, especially my wee girl of 14 months, who has grown up with a camera in her face- digital I might add) that will assume we always had computers at home, the internet has always been there, you can review what you have just taken on all cameras and all toys need batteries.

They will also have never heard of camera film, LP's, VHS, and real printed Encyclopaedias, and cassette tapes.

[mikesd]

good point Pete, and



I guess the more things change ; the more they stay the same. Unlike my parents I grew up never knowing what it was like to not have indoor plumbing, an automobile in the family, or a television in the house.

[Scottes]

Unlike my parents I grew up never knowing what it was like to not have indoor plumbing, an automobile in the family, or a television in the house.

Kinda makes me hope that I don't miss much of the cool stuff when I get old. I wanna live a to a lucid 140 just to check out the new toys that come out for Christmas of 2104.

[FlyingPete]

Kinda makes me hope that I don't miss much of the cool stuff when I get old. I wanna live a to a lucid 140 just to check out the new toys that come out for Christmas of 2104.

"What a digital camera? 0's and 1's stuff? Does it really still use a CMOS sensor and flash memory? Perhaps a museum will give you something for it?"

[mikesd]

Kinda makes me hope that I don't miss much of the cool stuff when I get old. I wanna live a to a lucid 140 just to check out the new toys that come out for Christmas of 2104.

Other than family, that will be one of my biggest regrets also!:cry:

[Redbird_xo]

With the boom in technologies in the last two decades, many of us will vision what's like in distance future. My hope is to see what's like half a century from now on video conferencing technology. My bet (uneducated) is that people will be able to switch on an integrated device (like what we call them hi-fi and high definition LCD T.V. today) and be talking and seeing friends and relatives with better than DVD resolution. Dwindling in face-to-face social interaction might become a hauntingly debated issue in the future.