Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like an old person watch. The kind with Tommy Tell time hands. When it says its 19 minutes to 7 o'clock I can see how much of the hour I have left. Cant do that with a row of numbers. Cant visualize that as well. On 9/2/15 5:45 PM, "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > A friend found a nice Casio for a bit under $100 that sets itself from the > NIST broadcasts, and has the usual extra set of features like chronogaph. > Myself, I?m sticking to Timex. I?ve and very good luck with a number of > them. > Because of hearing loss, the sounds, like alarm and countdown timer are no > longer useful. But I definitely use the chronograph with the choice of > ?split? > or ?lap? display, and also use the ?night light? feature, which causes the > light to come on for a few seconds as the result of any button > push. Herb Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650.208.9417 Question authority > and the authorities will question you. > On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:25 PM, > Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > A lot of people don't need > and excuse to look at their iPhone. They'd prefer > to be looking at it every > minute and be walking down the sidewalk looking at > it and be driving their > car looking at it. I like to put it in my pocket > and not look at it for > five or ten minutes at a time. Give it a chance to > cool down > > > On > 8/30/15 9:29 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> > > > > > > -- > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. 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