photigragraphy's comments

This is a really fun and great site! The resurgence of popularity with analog processes is exciting. While I've been fortunate to have grown up around film (and through the consumer switch to digital) I know the learning curve is much more difficult for those getting into it now.

Personally I view it as a fantastic alternative to both the process of taking photos and the results. I really enjoy working with mechanical cameras and really "seeing" a photo in my minds eye before I capture a scene in reality - a discipline that I find more difficult to practice with digital workflows. Something peaceful and soul feeding about having only a handful of potential photographs (say three 4x5 film holders on a day hike) which forces you to really slow down and focus on each shot.

In the United States the vast majority of lap pools are 25 yards. For club, high school, and collegiate swimming 25 yard pools are also the standard and most likely won’t change anytime soon - it’s one thing to adjust a track to run meters versus yards but there are thousands of already built pools that can’t be “extended”. Having said that, it’s not hard to find a long course (50m) or short course (25m) pool either as all international records and competition are held in those formats. Usually a 50m pool with either have a movable bulkhead that can dynamically be adjusted for a specific length, or also common is a 50mx25yd length to be able to have two options.

I agree a comparison with those would be interesting however the article does explicitly state which sources are included in the analysis:

  Here we limit our comparison to the dominant energy sources—brown coal, coal, oil, gas, biomass and nuclear energy; in 2014 these sources accounted for about 96% of global energy production.1

Having used a touchbar MacBook Pro for the last year daily (both for developing and casual use) I also agree with the article. For the most part I ignore it as I usually have a tethered monitor and keyboard setup. However for those times when I do work directly off the keyboard I more often than not accidentally hit a button (the worst being accidentally triggering a build and being tied up for 10 seconds trying to frantically cancel).

I think it would transcend gimmick into useful feature if they added haptic feedback of some kind when it is used. I have plenty of memorized keyboard shortcuts so that I do not need to avert my eyes from the screen when typing, something that the touchbar requires to actually properly use. With some kind of physical feedback I would be more easily able to integrate it's use into my workflows, especially so if you could customize haptic feedback based on virtual buttons.

As a 'millennial' hobby photographer that enjoys working with film cameras this is great news! However I find some of these comments disheartening.

There is a lot of discussion of the merits of film versus digital capture which really isn't the point or why someone would necessarily choose to shoot film today. Much like how a better camera doesn't automatically take better photos the same goes with the film vs digital debate. A camera, and film/digital sensor, is a tool that is used accomplish an ends (capturing an image). One tool might be easier to use or have more control or some other quality of preference. Similarly, a given film might subjectively have a preferred color palette or a sensor have more flexibility. I shoot film because it requires me to slow down and think about each shot; I can't fallback on "guess and check" for exposure or composition.

Another thing to note is that much of the film market (both pro and consumer) have stabilized in recent years. Kodak (also Kodak Alaris) and the other manufacturers have adapted to be able to meet the lower demand of a niche market. A great example of this is Ilford.

Anyway, I am just excited to have an excuse to shoot some slides this year!

Fair point. I suppose I have the perspective of "If my workflow worked fine before why should I change it?"

Also chances are if you shot several gigs of data you are using your own external card reader, especially so if you aren't using SD cards. I can transfer 32GB from a CF card in about 3 minutes with my USB3 reader too.

On a personal note I still shoot film and am perhaps a bit more comfortable with longer latency than most others.

While I understand the author's perspective of the ease of smartphones for photography he is really only viewing a subset of photographers. In this instance his audience would be photojournalists who need to minimize the time from capture to presentation. Once could also see those casual users who want to share their images on social media quickly too.

The author's view excludes fine art photography as well as a number of other types which value quality of speed and quantity. If you need or want to deliver images fast then yes camera companies are in 'denial', but I would argue the majority of photographers aren't.

That is true but also does not account for BART delays. A friend commutes that way and it is usually more of a 1.5 hour commute.

Having grown up around that area, and now living in Redwood City, that $1800/month house is surrounded by bad neighborhoods and a broken school district.

Concord and Martinez would be a much better and slightly closer option. I found 3bed 2bath rental Concord for $2300 last year for example.

In college I wrote a (miserable) Modula-2 compiler. Its funny seeing Oberon-2 being used in the wild but brings back a touch of nostalgia.