Topic: 17 Signs That You Were Alive Before the Age of Digital Photography

[Francois]

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/01/17-signs-that-you-were-alive-before-the-age-of-digital-photography

[AJShepherd]

I aspire to number 1.
I was going to get (2) but not sure if it'll save me anythng.
 I own a number 3.
I did use something like 4.
I have No. 5.
I never used 6 as I had flashBULBS.
Nobody thought 7 was cool.
If only modern DSLRs used 8.
Never used 9 or 10 as I'm not in that league.
I had no idea what 11 was, never bought a number 12.
I have used 13.
I have a slide projector just not that model (14)
I've not used 15, 16 and don't own 17.

[ManuelL]

Now that bokeh looks gruesome. I guess most lenses from 1890 make nicer out of focus areas.
As a kid I often used number 7 and number 13 

[Francois]

The bokeh is from a mirror lens. Great for saving your back as they're light as a feather.

[sapata]

That topic should be called "17 signs that you're getting old!!" 

[Terry]

Guilty on all counts.  I still have a box of white gloves and I use them for their intended purpose!  Though I have graduated from changing bags to changing tents...

[Late Developer]

Reasonably accurate though:
- Never owned a catadioptric (mirror) lens
- Never owned (but have used) a monstrous lens like 9.
- I don't recognise number 11
- Never even contemplated buying 12 or 13, even when they were popular
- I've got 2 projectors 1 x 35mm and 1 x 120 and a battery powered 35mm slide viewer.

[charles binns]

I think my grey hair, paunch and the jaded expression on my face are signs enough that I pre date the digital age!

[Francois]

What makes me a bit worried is that I know or use/have used most of the stuff listed there and I'm not that old... not even a gray hair 

1- I have sheet film holders
2- I have a bulk loader that I bought for the film inside it
3- I have used a changing bag until it disintegrated
4- I have a few dodgers on a hook
5- I have too many cable releases to count (probably around three)
6- I have used flashbulbs when I was a kid on my Polaroid
7- I still have my catadioptric lens
8- This is the classic Nikon groundglass... I much prefered the one with the 45° prism
9- I actually wanted the bigger one that you could split in two for transport
10- First time I saw this in a Nikon handbook, I thought it was totally fantastic with a motor drive!
11- Polaroid stabilizer... these smelled pretty funky. I think I still have some lying somewhere
12- I wanted one of these sooo bad when I was a kid!
13- I still have a few cameras for this, and a roll from when I was a kid that I never got processed since I had a camera malfunction
14- I have an older model projector with the additional stack loader!
15- I also had a big table that came from a factory
16- I have a nice collection of lupes that are way better than this one
17- I now rarely use them, I simply try to be careful...

Now, I wonder what that says about me???

[Dave Dunne]

Initially I didn't recognize number 4 - That tool doesn't have the word "Kellogg's" written on it.

[Francois]

Initially I didn't recognize number 4 - That tool doesn't have the word "Kellogg's" written on it.

LOL 

[astrobeck]

I have a few of the #11's.

The Polaroid Stabilizer is that funky wand thing with goop on it that you smeared across a black and white instant print to stabilize it.
They do indeed smell funky.  Something like a cross between fixer and nail polish, perhaps.

When I was in high school I used to be my late mum's photo assistant when she was out making photos for the newspaper.
My main task was to stabilize the Polaroids. 

Never owned a disc camera!

[chricela]

What beautiful Arsenal! .....I still have 11 out of the 17.....I don't think I could ever let go.