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Admiral Gloval ![]() Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 18739 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 ![]() |
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Rendezvous with Rama? |
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Dr Who Fan ![]() Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 2918 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 ![]() |
Go find your "boom-box" from the 1980's along with some Disco music.... Cassette Tapes Are Almost Cool Again Tapes are due for a midlife crisis. Invented in 1963 by Lou Ottens and later introduced at the Funkausstellung radio exhibition in Berlin, compact cassettes would go on to become the most prevalent form of prerecorded music from 1983, when they began outselling records, until 1991, when the CD became the most popular medium. |
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Go find your "boom-box" from the 1980's along with some Disco music.... I still have several devices to play tapes, and plenty in my collection, along with records of 33's, 45's, and 78's. ![]() |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13471 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 ![]() ![]() |
I even have some tapes for my Philips N1700 player!!! Now there is a bit of ancient history. Grant Darwin NT |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13471 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 ![]() ![]() |
Still have the Betamax top loader as well. But not quite collectors items YET !! Beta top loaders were collectors items about the time Beta eventually lost out to VHS. :-) Grant Darwin NT |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
I have several Sony Elcaset decks, and blank tapes for them. A very cool but short-lived format. Meow! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ![]() |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13471 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 ![]() ![]() |
I have several Sony Elcaset decks, and blank tapes for them. I hadn't heard of that one. Looks like it lasted about as long as DCC (which was meant to be a competitor to DAT- but DAT was was already well established in professional use, even though it never gained any acceptance for general public use, as neither did DCC). Grant Darwin NT |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Elcaset wiki. Sony Elecaset on ebay. They are a sought after collector's item, and commanding a good price. Meow. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ![]() |
W-K 666 ![]() Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 18303 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 ![]() ![]() |
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Sirius B ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24681 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 ![]() |
Love one of the comments: "Car is worth $500, but this commercial is priceless." |
Dr Who Fan ![]() Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 2918 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 ![]() |
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Admiral Gloval ![]() Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 18739 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Nice picture Chris. You have a much better camera than anything I have access to. All I can do is get a little pill sized moon. ![]() ![]() |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 21529 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
Great picture Chris. This just shows how far on the small bridge cameras have come-on in recent years. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Here was the night before the full moon. This view was from the albuquerque airport. This was hand held. I tried to zoom in closer but keeping it steady was not eazy. This is with a Nikon P900 16MP24-2000mm or 83x Optical Zoom. ![]() Here is what it is capable of with a tripod. ![]() |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 21529 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
Hand-held shooting with long lenses is quite an art, and does involve quite a few wasted shots. When I get home I'll post one I took a few days ago with a D7000 and a Sigma 500mm zoom at full stretch (equivalent to about x15, 50mm is equivalent to about x1.5). I tend to work handheld as it gives me the mobility to grab shots without having to work out how to position the tripod etc. - one day I'll try using the Sigma on a tripod and see what it will really do.... At the other extreme I've done time lapse star trails using a 10mm (x 0.2) and they are "quite mind bending" these are typically made from ~1000 off 20second exposures - one does need still & cloudless which and they are VERY rare in the UK at this time of year :-( And one definitely needs to use a tripod and dew heater for them, even in the summer! Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 21529 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
Stuck a couple of Lunar shots in the photos thread. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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I can remember hearing on TV, "The Eagle has landed". People in Houston were about to turn blue(probably not literally), since the LEM was about out of fuel for the descent stage. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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Shockingly good detail on the moon picture! ![]() |
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