I have the 3 books and didn't even think about them until you brought it up. Not only would Ansel have loved digital cameras, he would have had the insight and ability to document their application in ways that no one else can or is doing.
Have you seen the picture of his enlarger that had something like 20 lightbulbs in an arry in the lighthouse with each one of them brought out to a toggle switch? The sort of mind that builds such a device could only be enthused about digitial technology.
An even more interesting question would be how he would create his prints. I suspect he would have a Lightjet printer, though the new inkjets with grayscale inks might have been interesting to him.
One of Ansel's most interesting quotes was to the question "what kind of camera should I get" His response was "the biggest one you can carry." He used 8x10 view cameras in his prime, but had no regrets using the Hasselblad system in his older years. If you translate "biggest" into "the highest resolution and dynamic range", there would be no problem with using a digital camera
These cameras were considered to be amateur grade when they were new with the result that most used ones are still in good condition. Compare this with most of the pro-grade used cameras that are pretty much clapped out when they hit the used market.
The Mamiya/Sekors have a very nice spot meter, a good, bright finder and surprisingly good lenses.
There are millions of used lenses available for the Pentax style screw lens mount.
I have a shelf full of old cameras and the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL is the one I take down when I need to bring home an image.
You're talking about generalized safety issues relating to software. I still maintain that the discussion, valid or not, has very little relevence to hardware compliance testing.
BTW for FCC part 68 testing, stuff connected to the telephone network, there are some specific tests regarding the way the firmware works. So yes, there can be some overlap.
Is a regular on rec.crafts.metalworking and has promised to answer questions there concerning the cruise missile. You might want to keep an eye on the newgroup if you're interested.
Approvals are for specific safety and RF interference issues, not for functionality or reliability.
The FCC/CE wants to make sure that your widget doesn't interfere with the other widgets. UL/CSA wants to make sure your widget doesn't burn the house down.
I know that CE has some EMI susceptablilty stuff that isn't exactly safety, but for the most part, the issue is making a safe, non-interfering widget. The widget could fail in 2 days, as long as it fails safely.
You are posing a question that is pretty much unrelated to hardware approvals.
They are phasing out all CRT manufacturing, cheap Chinese CD-RW drives are more reliable than theirs, their Broadcast division is in shambles because what once took $1,000,000 worth of Sony equipment now can be done with a $1,000 camcorder and a PC.
Sony is in a world of hurt, with massive layoffs in progress and on the way.
The next Walkman myth undoubtably helps Sony execs sleep better at night.
All these principles are good and valid, but in the end it will be your character that determines it. Not until you lie awake a few night sweating about making payroll will you know if you are up to it. Not until you have to turn down a big juicy contract that you know you just can't fulfill, a big contract that would mean months of security, will you know what kind of leader that you are.
Furthermore, the big disappointment will be the customers themselves. As you strive to ship a quality product for a fair price, they will beat you up wanting more, for less before it's done. Or as a friend said, "they want God in a box for free"
In the 80's, the Japanese industry/government complex declared a massive project to completely redefine and *own* operating systems and application software.
Since at the time, they had finished doing just that with consumer electronics industry and were well on the way to doing just that to the automotive industry, most CS types were justifably concerned.
Well, the rest of the story is that it didn't happen. Not even a whimper of it got over to the western world.
We had a nailed-up Centrex ISDN connection to another build for about 4 years through PacBell aka SBC. We replaced it with SDSL a few months ago. It took 4 months of calling, faxing, and sending complaints to the state attorney general's office for them to stop billing us for the ISDN. Every fsking time we called, we took down names and were given assurances that it would be taken off and nothing happend. I can't help but think that it's a pattern and that they see a nice revenue stream from companies that don't take the time to fight.
I mean, really...
I'd google it up for you if I wasn't so busy keeping the script kiddies out of the redhat boxs and trying to figure out how a 10-year old perl scrip is supposed to work and writing an interrupt driver in x86 assy. Call up fsking NASA and ask them.
Or go watch a Wright brothers movie and get inspired to build your own wind tunnel and warping wings.
Yeah, right. Ask fsking slashdot about airfoils...
The "War Driver" was caught naked from the waist down driving the wrong way down a one-way street, with a laptop in hand.
I'm trying to figure out how he was driving if he had the laptop in one hand and, well you know where I'm going with this...
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It's all in the delivery. Now stop whining and try again.
Enough said.
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Or another PR prick...
Have you seen the picture of his enlarger that had something like 20 lightbulbs in an arry in the lighthouse with each one of them brought out to a toggle switch? The sort of mind that builds such a device could only be enthused about digitial technology.
An even more interesting question would be how he would create his prints. I suspect he would have a Lightjet printer, though the new inkjets with grayscale inks might have been interesting to him.
One of Ansel's most interesting quotes was to the question "what kind of camera should I get" His response was "the biggest one you can carry." He used 8x10 view cameras in his prime, but had no regrets using the Hasselblad system in his older years. If you translate "biggest" into "the highest resolution and dynamic range", there would be no problem with using a digital camera
The Mamiya/Sekors have a very nice spot meter, a good, bright finder and surprisingly good lenses.
There are millions of used lenses available for the Pentax style screw lens mount.
I have a shelf full of old cameras and the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL is the one I take down when I need to bring home an image.
BTW for FCC part 68 testing, stuff connected to the telephone network, there are some specific tests regarding the way the firmware works. So yes, there can be some overlap.
Is a regular on rec.crafts.metalworking and has promised to answer questions there concerning the cruise missile. You might want to keep an eye on the newgroup if you're interested.
The FCC/CE wants to make sure that your widget doesn't interfere with the other widgets. UL/CSA wants to make sure your widget doesn't burn the house down.
I know that CE has some EMI susceptablilty stuff that isn't exactly safety, but for the most part, the issue is making a safe, non-interfering widget. The widget could fail in 2 days, as long as it fails safely.
You are posing a question that is pretty much unrelated to hardware approvals.
I have a good friend deeply embedded in Sony middle management and I spent an afternoon listening to his concerns.
Sony is in a world of hurt, with massive layoffs in progress and on the way.
The next Walkman myth undoubtably helps Sony execs sleep better at night.
Or did anyone else wonder why Sony was concerned about Program Segment Prefixes?
Furthermore, the big disappointment will be the customers themselves. As you strive to ship a quality product for a fair price, they will beat you up wanting more, for less before it's done. Or as a friend said, "they want God in a box for free"
I wish you well. You will live in exciting times.
All your dll's are belong to us.
Since at the time, they had finished doing just that with consumer electronics industry and were well on the way to doing just that to the automotive industry, most CS types were justifably concerned.
Well, the rest of the story is that it didn't happen. Not even a whimper of it got over to the western world.
We had a nailed-up Centrex ISDN connection to another build for about 4 years through PacBell aka SBC. We replaced it with SDSL a few months ago. It took 4 months of calling, faxing, and sending complaints to the state attorney general's office for them to stop billing us for the ISDN. Every fsking time we called, we took down names and were given assurances that it would be taken off and nothing happend. I can't help but think that it's a pattern and that they see a nice revenue stream from companies that don't take the time to fight.
I mean, really... I'd google it up for you if I wasn't so busy keeping the script kiddies out of the redhat boxs and trying to figure out how a 10-year old perl scrip is supposed to work and writing an interrupt driver in x86 assy. Call up fsking NASA and ask them. Or go watch a Wright brothers movie and get inspired to build your own wind tunnel and warping wings. Yeah, right. Ask fsking slashdot about airfoils...
I've heard of a couple incidences of hapless field service techs backing over them with their cars. Still worked.
The "War Driver" was caught naked from the waist down driving the wrong way down a one-way street, with a laptop in hand. I'm trying to figure out how he was driving if he had the laptop in one hand and, well you know where I'm going with this...
A different matter entirely.
IP-over-farts...
It's not a chip, it's a module the size of a palm pilot. It *might* be a chip in 5 years. Big difference.
Does it matter?