A Hole in Technology
The other night, I was watching a tech show on the tech channel...
Wait, that's not true. I only get the tech channel to watch Reviews on the Run, and that was what I was watching, but I got distracted at the end and another show was allowed to load up, one I would never voluntarily watch.
Anyway, my point is that I glanced up and discovered that on said tech show they were punching a hole through a digital SLR camera. I was horrified. Then I realised what they were doing, and cringed worse.
They were *making a pinhole camera*.
Now, the tech channel is for current tech. I won't say cutting edge, because who wants cutting edge, you want the tech after the kinks are out and the price is down. This would not have been current tech unless you were watching the show on a magic lantern. Still, that wasn't what made me cringe.
For those of you who are not photo geeks, I should mention that SLRs are considered top of the line cameras. Or at least as top of the line as anyone who is not Freeman Patterson could ever hope to touch.
And here's the thing, I've never even seen one, except on tv. Because they are thousands of dollars, and I don't know anyone that rich.
So watching someone rip apart and drive an awl through something, something rare, something most people can't have or even imagine touching was, yea, pretty irritating.
*Especially* knowing the traditional way to make a pinhole camera is with a cardboard box.
Wait, that's not true. I only get the tech channel to watch Reviews on the Run, and that was what I was watching, but I got distracted at the end and another show was allowed to load up, one I would never voluntarily watch.
Anyway, my point is that I glanced up and discovered that on said tech show they were punching a hole through a digital SLR camera. I was horrified. Then I realised what they were doing, and cringed worse.
They were *making a pinhole camera*.
Now, the tech channel is for current tech. I won't say cutting edge, because who wants cutting edge, you want the tech after the kinks are out and the price is down. This would not have been current tech unless you were watching the show on a magic lantern. Still, that wasn't what made me cringe.
For those of you who are not photo geeks, I should mention that SLRs are considered top of the line cameras. Or at least as top of the line as anyone who is not Freeman Patterson could ever hope to touch.
And here's the thing, I've never even seen one, except on tv. Because they are thousands of dollars, and I don't know anyone that rich.
So watching someone rip apart and drive an awl through something, something rare, something most people can't have or even imagine touching was, yea, pretty irritating.
*Especially* knowing the traditional way to make a pinhole camera is with a cardboard box.
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