Computer memory - now vs. then
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yes, and the head was analog control! which meant constant service, then came digital control, and later of course, the advent of SolidState memory (flash). It was really the flash that really made the digital SLR a reality, the sensors had been around for a while, but until the image could be stored in a nonvolitile memory, digital cameras were not practical.
Now,, you can have 128G in your camera! wow.
In reality, I have reached my space that no longer needs to carry spare cards on a shoot! so sweet. I still have to carry a spare battery on all day shoots, but if the charge starts at 100%, typically can run off of the single battery.
Now,, you can have 128G in your camera! wow.
In reality, I have reached my space that no longer needs to carry spare cards on a shoot! so sweet. I still have to carry a spare battery on all day shoots, but if the charge starts at 100%, typically can run off of the single battery.
Horoscope Fish
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Lexar laughs at your puny 128GB card, goes balls to the wall with a 256GB Model; reportedly, just for s--ts and grins. World bemused.
There's a lot of things that have changed in a big way that most of us take for granted. For instance, back in the late 60's my father had a stomach ulcer that required surgery and almost an entire month to recuperate. The cost of the surgery and time off was fairly large. Now you can "cure" a stomach ulcer for around $60 worth of pills taken over a month or so with no time off of work. We've changed so many things in just the last 30 yrs that it's hard to even remember what it was like before we had these things.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I broke my leg when I was 16 and they thought they were going to have to remove the leg. Kept the leg but they told me that by the time I was 50 I probably would not be able to walk. I was told I needed a knee replacement before I was 50 years old and that the replacements would only last maybe ten years. I waited till I was almost 60 to get it replaced and was told that the knee I have now would probably last the rest of my life.
Technology of all sorts is growing at an exponential rate. Moore's law is a good example. This trend has continued for more than half a century. However, the 2010 update to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors has growth slowing at the end of 2013,[SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law#cite_note-14[/SUP]after which time transistor counts and densities are to double only every three years.
Technology of all sorts is growing at an exponential rate. Moore's law is a good example. This trend has continued for more than half a century. However, the 2010 update to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors has growth slowing at the end of 2013,[SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law#cite_note-14[/SUP]after which time transistor counts and densities are to double only every three years.
well,, I suspect that if you reached the stage of needing surgery, it would cost way more today for the surgery,, and most likely you would have to be back to work in 3 days,, where bet your dad had insurance.
but, I agree that the pace of change is across more than just electronics.
but, I agree that the pace of change is across more than just electronics.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
No way to be back to work in three days with a knee replacement unless you were like me. I worked in the hospital the next day. All I needed was a wifi connection and my laptop.
Lucky I had very good insurance since the surgery was more than $50,000 and worth every penny of it.
When I took my first computer programming course in college, I learned APL & PL/I (yeah, IBM was just down the road, and they supplied the computers free to the university). When I took physical chemistry lab, the professor would not let me use the computer to plot my data and generate graphs. He said it wasn't fair to the other students who had to plot hundreds of points by hand. Now, students do not even know how to do a simple bar graph most of the time. I always hate having to teach them how to graph, something they are supposed to already know. Wait, they don't have to, they can just use their graphing calculators!!! 
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Being an old man and on some really good drugs I thank you.