Children of the digital age, LOL.

pathdoc · 09-23-2015, 04:34 AM - **1 Like**

So this morning I took a picture of the kids with my new (to me) Spotmatic, and Miss Four wanted to see the picture - and who can blame her, when she's grown up around my K-5?

I told her no, this is one of my film cameras (she already knows what those are), and Master Six (who knows equally well, since I've let him help me load and unload one) said the immortal words:

"You have to take it out and download the film."

Which, considering he never has seen and probably never will see a rapid-process (film) photo lab, is not too bad for that age!

I must try to show them one, next time we're in a big city.

ukhozi · 09-23-2015, 07:27 AM

Good one! But, who can blame him? You´re a dinosaur!

normhead · 09-23-2015, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by ukhozi

Good one! But, who can blame him? You´re a dinosaur!

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

ukhozi · 09-23-2015, 07:49 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Not at all!

I qualify as a dinosaur myself in many (old fashioned) ways. Just the other day I gave a telephone book to a kid to look up a number. You should have seen that puzzeled look. Ended up in explaining that all the names are in alphabetical order.

pathdoc · 09-23-2015, 09:11 AM

My wife sometimes calls me a refugee from the fifties, but there are certain photographic luxuries (on-board metering with linked stop-down, for example) I'm not ready to give up yet. It's still the sixties for me, although some of my slide rules are probably older than all of my cameras and lenses.

Jamey777 · 10-02-2015, 05:49 AM

Yup good to know I am not the only one that happens to. What is really confusing is they don't notice the difference with say my MX or my K-01 :-)

I just purchased an K-S2 but will be shooting it 'film style' with the lcd hidden so I can play even more games with them!

Tom S. · 10-02-2015, 06:23 AM

Moved to proper area.

pathdoc · 10-02-2015, 07:45 AM

Originally posted by Tom S.

Moved to proper area.

Thanks. I wasn't exactly sure what area to put it in - I intended it as a general commentary and it could have gone in either the DSLR or the film sections, so I went for a more nonspecific approach.

g026r · 10-02-2015, 08:03 AM

Originally posted by Jamey777

Yup good to know I am not the only one that happens to. What is really confusing is they don't notice the difference with say my MX or my K-01 :-)

I've had my nephew do similar to me when I was shooting with my Kiev. Then had to explain film to him, as he'd never encountered it.

(Also had a woman the other day who was very worried that I had taken her photo and who wanted me to delete it. That took a bit of explaining to calm her down, as when I told her that I couldn't delete it even if she was in the photo -- she wasn't -- she wanted me to prove that I hadn't taken a photo of her.)

**TomB_tx** · 10-02-2015, 08:10 AM - **2 Likes**

Back in the 1950s I remember a kid at school got his first camera (likely a Kodak Brownie with 127 film), and told how he loaded the film, went out and took a picture, then opened the camera and tried to strip off the paper to find the picture. That was due to all the TV ads for the then new Polaroid with the strip-apart film.
So the Polaroid generation wasn't much different...

pathdoc · 10-02-2015, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by TomB_tx

and told how he loaded the film, went out and took a picture, then opened the camera and tried to strip off the paper to find the picture. That was due to all the TV ads for the then new Polaroid with the strip-apart film.

*facepalm* Did it not enter his head that that wasn't the sort of camera he was using?

It's going to confuse the hell out of my kids that in all likelihood the next "new" camera I bring home will be the full-frame, and then they won't ask to see the pic because they'll think it's another film body. That'll serve me right!

**TomB_tx** · 10-02-2015, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by pathdoc

*facepalm* Did it not enter his head that that wasn't the sort of camera he was using?

Well, as I recall he was 6 or 7 at the time...

eypandabear · 10-03-2015, 11:39 AM

I introduced my 8 year old godson to my K1000 and mentioned that the pictures would be in black and white. He exlaimed "Black and white! Really?", grabbed the camera and looked through the viewfinder incredulously.

09-23-2015, 04:34 AM - 1 Like	#1
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381	Children of the digital age, LOL. So this morning I took a picture of the kids with my new (to me) Spotmatic, and Miss Four wanted to see the picture - and who can blame her, when she's grown up around my K-5? I told her no, this is one of my film cameras (she already knows what those are), and Master Six (who knows equally well, since I've let him help me load and unload one) said the immortal words: "You have to take it out and download the film." Which, considering he never has seen and probably never will see a rapid-process (film) photo lab, is not too bad for that age! I must try to show them one, next time we're in a big city.

10-02-2015, 08:03 AM	#9
g026r Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,074	Originally posted by Jamey777 Yup good to know I am not the only one that happens to. What is really confusing is they don't notice the difference with say my MX or my K-01 :-) I've had my nephew do similar to me when I was shooting with my Kiev. Then had to explain film to him, as he'd never encountered it. (Also had a woman the other day who was very worried that I had taken her photo and who wanted me to delete it. That took a bit of explaining to calm her down, as when I told her that I couldn't delete it even if she was in the photo -- she wasn't -- she wanted me to prove that I hadn't taken a photo of her.) Last edited by g026r; 10-02-2015 at 11:23 AM.

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09-23-2015, 07:27 AM	#2
ukhozi Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 79	Good one! But, who can blame him? You´re a dinosaur!

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normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by ukhozi Good one! But, who can blame him? You´re a dinosaur! Not that there's anything wrong with that.

09-23-2015, 07:49 AM	#4
ukhozi Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 79	Originally posted by normhead Not that there's anything wrong with that. Not at all! I qualify as a dinosaur myself in many (old fashioned) ways. Just the other day I gave a telephone book to a kid to look up a number. You should have seen that puzzeled look. Ended up in explaining that all the names are in alphabetical order.

09-23-2015, 09:11 AM	#5
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381 Original Poster	My wife sometimes calls me a refugee from the fifties, but there are certain photographic luxuries (on-board metering with linked stop-down, for example) I'm not ready to give up yet. It's still the sixties for me, although some of my slide rules are probably older than all of my cameras and lenses.

10-02-2015, 05:49 AM	#6
Jamey777 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 426	Yup good to know I am not the only one that happens to. What is really confusing is they don't notice the difference with say my MX or my K-01 :-) I just purchased an K-S2 but will be shooting it 'film style' with the lcd hidden so I can play even more games with them!

10-02-2015, 06:23 AM	#7
Tom S. Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Michigan Photos: Albums Posts: 4,317	Moved to proper area.

10-02-2015, 07:45 AM	#8
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381 Original Poster	Originally posted by Tom S. Moved to proper area. Thanks. I wasn't exactly sure what area to put it in - I intended it as a general commentary and it could have gone in either the DSLR or the film sections, so I went for a more nonspecific approach.

10-02-2015, 08:10 AM - 2 Likes	#10
TomB_tx Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,446	Back in the 1950s I remember a kid at school got his first camera (likely a Kodak Brownie with 127 film), and told how he loaded the film, went out and took a picture, then opened the camera and tried to strip off the paper to find the picture. That was due to all the TV ads for the then new Polaroid with the strip-apart film. So the Polaroid generation wasn't much different...

10-02-2015, 09:43 AM	#11
pathdoc Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,381 Original Poster	Originally posted by TomB_tx and told how he loaded the film, went out and took a picture, then opened the camera and tried to strip off the paper to find the picture. That was due to all the TV ads for the then new Polaroid with the strip-apart film. facepalm Did it not enter his head that that wasn't the sort of camera he was using? It's going to confuse the hell out of my kids that in all likelihood the next "new" camera I bring home will be the full-frame, and then they won't ask to see the pic because they'll think it's another film body. That'll serve me right!

10-02-2015, 09:56 AM	#12
TomB_tx Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,446	Originally posted by pathdoc facepalm Did it not enter his head that that wasn't the sort of camera he was using? Well, as I recall he was 6 or 7 at the time...

10-03-2015, 11:39 AM	#13
eypandabear New Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Leiden (NL) Posts: 8	I introduced my 8 year old godson to my K1000 and mentioned that the pictures would be in black and white. He exlaimed "Black and white! Really?", grabbed the camera and looked through the viewfinder incredulously.