djcastelli Posted December 13, 2006 Share #1 Posted December 13, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, I hope everyone is well. I want to put out a little brain teaser for these gloomy winter months. How much time have you spent exposing film (or a memory card)? Let me explain: if you take 125 pictures at 1/125th of a second, haven't you actually spent only 1 second in actual time recording images? Now, if you've been taking photos for, say 30 years, do all those exposures at 1/60th, 1/500, etc, add up to about 1 or 2 hours? More, less? Someone smarter than me could write a program to run on their computer, and come up with an answer. Any MIT people out there up to the challenge? I wish you all a happy and holy holiday season. Dan: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abrewer Posted December 14, 2006 Share #2 Posted December 14, 2006 Just putting this idea to work: I estimate fifty rolls 36 exp shot per year, for 1800 exposures and most of them @ 1/100...works out to 18 seconds annually, 9 minutes over thirty years. Not so bad I guess. Thanks. Allan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapfile Posted December 14, 2006 Share #3 Posted December 14, 2006 Well Daniel, if your question is taken literally, it's a lot longer than just frames exposed x shutter speed. Film, composition and processing take some resources. Jerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Hoge Posted December 14, 2006 Share #4 Posted December 14, 2006 Someone has too much time on their hands!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted December 14, 2006 Share #5 Posted December 14, 2006 Does that mean you want us to mainly use longer shutter speeds in order to intensify the picture taking process? :) Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted December 14, 2006 Share #6 Posted December 14, 2006 Someone has been watching Discovery Channel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twom4 Posted December 14, 2006 Share #7 Posted December 14, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Daniel is bored in this winter time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcastelli Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share #8 Posted December 17, 2006 Hi folks, Just trying to liven things up a bit...it can get stuffy and pompus around here at times. We're off to by the Christmas tree. Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted December 17, 2006 Share #9 Posted December 17, 2006 We're off to by the Christmas tree. Dan I never hear those words that I don't think of the scene in "Christmas Vacation".... Happy Holidays Dan! Thanks. Allan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted December 18, 2006 Share #10 Posted December 18, 2006 Actually, the question isn't as "uninteresting" as some responders make it out to be. There is a book of Robert Doisneau's work titled "Three Seconds from Eternity" "A hundreth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, maybe three seconds snatched from eternity." -- Robert Doisneau It is this very thing that defines the art of still photography. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted December 18, 2006 Share #11 Posted December 18, 2006 for these gloomy winter months.... summer here... no gloom..... no answer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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