u newbies are so lucky

yesterday i went to dollar tree and they had spot light solar garden lights for a buck lol

ps i can say newbies in a week or so is my 18 th year of being on this forum! lol this is either very sad or cool or nothing at all lol

You veterans got to witness a bunch of what must have been seen as magic taking place back in the day.
You too are lucky to play a role in how those $1 solar lights came about.

bykfixer said:

You veterans got to witness a bunch of what must have been seen as magic taking place back in the day.
You too are lucky to play a role in how those $1 solar lights came about.

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good points

Funny you should mention that.

As a Photographer for the past 50 YEARS,
I have seen lots of progress and changes.


Had a Darkroom in my basement, where I developed and printed
my Black & White film.

For color, I'd often wait a WEEK to view my results.


Now --
these "kids" can snap a photo on their cellphones,
and share it on "The Internet" in a matter of seconds.

Burgess said:

Funny you should mention that.

As a Photographer for the past 50 YEARS,
I have seen lots of progress and changes.


Had a Darkroom in my basement, where I developed and printed
my Black & White film.

For color, I'd often wait a WEEK to view my results.


Now --
these "kids" can snap a photo on their cellphones,
and share it on "The Internet" in a matter of seconds.

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i recall probaly the first digital camera was at the mall guy had a kiosk where he took pics and put them on shirts etc etc. now id guess it cost him around 10 grand .now you can buy a cellphonr with 16 million pixels .id guees his was like 50 pixels! you could see each pixel lol

My first digital camera was 0.9 megapixels. Even thumbnail size photos were fuzzy.

My first LED flashlight was a triple LED that put out 12 lumens. As in 4 lumens from each LED and it was labeled "super bright". Until 2014 I thought that was all an LED could put out until a coworker showed me his 350
lumen flashlight. I was blown away by that thing, and soon after joined CPF.
My wallet has been thinner ever since.

"u newbies are so lucky"

I went from single XM-L2 excitement eight years ago when I was a newb, to 18 x XHP70.2 excitement, to 4 x SBT90.2 excitement.

Recall anxiously awaiting my Arc LSH-S 79.00 on sale, rated at 14-18 lumens (not 100% sure on that figure but it was very low compared to choices available today), think it was around 2003.

rhodiuman said:

Recall anxiously awaiting my Arc LSH-S 79.00 on sale, rated at 14-18 lumens (not 100% sure on that figure but it was very low compared to choices available today), think it was around 2003.

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omg i wanted that light so bad

Arc/hds. Oh my. Yes they got a lot of us hooked didn't they?😁

bykfixer said:

You veterans got to witness a bunch of what must have been seen as magic taking place back in the day.
You too are lucky to play a role in how those $1 solar lights came about.

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This is what I was thinking… it was pure magic around 2007.