I have an idea for a new thread...

[Eddy Gordo]

 

Found it!

[Long Wheel Base]

Men repairing storm damage to Graf Zeppelin while flying over the Atlantic, 1934

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Makes you wonder when was the first time a photo was taken? I mean the quality isn't half bad then already. Some people take worse photos than that with new stuff.

[GrahamS2]

Makes you wonder when was the first time a photo was taken? I mean the quality isn't half bad then already. Some people take worse photos than that with new stuff.

Over a century earlier

 

http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Daguerreotype-Daguerre-Atelier-1837.jpg

[geomark]

Makes you wonder when was the first time a photo was taken? I mean the quality isn't half bad then already. Some people take worse photos than that with new stuff.

Think around the 1830's, but was a major production with large fixed cameras, silver nitrate glass plates and loooong exposures.  Long time before we got to small portable cameras and celluloid film.

[Hairy]

you mean when a photographer was a professional, and not just a person who bought a high res digital camera

Think around the 1830's, but was a major production with large fixed cameras, silver nitrate glass plates and loooong exposures.  Long time before we got to small portable cameras and celluloid film.

[Long Wheel Base]

Over a century earlier

 

http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Daguerreotype-Daguerre-Atelier-1837.jpg

Thanks, very interesting read.

Off topic, How do you do that thing where you name the link something and it goes blue? Instead of just posting the full link.

[DJR]

Over a century earlier

 

 

Cool link 

[Hairy]

https://mymodernmet.com/100-what-time-creates-anastasia-pottinger/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tuxstir]

Thanks, very interesting read.

Off topic, How do you do that thing where you name the link something and it goes blue? Instead of just posting the full link.

 select the word/Words you want to use as a link. hit the link icon.. copy in Url and press ok

[Long Wheel Base]

 select the word/Words you want to use as a link. hit the link icon.. copy in Url and press ok

Thank You, I will give it a go.

[Long Wheel Base]

 select the word/Words you want to use as a link. hit the link icon.. copy in Url and press ok

Link icon?

[Tuxstir]

Link icon?

 

 

[Paddaman]

Good ol' days when the cops drove 3.0 Ghias

 

They still do in Brakpan

[Slowbee]

Good ol' days when the cops drove 3.0 Ghias

 

I call fake, photoshop.

 

There is still vegetation and not ash.

[CAAD4]

Good ol' days when the cops drove 3.0 Ghias

 

Those B registrations were a dead give away...

[Uni]

How cute is this

https://twitter.com/m_yosry2012/status/1084089512467279872?s=19