Help, I'm trapped in YouTube. It keeps showing me things I don't want to see yet can't help but watch. Jay Leno in a Model T rat rod. Old Letterman vs. Leno clips. Interviews with speaker designers. The difference between the SL-1200G and the SL-1200GR. And omigod, Russian dashcam videos—how is there anyone left alive on the roads of Russia?!?
It's evil. I'm helpless.
A few things:
• We got lots of great comments for the previous post, so check back later today to read some. (As soon as I escape from the clutches of YouTube I'll post more.)
• Looks like we're going to publishing a full Fuji GFX review. I'll keep you posted.
• The Gordon Lewis "Precipitation" Print Sale II starts soon! Be on the lookout. Three days only. We'll be offering one size, on 11x14" paper (image size not yet determined), for an affordable $149. This is the print we've gotten more requests for than any other over the years.
• I'm forgetting one thing I meant to include, but I'll stick it in later when it comes back to me. [UPDATE: Oh yeah, eye health. See the last link above.]
Have a nice weekend! Enjoy the Fall/Autumn.
Mike
UPDATE Saturday afternoon: That last link in the first paragraph was a mistake—I'm getting old—but it kinda works, so I'm leaving it the way it is. As a correction...there are a zillion Russian dashcam videos on YouTube, and they're all essentially the same, but here's one.
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Andrew: "I am strangely fascinated by the Wikipedia page titled List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate. Compared to the USA's 10.6 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year, Russia's score of 18.9 looks a fair bit worse. I'm always surprised that the UK (where I'm from) is in the top five globally with a score of 2.9, which makes even the USA look pretty terrible to me!"
I'm so sorry, Mike.
First immerse yourself in at least an hour of great music. Just listen, hear all the instruments. Focus. Finish with your favorite beverage. Just one. Savor it.
Now take a deep breath and start a photo project. If you can't think of anything begin a 365 until something emerges. The more immersed you get in something creative the better. Writing a blog doesn't count. That's just work.
Posted by: Michael McKee | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 12:12 PM
Count yourself lucky you didn't end up on tvtropes.com ;)
Posted by: Andy F | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 01:02 PM
Mike, boy, wolf, nuff said!
Posted by: Richard Parkin | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 01:25 PM
I particularly like the video associated with the Model T picture above, almost convinced me to try to find one for a winter project.
May still happen if I'm not careful.
Posted by: steveH | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 02:22 PM
Oh, damn! I finally was going to succumb to watching Russian dash cam videos, and yet your link (slyly) redirects to an article on healthy vision when aging, with emphasis on just stepping away from the computer. Intentional, or that last thing you meant to write about? I'm off to find that cup of coffee I just set down...
Posted by: Jonathan Hayes | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 02:26 PM
Sell the cameras, sell the audiophile gear, and get yourself a 1927 Model T Coupe. Chop the top to make it a little more streamlined and a lot more sporty.
During the 1970s my neighbor round-tripped his 27 T coupe from South Pasadena, CA to Buffalo NY. The engine was stock, but it did have a reversed Chevy gearbox for an overdrive.
Prevarication and obfuscation, plus recycling are the bloggers friends. You could keep writing TOP without owning a camera 8-)
Many photobloggers seem to do just fine with loaned cameras, prevarication, obfuscation and opinions recycled from DPReview commenters. ;-)
Posted by: cdembrey | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 03:20 PM
It's interesting to search for dashcam videos by country. For instance "chinese dashcam" turns up totally something else.
Posted by: hugh crawford | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 07:13 PM
Mike, unlike Jonathan, I did succumb to the Russian dashcam videos. Even though I should know better I wasted much too much time on them and it's all your fault!!!
You do realize the reason for all the dashcams is because of all the accidents and road insanity (a lot of drinking and driving over there). Before anybody complains about my remark--I'm half Russian and know many immigrants from there.
Posted by: George | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 08:53 PM
My name is Steve, and I am a tubeaholic.
I can't resist Jay Leno's garage, or the Motortrend channel, but my worst addiction is the B&W USAAF and USAF (post war) movies on how to fly various WW2 and cold war planes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPNhScILig
Posted by: Steve Jacob | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 10:15 PM
Addiction has strange bedfellows. Watching the Russian driving
accident YouTube tells me every other operator of any size motor vehicle is out to kill me. Some use their own vehicle as a weapon others simply drive as if they want to be in the afterlife, first, before anybody else.And take you with them.
Then too lousy driving conditions excaberated by a massive influx of vehicles in the last few years combined with the attitude anybody behind the controls can operate said vehicle in all situations.
Sort of like operating these new state of the art digital based cameras "anybody can operate same right out of the box." NOT!
Be careful out there, if the roads arer treacherous ask yourself "is this trip necessary?" Ditto if you're not feeling well.
[Amen, Bryce. --Mike]
Posted by: Bryce Lee | Saturday, 16 September 2017 at 10:38 PM
I try to stay away from youtube for the same reasons. Jay Leno's Garage McLaren F1 and Vincent Black Shadow episodes are my favorites, and I am more a Letterman guy than a Leno...
Posted by: David Lee | Sunday, 17 September 2017 at 02:12 AM
YouTube has gotten really good at seeking out what you (and others with similar tastes to you) like and showing them to you. It seems their algorithms have gotten really good in the past year or two. It's now as bad as TVTropes or Wikipedia in terms of following down the link-rabbit-hole.
Posted by: YS | Sunday, 17 September 2017 at 06:04 AM
Mike, contact Mark Osterman at the George Eastman Museum. He's just finishing his Model T roadster and is driving it to work... it's perfectly in tune with his hand-made photography practice. And making ambrotypes is a nice change from worrying about the next camera...
Posted by: Mark Sampson | Sunday, 17 September 2017 at 12:29 PM
I am a convert to web-blocking apps. I use Freedom (no experience with others -- they may be as good or better). Turn it on for an hour and marvel at how much you can get done when not bombarded with email, enticed by Youtube, etc.
Posted by: Andrew | Sunday, 17 September 2017 at 03:31 PM
Ahhh You Tube, it is an evil time vampire. It has pretty much replace TV for me. And I love Jay Leno's Garage
Posted by: Warren Jones | Sunday, 17 September 2017 at 07:18 PM
After a while and even the rush of the crazy russian dashcams has worn off and you need a fix of some hardcore you tube freakiness all I can say is google dr pimple popper and strap in.
Posted by: Peter McConvill | Monday, 18 September 2017 at 07:41 AM
My youtube Watch Later list has 400 videos in it. I will probably not get to them all before I die
Posted by: Max Cottrell | Monday, 18 September 2017 at 09:03 PM
The other night, after watching a flick on Netflix, for some reason I decided to dive into Russell Peters videos on YouTube. I could have been processing film, not to mention trying to organize my archive of negatives and transparencies.
Posted by: Earl Dunbar | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 11:25 AM