matthewb
@matthewb
I have a couple that I haven’t unleashed on farcaster yet but the most obscure is definitely hybrid analog-digital photo processes, most notably: - drum scanning: high-end film digitization with photomultiplier tubes (vacuum tubes) and point source halogen illumination - lightjet printing: analog chromogenic prints (C-prints) made with digital files, LED or laser printers in a darkroom, and RA4 chemistry both of which I could talk your ear off, though would be so insanely niche that you’d probably tune me out.
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Clifford
@cliffordusher.eth
Fascinating subject! My life pretty much revolves around hybrid analog / digital creation and I’m also fascinated by abandoned older technologies that are actually amazing
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matthewb
@matthewb
definitely share your interest there, big time. I was obsessed with this type of obsolescent tech in my previous career in photography (hybrid analog/digital processes) and now mostly get to explore that through my hi-fi hobby (amps, preamps, DACs, all that). interestingly enough, vacuum tubes were a constant between those two eras. what type of hybrid analog/digital stuff are you up to these days?
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Clifford
@cliffordusher.eth
I want to get into some holographic stuff or silver gelatin prints and other mediums that just can’t be recreated on normal screens
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Clifford
@cliffordusher.eth
I also shoot on film and edit digitally. I recently did a studio visit with a photographer who is generating with AI, printing large and then photographing the print with a large format camera from the 1890s
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Clifford
@cliffordusher.eth
I was recently talking to @rinanicolae about optical compressors and light dependent resistors, haha. I record, mix and master music with a combo of analog, outboard and digital gear. Vacuum tubes in some of it like guitar amps.
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