Strange movies and new camera chatter
Too bad that I hadn’t skipped over the choice, when it was offered on Netflix. But the elements were there: a train, Danny Glover and Leelee Sobieski. Mainly the train.
I”m a sucker for railway themes in movies. Goes back a long way. If someone said that I could have my own train, I might even do a happy dance. Instead, I watch movies. This time around, I had to wait until the very end to find out that I’d taken the wrong route.
Night Train is not your ordinary fare. No super-duper special effects. A consist that isn’t North American (IMDb says Bulgaria). No start, no destination. Just a small list of passengers that could have slipped out of an episode of the Twilight Zone. No scenery shots (other than some snow). And a box. In case you stumble across this title, I’ll avoid giving you the plot line, but the path isn’t a straight line. Just saying.
After a quick trip to one of the photo dealers at the end of the work day, we now have another camera in the house. Nothing too gadget; a Panasonic Lumix DHC-FM25R.
The lens wears the Leica label, which may mean a whole lot, or nothing at all. My hope is for salvation through historical reputation, or something similar.
What is surprising is how far the digital camera has come in the last couple of decades. Somewhere around here, there is an early contender for the “coolest thing ever”… an Epson PhotoPC.
I know; a camera is a camera. But, the Epson served only to sell batteries, and the image quality was primitive. 640 by 480 pixel grid. Nothing more. A proof-of-concept. By comparison, the new camera can produce 16.1 Megapixel images. I can’t count that high.
