How technology changes hey! As does home decor. And I suppose new comfort is to be found in both.

About 20 plus years ago, in the early 2000s, my wife bought a tiny digital Pentax Optio camera. It had a very low pixel number, probably about 5, but it did have a tiny video capture capability with an internal microphone to capture sound on the video.

I wanted to capture a song I had just written. No iPads or iPhones existed then. So I sat down at the dining room table, set up the Optio camera and sang into it. I was a bit surprised at the sound quality. Not great. But I thought the recorded voice would be really tinny. I also seem to remember that it could only record for about a maximum of a minute at a time. Something to do with not realising it depended on quality of video choice. Higher quality image, less time recording availability. I had no idea there were choices! Well I did. But after a few recordings were made. Hence the two separate videos here to the first longer ‘November’ song. And then the short timing writing choices for the two Pink Hearts ditty songs.

These videos were found on Flickr a fair few months ago. I revisited and found I could download them. With the recent Apple home recording project presently being worked on, it made me chuckle. One extreme to another I suppose. What is ironic is that I struggled as much with this camera’s technical simplicity then as I am doing with the new Apple M2 recordings now.

However. Even though I struggle with technology. Modern day quality to be used in our own homes is a World apart from those early year 2000 days. How fast it has moved from a period of almost 25 years. Unbelievable. And where is it going to go over the next 25 years.

For example. These latter two whimsy catches were simply capturing silly videos on about 5 megapixels for imagery. A bunch of self drawn naive cartoon doodles were drawn into a cheap paper notebook to then turn the pages over as the camera recorded them as I sang the song in my head. And then off to the beach to capture moving dune grass that had pixelation quality that only 5 mega pixels at lower image quality choice, to allow longer recording choice, can realistically capture.

Then the nutty sequence of uploading the little videos to the laptop. Followed by:

First turning the laptop speakers down to block out sound. Secondly pointing the camera at the laptop screen to record the moving imagery without said sound. Thirdly singing into the camera whilst doing so. Fourthly uploading the whole new camera capture of images again with singing now added. Posted them to Flickr, where it is now current day downloaded back again into my iPad. And finally now uploaded to here on WordPress.

What a malarkey.

Anyway. Here is a blog theme to while away a bit of spare time on a Sunday morning. Technology, and decor, then and now. Hopefully puts a smile on your faces. Cheers.

AND FINALLY…..DECOR:

THE GUITAR VIDEOS UP TOP WERE RECORDED AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE. OUR DINING ROOM, THANKFULLY, LOOKS A BIT NICER NOWADAYS.