It's pretty hard to get a good image of a light-emitting device. The average exposure over the device is low compared with the light-emitting part, and even if you expose manually, getting the correct exposure for the filament (or whatever) means the rest of the scene is dark. I have this problem with coloured LEDs too.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM Leroy Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Last night I watched the entire movie. Notable things I picked up were > that > the images from the tubes look washed out white instead of neon orange. > Also noticed that they must have been using them in the original 2-tube > configuration as Lectrascan made them. The is because the "underscore" > segment > is at the top in many scenes. Also very cool how they used some sort of > a pattern generator > to get the weird symbols. > > On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 9:55:43 AM UTC-5 Robert G. Schaffrath > wrote: > >> By 1977 you could still get the complete boards with two tubes for around >> $6 IIRC. The hyperinflation that kicked in right around that time pushed >> used tubes without the board to $4/each from Meshna in 1979. The studio >> getting the complete boards would be necessary if they needed the sockets >> as well. My first board came from PolyPaks in 1976 for $5 IIRC. >> >> The B-7971’s are probably the only thing notable in that movie. I found >> it on YouTube and I need to clear an hour and a half to watch it again. The >> quantity they used is impressive. I hope they are in someone’s collection >> somewhere. >> On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 9:23:29 AM UTC-5 gregebert wrote: >> >>> I watched the original last night; seems like a good chunk of the movie >>> budget was spent on the nixies, most likely the PolyPaks bargain barrel (I >>> think they were less than 5 USD per tube). Also, an honorable mention goes >>> to the tomato that got squished at the supermarket. Anyone remember "Attack >>> of the Killer Tomatoes" ? >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-8 Robert G. Schaffrath >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Now we know where all the Earth’s supply of B-7971’s went. They are >>>> being used in alien spacecraft. If they eventually set up their own >>>> manufacturing plants then perhaps someday, if we establish formal >>>> relations, we will have access to a huge supply like back in the 70’s 😂 >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-5 martin martin wrote: >>>> >>>>> I’ve always wondered what aliens look like. >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 04:15 Robert G. Schaffrath < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I remember that movie LOL. Saw it on TV around 1979 IIRC. I had long >>>>>> forgotten the title but remembered seeing the B7971’s as I had several by >>>>>> that time. The only other thing I remembered was Robert Vaughn and >>>>>> wondering how he got himself into that mess of a movie LOL. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder where those tubes wound up. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:52:52 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Watched the Rifftrax version of "Starship Invasions" - 1977 turd of >>>>>>> a movie. You can find the original on Youtube - but if you're >>>>>>> familiar >>>>>>> with the Rifftrax treatment of movies you should check out their version >>>>>>> instead which makes fun of it all. B-7971 tubes all over the alien >>>>>>> spaceships walls, just displaying random segments and not much else... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [image: Starship_Invasions_7971-1.png][image: >>>>>>> Starship_Invasions_7971-2.png][image: Starship_Invasions_7971-3.png] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7ee668e4-b8d0-481d-8761-92fb4fb3f332n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7ee668e4-b8d0-481d-8761-92fb4fb3f332n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYruNehznqZBKcLpEHoVGqGnBm2fo%2BhQDN9KxJPZd0V7RBg%40mail.gmail.com.
