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Military videotape-editing station, 1973. and a small mystery (media.piefed.social)
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I'm not happy about this one, but I've run in to a brick wall so far looking for more info. So I'm going to need some AI-spotters to help me figure this one out, please. Unless of course I'm wrong, and both pics are legit. But I have my doubts...

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In any case, this particular AV videotape station allegedly belonged to the US army, and in the 2nd pic, it's a PFC Mathesen who's the particular technician posing.

EDIT: Mystery seems solved thanks to a couple folks below. Evidently these are two genuine photos, likely shot the same day. I remain curious about the first person's uniform though, since it seems so different from the second person's.

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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (6 children)

The poles could be further apart than they seem. The poles could be for a lighting rig for professional photos?

Her nametag might be blurred out for privacy reasons. Though it is not very blurred, might jsut be a problem with fous, after all it was purely manual back then wasn't it?

Now I am not saying you aren't right but there could be multiple explanations.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    If her name tag was blurred for privacy it would be blurred much, much more than that. Nobody moves the slider to, "almost enough to read" 😁

    Also, I've never seen a clipboard that long, have you?

    I've seen folios that long. Usually the old school kind that you'd find at a lawyer's office. I think someone assumed that guy was holding a clipboard and included it in the prompt.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    p.s. look at the chair shadow, the light does seem to come from the left and possibly the height of those poles. It would make sense for those. (They are also brighter lit at the top, with a sharp drop of in brightness) And a guy in the military taking professional photos might not have actually been a professional photographer, depending on what the photos were for.

    p.s. Oh an also they could be close together to form one light source to create better shadows. It is a small room and if they were farther apart it might look weirdly lit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    You might be right, but I just think we can't say with any surety, since all of it might have a mundane explanation compared to six fingers or impossible shadows etc.

    I would not want to say a clipboard that long has never existed, maybe they were a thing at the time of the photo.

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