What devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?
What devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?
When I was a kid my family owned a device whose sole purpose was to rewind vhs tapes.
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I have my dad's old Pentax camera and accessories, as well as a Super 8mm film camera, unused film cannisters, and a projector with a screen. It's all still functional, and I could still film stuff with the 8mm. I could use the Pentax but I would need to go out of my way to get film for it. Shit probably costs way more now than it did when I first got into photography.
I also still have one of those CD/DVD repair things. Put a scratched CD in, run it, and it smooths out the scratches and, most of the time, makes an unplayable disc perfectly fine again.
My wife has her old Canon with a few nice lenses. It probably wouldn't be super hard to convert it to digital, I've seen projects like that on Hackaday.
Analog photography is also on a bit of a resurgence. As long as it takes 35mm film there shouldn't be any issues getting film or having it developed somewhere (apart from the high prices).
It's become a bit of a hobby for me lately. Analog photography requires more commitment when taking pictures and the images also have this lovely analog aesthetic. In a weird way it's also fun to have to wait until you see your images. Once you're finally through a roll and have it developed, you're taken back to all the memories you've photographed in the past weeks/months.
Yeah but neither of us long for the days of film. We like the zero cost per shot so you can take 20 shots hoping a few turn out.
All those repair things ever did for me was scratch my discs in an interesting pattern