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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

submitted 11 months ago by bartolomeo@suppo.fi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Polaroid Land camera, ~1950. Found it after my grandparents passed. Never tried using it, it's just neat.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're a lot of fun if you can get the film. Some company reverse engineered it and then went out of business, but I think there are still options if you're willing to pay $2 a photo.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Polaroid is making a comeback. You can get film in Walmart now.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ohhh really? I have one too, figured it was just a neat decoration on my camera shelf now. Maybe I'll dust it off and use it again!

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Go for it. Keep in mind, theres two types of film now though. "Retro" and "modern". Don't remember the classifications. Either way, modern doesn't work in retro cameras cause there's no built in battery.

Box should make it clear, but I know I grab without reading the box all the time. Figures I'd give a warning.

[–] Guster@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There's a neat video showcase of their process/factory on YouTube. Forgot which channel made it but think something like veritasium/sed

[–] Truthwatcher@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Smarter Every Day did a film factory tour series, I think it was Kodak. He's got some cool film photography videos.

[–] malijaffri@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

Not sure if this is the one you're referring to, but NileRed made a video on this:

https://youtu.be/h8OB-GKWjrc

[–] Devdogg@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

They actually made a LEGO Polaroid camera. Should be coming out next year?

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Think my dad has one of those.. he has a bunch of old cameras his father used to use.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I have a Kodak Brownie here somewhere. I've never tried using it, but it should work - the shutter spring is in place and functional. The mirror for the viewfinder is messed up, too, so I might not be able to frame the shot correctly either.