Old tech I still use

[Jon]

I still use my old Nintendo DS Lite when I travel. The battery lasts forever and it's just fun in a way that new handhelds aren't. What old tech do you still use??

 

[Robin1]

I still rely on my classic Canon film camera

 

[critterpicker]

I still rely on my classic Canon film camera

Do you find it hard to find film? I went digital several years ago, just because I couldn't find film or a place to get it developed.

 

[Toyboy]

I've got a pair of Nikon motor drive 35mm and a Mamiya 2.25 medium format that Ive not used in years. I used to take a lot of photos but slowly backed off. I'm not sure where to find film or processing anymore either.

 

[Tabby]

I gave up buying film cameras, film and developing back before digital was fashionable. The cost savings with a digital camera were astronomical back then, and still are today. Film processing is all done as well as stored on my computer, which has good points and bad points. The good points, already mentioned. However the bad point is that your photos are now all on a hard drive, and hard drives fail. When I saw my photos starting to fade and otherwise deteriorate I rushed to change them to digital. All the things that I did as a kid were converted, things my Dad and I did together, the first rabbit I was able to bag with my Daisy Red Ryder, all the fish we caught on our excursions to Minnesota and Wisconsin, all my Army pictures to include Vietnam, different people I knew and were friends with to include my best friend Amy who was a MP and killed in the line of duty, early pictures of my son growing up all digital. All was well until one of the discs on the hard drive came apart and destroyed all the data on the drive as well as making it unrecoverable. This was before there was such a thing as a cloud and all backups were done on hard drives where data was routinely backed up, but not things like photos. Lesson learned was never to trust anything that has anything to do with computers without being able to back things up, even stuff that is sup secure in the cloud.

 

[Tom L]

Still have my Minolta X570 alongside with a telephoto if needed. There are still a few places to buy and develop 35mm here. Not cheap, but not faked nine ways from Sunday either. Maybe I am too cynical, but I have very little trust in digital photos. Assume all are photoshopped or some AI wizardry. Happy New Year and God's blessings in 2026!

 

[Tabby]

Still have my Minolta X570 alongside with a telephoto if needed. There are still a few places to buy and develop 35mm here. Not cheap, but not faked nine ways from Sunday either. Maybe I am too cynical, but I have very little trust in digital photos. Assume all are photoshopped or some AI wizardry. Happy New Year and God's blessings in 2026!

There is some truth about digital photos being photo shopped. However if you take them and then store them where others cannot get to them they should remain pure, just keep them out of the cloud.

 

[Tom L]

There is some truth about digital photos being photo shopped. However if you take them and then store them where others cannot get to them they should remain pure, just keep them out of the cloud.

Good idea, thanks.