• The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
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    36 minutes ago

    A Bell & Howell 8mm/16mm projector and a handheld super 8 video camera that belonged to my dad. I’m not sure how old they are but probably late 70s/80s. From what I gather, he was very much into manual film editing.

  • Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de
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    50 minutes ago

    A panasonic lumix dmc-fz50 that I got from my mum after she got her new camera. It’s from 2007, so not that old, but still, it’s only three years younger than me. It takes pretty good photos for it’s age, especially macro shots. It’s biggest flaws are the display and view finder. The image in the view finder got yellow and foggy with time, to the point it’s almost unusable. And the display is rather dark so it’s no good in sunny weather.

  • m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    1 hour ago

    Bulova Accutron from the 60s. I also have a Heathkit oscilloscope which I think is of similar vintage.

  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 hour ago

    A Hitachi TRK-3D8 boombox from 1986 - you can see it sitting above my retro PC here.

    I got that for 12€ on eBay and that was the best deal I ever made. It has great audio range, the subwoofer packs a mean punch and it looks awesome. It’s the perfect device for a drum&bass enthusiast. Just put some batteries and a Bluetooth tape in and you can even take it outside (it’s quite heavy, though).

  • Lorindól@sopuli.xyz
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    2 hours ago

    I have a battery operated tube radio from mid to late 1940’s. It even works, but the battery it uses is getting rare and quite expensive. And my country doesn’t really use AM radio broadcasts anymore, so it’s more of a curiosity nowadays.

    I also have a lot of working stuff from the 1950’s, mostly radios and amplifiers. Great gear, and much easier to service than their modern counterparts.

  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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    3 hours ago

    1983 Lenco LRP 5450 DD record player &

    1998 Yamaha RX-496 RDS stereo receiver

    My stepfather got them for us 2nd hand for a joint present. Quite a decent system!

    Not a real audiophile, but it works well and we enjoy it.

    I also made a Google Home kind of thing out of it using an ESP32S3 that uses ESPHome, Home Assistant, and Music Assistant to make it a Spotify connect node to play Spotify through it, control it with an IR blaster, and use Voice Assistant with it if I am not too far (it has a single mema mic)

  • Bunbury@feddit.nlEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    I have an electric singer sewing machine from 1964 and another one from around 1950. Amazing how well they work.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Hah, you stumbled upon one of Lemmy’s weird UI quirks. If you start a line with a number and period, it assumes you’re making a numbered list. But that period is placed at a specific indent, so long numbers spill off the left side of the screen.

      1. Here’s what it is supposed to look like.

      (Adding a line break here)

      1. And here is what happens when the number is too long.

      It only works with 8 numbers or less though, because 99999999 is the highest value that the numbered list supports.