you can occasionally find these at goodwills or on ebay for like $70, 90% of the time they just need new belts for the carousel. they even have a special port on the back that lets you daisychain two of em together and share outputs, AND they read home-burned cd-text. it’s a physical media pirate’s dream machine lol

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tbf I only have it because a family friend wanted to get rid of it and decided the easiest way was asking my dumbass if I wanted it

[–] yuri@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i’ve happened into SO MUCH vintage audio gear this exact way hahahah

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I love collecting vintage electronics but it's starting to become an unhealthy habit. I have a closet that's just full of junk.

I buy every Polaroid I happen across at second hand stores in the hopes that I'll find one that works but they never do :(

I also have an old film reel projector I found at Goodwill for cheap a while back. No idea if it works, I don't have any fuckin film to test

One of these days I'm gonna get my own TLC special

[–] yuri@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

lmao we’ve had opposite experiences! i bought 2 old-ass polaroid land cameras that were perfectly functional, and took probably 50 pictures on each of em before the prices on fp-100c film started creeping above $1 per shot.

the impossible project continues to make type 100 film, but they currently charge ~$50 for THREE shots. for context the discontinued fp-100c filmpacks come in 10 packs and would run you ~$100 today. upsettingly high, but STILL CHEAPER than the modern replacement :c

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the film was another issue I had. I only ever had to worry about SX-70 and 600 type films, and while the price was nowhere near that bad, they were still pretty pricey. (Especially when the camera didn't fucking work)

That and unless you have reliable access to recycling it's a huge landfill generator. Each film cartridge comes with its own non rechargeable lithium battery.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i forgot those later filmpacks had batteries, golly what a boondoggle! at least polaroid is making em first party again, maybe someday it’ll be an affordable medium lmao

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I don't think it's polaroid themselves, IIRC The Impossible Project bought the rights to the Polaroid name