Polaroid Camera

A couple of people wanna see it, so here goes.

When I started using my first Lomography camera on my 31st birthday, I began to enjoy the reputation as that guy who carries around a weird-looking analogue camera.

Actually, it wasn't all that recent. I first had that reputation much earlier than that. 25 years earlier, to be exact. I received a Polaroid camera for my 6th birthday. I used to carry it around taking photos of any old rubbish until all the film was used up.

I was disappointed, as I'm sure you were, when Polaroid went bankrupt two years ago and ceased production of SX-70 film. Hopefully Polaroid revivalists The Impossible Project will toss a few of their stocks down to Van Diemen's Land, and the little grey box below will rise again. Retro? Don't insult my intelligence. Let us now. In return we offer a little incentive.

Pete's Polaroid Land Camera, manufactured 1983 (final year)

Antiques Roadshow - Modem

This valuable antique is a 28k modem, given regular use in the days of dial-up internet but in near mint condition. Back in 2000, it took about 10 minutes to download an mp3 file. By contrast, it took 1 hour, 14 minutes to load a 3 minute video on Youtube this morning via 'broadband'. Perhaps the state government could use its surplus cash to improve our mediocre broadband network (and hospitals), instead of blowing it all on lame car races.

Just a thought.