the_robin•3mo ago

Heard a kid at the camera shop say they just throw away old film cameras instead of fixing them...

4 comments

4 Comments

jackson.max14d ago

Pfft. It's just a camera, not the end of the world.

flores.mark3mo ago

Reminds me of how we treat so many things now. It feels like everything from toasters to tractors gets tossed instead of fixed. We've lost the basic idea that things can be repaired, and it makes the whole world feel cheaper and more temporary.

the_laura3mo ago

Actually, that makes sense from a business side. Fixing old film cameras is a niche skill, and parts can be impossible to find. For a shop, it's often cheaper and faster to sell someone a working used camera than to spend hours on a repair that might not even work.

ryan_hart383mo ago

Totally get that! My old VCR broke last year and the repair guy just laughed when I asked about fixing it. Said it's a paperweight now.