When it comes to old phones, cameras, DVD players, amplifiers, music systems, in our house there is a rule that all of it is kept and never thrown out, not even considered for the trash. And I really like that, because I also sometimes go through all those things and, out of nostalgia, press all the buttons again, remembering how I used to do it as a kid, just to hear that loud "click" sound when you press one button and another one pops out. The same with cassette players, the same with changing speed on a turntable when switching from a single to an LP and back. But this time, this collector-style blog is focused on a bit "smaller" devices.
My favorite, my first and the only slider phone I ever had. Music on it was something realy special and the photos it took, just amazing! Such a sweet little phone, the color, the keypad, everything. I would honestly buy it again now if I could find a brand new one, untouched, and I'd probably start using it every day. 😊 It still works, the battery just lasts barely two or three minutes. And that chunky, wide charger that you pull out by kind of snapping it downward... 😍
This Motorola, even though it's smaller than today's phones, is so heavy that if you put it in your pocket and your pants are a bit loose, it would pull them down to your knees. So a belt was a must with it. xD
It had a game inside, something like "Apartment", where friends live together like in a TV show and their place literally looked like Monica's apartment. I also loved playing Tennis on the K750i, which I don't have in these photos, but it was also one of my all-time favorite little phones. You can tell I was always a fan of Sony Ericsson, until Samsung later took that spot.
Blueberry is a GPS device. I don't know much about it, it always confused me. xD I even struggle with Google Maps, I started relying on my own logic and we all know that female logic when it comes to navigation isn't exactly the best. 😁
A part of the closet above the TV, which we call the "buffet" (I don't know if that's correct or if other households call it that too), where we keep photo albums, some medicine supplies, documents, chess and so on, also holds all these little treasures on the side. That part of closer is closed, so it doesn't get dusty often, but from time to time, when I feel like seeing all those little things again, I open it and go through everything one by one, wiping off bits of dust, going through piles of photos again and rearranging things. If I find something that somehow ended up there but doesn't really belong and it's unuseful, I throw it away.
Those flip phones were the best, especially when you get annoyed and snap them shut dramatically, just like people used to slam down the receiver on a landline phone years ago; so it's both a useful mobile phone and stress therapy, two in one, perfect. 😁
This little Samsung also had a stylus and at that moment it was something really wow, until my sister and I lost it haha xD We usually used to switch phones when we got bored of the ones we had, or you just paint your phone with glitter nail polish, because why not?
Around that time, we also had some white ZTE phones that looked like the first iPhones, probably because of that shiny white color and their size. And then when that gets boring too, you just turn it around again and start painting it with nail polish, and when you get tired of it, you wipe it off with acetone and draw something new... :D
And a genius fix by our dad, when the little latch on the battery cover breaks and can’t stay in place anymore, a tiny screw comes in to save the day. ☺️
And then comes the more interesting part. I decide to find chargers for most of these devices, charge them up and remember what it was like to use them. Some of them can only work while plugged in, but even that is something. So I end up finding some old funny clips or MP3s that we used to share so freely over Bluetooth or even infrared. Do kids today even know what infrared is? I guess not… 😄
And now we come to something I'd dare to say is, overall, a bit more serious equipment, cameras, classic analog ones, digital ones and this black interesting that always catches my attention the most because it doesn't even look like a camera and even less does it fit into today's shallow pockets, yet it's called a pocket camera. Keystone XR108, ladies and gentlemen, I believe many of you still have it at home, don't you, #photographylovers? 😍
In the same photo, you can also see the Samsung ES17 with an incredible 12.2 megapixels and classic batteries - "the ones that go in a clock", that's how I used to remember the difference between it and the other one, the Sony Cyber-shot, which has that block-shaped battery and its own charger that looks like a computer mouse, just three times bigger.
And it'd funny now how we throw around big numbers when it comes to megapixels, while the photo quality is actually worse than it used to be on these. Sony had "only" 3.2, I think, and the photos weren't any worse than the ones from the Samsung, both were iqualy perfect!
And finally, the stars of this blog, FED3 and Zenit EM known as a "tank". @russia-btc, here's the part where Serbs are, by some unwritten rule, Russophiles again, haha. 😄
Both cameras are emblematic of Soviet-era photography, focusing on functional, all-metal construction over advanced electronics and they are generally paired with affordable, high-quality "Russian glass" lenses.
Here you can see that camera has the official logo of the 1980 Moscow Olympics on it. These special editions were manufactured roughly between 1978 and 1980 to celebrate the upcoming games.
That would be all for this quick trip back in time through old phones and cameras. I'm not sure if this kind of topic has already been in this lovely community with, but if not, I challenge you to show what you keep at home when it comes to these kinds of little treasures. Thank you for reading. 😊
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I love all this stuff, and that you have kept it all. But I'm just the opposite and get rid of the (most) things as soon as I replace them.
Your slider phone brought back happy memories of mine. Also a "one and only". I particularly remember being able to change the tone it made when opening and closing. Great fun!
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Yesss, changing those tones was the main thing, it was just the cutest 😄 And that little rounded "ass# bump on the back near the battery, someone was really thinking while designing it.
I'm really glad you liked the blog and that it brought back some nice memories 😊
You're such a hoarder!!! Keep them for a few more decades, and they might be worth something!!
Hihi, that's the right word! 😁
It's been ages since I've seen a Sony Ericsson phone!
I think my first mobile phone was an Alcatel, with a little antenna. I found the model, Alcatel One Touch Easy. Wasn't it cute? 😁 I got it from my parents when I was a student. I have no clue where it is now, but I do have a few old phones, once I posted about them, a long time ago.
hahaha, the phones nowadays wouldn't survive this kind of a "surgery" 😆
I googled it, was it blue, yellow...? Soo cute, in all colors. 😍
Hahaa, def not. xD
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Very interesting topic — when I get back home (in about a month), I’ll do a review of my old gear as well.
But you’ve got some real antiques there! The Zenit EM was a dream for many Soviet citizens. Even the simplest version cost around 15 rubles. 👍
By the way, in the USSR prices were often stamped directly on the items — take a look, you might find it.
And a limited edition camera could be worth quite a bit, especially considering how @erikah turns old paper into money 🤣
Ahh, I didn't know they used to write prices directly on the products, I'll have to check that too when I get home. 😁
Haha, I just love your inside jokes. I'll admit, I have no idea what it's about, but I always end up smiling anyway. 🤭
that helios lens on the zenit is still great to use :) i still use mine on modern Sony A7IV camera with an adapter
Quality doesn't know age. 😁 Wish I were more determined to actually try taking photos with them instead of just photographing them like this, but oh well. I have a beginner Nikon D3300 and it ends up collecting dust more often than I use it. :/
if you have a m42 mount on the helios lens on the zenit camer you can buy an adapter for it so you could use the lens on the nikon camera ;)
Just saw this. Thank youuuuu, I will definitely try that cause I am not 100 percent satisfied with pics that Nikon model is making. Don't have any knowledge about that, maybe it's just me and not the camera's fault. :D
that is hard to judge for me without knowing how you made the photo , did you use auto , M , A , S or P on the dial ?
what were the conditions ? what ISO did you use , what lens ? and what apperture . all those matter for making the perfect image .