Some two years ago my long time friend and co-worker Alberto died leaving his widow with a two room studio packed with film and sound equipment. The local University took some of the old cameras (Standard8 through 16mm to 4K) but nobody wanted all that rack mounted audio processing equipment. All that stuff is done in software now so heading to the dump is what once cost thousands of dollars of non-biodegradable metals that no-one wants to use or recycle
The moral is before equipment becomes obsolete trade it in or you will be left with yet another load for the landfill and whenever possible do it in software.
ned c
Old equipment
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Dave Watterson
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Re: Old equipment
Good point ... and as most of us on this forum are aging something we should all consider.
New kit is expensive, but often the reason we don't change is because we feel too tired to tackle learning how the new stuff works. Ironically it often works better and more easily than the old.
New kit is expensive, but often the reason we don't change is because we feel too tired to tackle learning how the new stuff works. Ironically it often works better and more easily than the old.