LewisM
13-01-2020, 05:59 PM
Not a how to, just an observation.
Tidied up the garage yesterday, and discovered our 2 Panasonic DV camcorders. Both have not been used in 11 years, as the LAST thing they recorded was the birth of our first child :)
I put one of the batteries on, not expecting it to have ANY juice whatsoever...to be surprised it was at 100%. Tried the other 2 - one sitting on around 80%, the larger of them all having still 50% on it (the battery we always used). Turned on both cameras, both played from the tapes perfectly, both displayed from the SD card perfectly. No mold or crud on the tapes at all. Plugged both in to the TV (after finding the Firewire to USB converter :) ) - no issues. Decided not to relive the birth of No1...chosing instead to watch the footage wife took of us travelling accross the Nullabor and along the Bight on the way to Perth all those years ago.
Reminded me of the time I pulled the old Nokia 2G phone out of the glovebox in my car since the 2G network was shutdown, it's no longer useful as a backup/emergency phone :(. Turned it on...100% battery...and that had not been on for 15 years.
Do they build stuff like this any more? I know my old iPad mini will hold 100% turned on but static for at least a week and a half, and my Air will hold it for about 7 days, but not 11 let alone 15 years I am sure :) Heck, my iPhone SE seems to lose charge just looking at it, turned off :lol:
Tidied up the garage yesterday, and discovered our 2 Panasonic DV camcorders. Both have not been used in 11 years, as the LAST thing they recorded was the birth of our first child :)
I put one of the batteries on, not expecting it to have ANY juice whatsoever...to be surprised it was at 100%. Tried the other 2 - one sitting on around 80%, the larger of them all having still 50% on it (the battery we always used). Turned on both cameras, both played from the tapes perfectly, both displayed from the SD card perfectly. No mold or crud on the tapes at all. Plugged both in to the TV (after finding the Firewire to USB converter :) ) - no issues. Decided not to relive the birth of No1...chosing instead to watch the footage wife took of us travelling accross the Nullabor and along the Bight on the way to Perth all those years ago.
Reminded me of the time I pulled the old Nokia 2G phone out of the glovebox in my car since the 2G network was shutdown, it's no longer useful as a backup/emergency phone :(. Turned it on...100% battery...and that had not been on for 15 years.
Do they build stuff like this any more? I know my old iPad mini will hold 100% turned on but static for at least a week and a half, and my Air will hold it for about 7 days, but not 11 let alone 15 years I am sure :) Heck, my iPhone SE seems to lose charge just looking at it, turned off :lol: