I loved this! Can you do a review on the EOS ELAN II? It's my go-to auto film camera and I would love to hear your thoughts.

Hi can I ask if the smart card reader mentioned in your amazon link is compatible with Macbook Air or do I need to get another cable? Thank you

My first digital camera was a Kodak MC3. Video, photo and MP3 player in one! Lol

where is tidal video?

All it needs for perfection is an AGS-101 screen

I'm a huge enjoyer of "modern" Cosina lenses personally, namely the Zeiss 85 1.4 in F mount and Voigtländer 35 1.4 Classic in Leica M. The feel and handling just make the experience so enjoyable, and the results hold up great on my X-T5 as well - add to that a selection of nice film sims and it's such a good shooting experience with the body's ergonomics and brilliant EVF & tilting rear screen in almost any situation (well, unless you need fast and tack sharp results reliably). It really just does something special. I feel like full frame is still missing bodies that share the same joy as using a Fuji or Olympus E-M5/10, though. Nikon's Zf is capable and looks the part in a way, but I just haven't found it as nice in the hand somehow. Maybe the gigantic Z mount adapter also plays a part in that feeling, though ..

Hello! I own this camera - the F828 and have been looking a replacement battery here in the US for a long time. The battery itself is a Li-lon 7.2V 11.5Wh Duracell, and I’d like any help I can get to find a new battery and or changer for this camera. Please please please!! I would love any help.

I do miss the innovative body designs of the late 90s & early 00s before everyone settled on the "35mm" compact design.

Hi, do you rememder the prices for really old cameras in this store. I love the Design of those old cameras and would like one or two from this store in two months. They dont have to function at all. Regards from Germany and a hahhy new year.

I had the 990 in the 2000s. Loved it... especially the tele-macro abilities. It served me very well for 8 years until it decided not to power on one day all of a sudden. Now that I looked at it again, I just realized it was the perfect body design for selfie shots, let alone high angle and low angle. Too bad we weren't as into selfies back in those days. It's definitely a camera ahead of its time. ⭐⭐⭐ Nikon should do a redux of the same body style (maybe a bit more compact) but with contemporary guts... .

I'm Korean and I didn't know Seoul is a good place for buying used cameras! I'll might go there and buy old EF glasses.

I got a used one a couple years ago and just loveit!! Always enjoy your dyno bytes reviews!!

I just bought this at the thrift for $1.99 today. The batteries I bought cost more than the actual camera! Thanks for making this video lol

Those prices are completely absurd for those cameras, including those digitals! luckily it seems I have a local antique shop nearby who's starting to include a lot of untested digital cameras for reasonably cheap. The majority of the cameras I wanted to test there were either broken, had severe battery leakage or just didn't appeal to me. But I did come home having bought an Olympus D-450Z and Kodak DC280, in working order, for $15 each (or really, closer to $10.50 USD since they had a 30% off Christmas sale). I will definitely come back and see if they got any more interesting cameras I can get a bargain on before the end of the Christmas sale at the end of the month.

Also my first digital camera. I loved the design you could also shoot high or low angle photos due to the rotating lens, now we have flippy screens.

That was probably my first digital camera. I almost wish I kept it.

We have a 995. These days it sits with our other older cameras. I now use a D850.

The 990 was a legend back in the time.

We adapted these to microscopes back in the day. Research submissions were so much faster compared to film.

Any shops like this but for digital cameras?

I have the camera and still lot pictures taken by it.

I shot a lot of images with these!

I have a CP 950 in great cosmetic condition which I absolutely loved to use, but after several months of using it as a daily the battery latches have cracked, so it's now better kept as a display piece. I just ordered a CP 990 as an upgrade and hope to use it for many more months, if not years, to come.

Pretty video;-)) Although a benevolant Nikonian, I have never been entirely content with Nikon's 1.4/50s until the end of the MF Nikkor lens era. However, the 1.4/50 is particularly made for low light use and then will satisfy. Most notably when using a half format digicam like my Nikon D300 on which it functions like a 75mm portrait telephoto lens.

Hi Gordon, yes I owned it and it was my very first digital camera. I had a commercial photo studio and each year I would do a shoot for a client who needed lots of shots of products that they might include in a catalog at a later date. I always shot film and after it was processed they did a slide show for their buyers to see which products would make the final cut for inclusion later in the catalog. I didn't charge my client a lot to do these preliminary pictures as I would later make more shooting the catalog for them. In 1997 they asked if I could take the pictures with this Sony camera that had just come out. We would shoot as their trade show was starting and then they could show their buyers the product in what was an early version of a PowerPoint program. I agreed and said if they bought me the camera I would not charge for taking the pictures for their presentation. I was so excited to have my first digital camera and still own it.

I relish your videos and it's a good day when you post a new one. Especially when I'm not working and have time to watch it. Very interesting camera, although I myself wouldn't be seen in public with such a hideous thing.

This was my first digital camera. I liked it a lot and still have it. I also have the wide angle attachment and I have a Part that allows to mount it together with a large flash. It's kind of an early cage and I used it to take pictures in the company I worked for. I also saw people from my local newspaper with this setup. They said it is the first time they got everything they where used from the big analog SLRs and this way it helped to speed up the workflow.

I still have two of those. One with the tipical door problem and the other just fine. Was used to make 360 vr with Ipix software ( and hardware), and to make 3d photos, as you can take two cameras and place each lens close enough to mimic human eye distances. And works!!

Hello I really like the warm colors that these cameras give their output. The design makes it quite good for stealth street photography because many people don't notice it's a camera. Have a 995 myself, which has been well looked after.

The Nikon 900 series cameras were pretty great, though it did disappoint when trying to use it for professional purposes. I tried, I tried. But I would love to have one today.

I had the 990 (and later the 995 which I didn't like as much). If Nikon were to update this camera keeping the form factor / design matched to current sensor and systems in side - I'd be first in line to buy one.

My first digital camera in 1999 was a Nikon Coolpix 950. I sold it to a coworker sometime around 2003. A year or two ago I bought a Coolpix 950 for $25 for my neighbors son. At the same time I also bought a Coolpix 990 for $40 for me. I was impressed with the design improvements of the 990, especially the much improved battery door and the repositioning of the CF slot. I kept it and have it on the shelf next to my Canon R7. Thanks.

That’s a camera I want to buy back when it was released but didn’t have the money! Thanks for the review Gordon and merry Christmas to you and your family

You should've filmed the whole review on that camera

Wonderful video! I love these styles of cameras. The ergonomics are great. Never had a Nikon, but I really liked the Pentax MX4 as a different approach to the a camera design. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas Gordon!

Dude. Those photos were fantastic. I am blown away. Please Gordon can we arrange a photo walk with your around Brighton? Maybe only 5-10 people but it would be wonderful. Lovely stuff dude.

I’m just about to watch this video, but every time I see this camera, I think that it is part of the foundation of the Internet becoming what it has become. Back then I remember that a few of the most successful websites featured models photographed using this series of Nikon cameras. I remember being fascinated that they could trigger studio strobes, unlike most of the non-professional digital cameras of the era. This and the Sony Mavica showed up the EXIF of a lot of photos back then.

Its interesting to see the rear control dial in that position. Maybe that's where the Z6/7 series get that position!

I did lust after that camera at the time. It's nice to know that Gordon guy knew what he was talking about a quarter century ago ;-) Happy holidays!

This style of camera completely passed me by around the turn of the millennium. I wasn’t following consumer tech closely at the time (that would begin in 2001) so these old cameras are genuine revelations to me. In 2000, my parents were still rocking a Pentax Zoom 70-S from 1988. It wasn’t until 2004 that we got our first digicam, the Sony DSC-P10. Great little camera that. And today I’m still using my old but well looked after Nikon Coolpix S8000 that I use for product photography believe it or not!

Loved my 950, that split body was super useful, whether shooting from a low view point, or holding the camera high over a crowd for example. Why isn’t that design still used?!

Cool video Gordon and great shots of Brighton which is looking decidedly chilly. Merry Christmas! P.S. Cool puns intended.

Thanks for this retro review, love it! Always amazed that the photos from these old digital cameras are still quite good.

I love these videos, such nostalgia!

I still have a 990 with me today. I bought it the year it was released and it has sentimental value. I used it a lot until the shutter button started to fail, the battery compartment door broke and I can't find a replacement. I was impressed with how well this camera has been maintained. It looks brand new. My first digital camera was a Kodak DC210, then the 990, the next Nikon was the Coolpix 5000 and years later I was able to buy a Nikon D60 DSLR.

Phil Askey (DPReview) in 2000 on the Nikon 990 >>>>> "In my personal opinion we'll reach a maximum pixel count, a level at which pro-sumers (those willing to spend upward of $1000 on a digital camera) will have enough pixels (probably around the 6.6 million pixel point - 3000 x 2200) and already demands are rising for increase CCD dimensions (physical size, to deal with some of the lens expense and problems)" 😂

Oh god, I had the 995 back then with the wide and fisheye adapters. Sadly they went to some lucky buyer on eBay. You are making me regret that I ever let it go. But I also sold off my FM2 and my D700 and my dF and my D5 eventually. Fastest turnaround was the D5. I drank the high mp Koolaid and sold all my excellent Nikon f/1.4 glass too and made a definitive jump to Sony. Favorites of all were that 995 twist and the D700. Also I had a D200 for awhile.

Remember the local newspaper bought some of these for the freelance journalist, for “great if you takes some photos while your there” usage. At the time I worked in a camera store/lab and the idea did not impress me, quality suitable for 10x15 cm prints ( in 300 dpi, newspapers use 150?) Of corse a camera geek disagrees 😂 I still had my F4 to lug around with and lots of Fujifilm P800 to spend.

My first dslr! Oh the great memories! Used it for a couple years until I upgraded to the Pentax K10D!

Great review Gordon. Never had Nikon dslr until recently. Had Canon 10D and Pentax K10D. Still have the K10D and going strong!