Everyone is Buying Vintage Digicams Because of This...

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Should I shoot an entire portrait session with these?

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

I support this!

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

@@AnthonyGugliotta We'll set one up!

[@lucbrto]

Yes sirrrr!

[@leandrobautista6581]

Did you ever make the photoshoot video with the Kodack camera?

[@itsjorgieeSF]

Majority of photographers in the world don’t understand the fundamentals of photography. Yes digi cams have limitations but if you apply fundamentals such as understanding lighting, composition, decisive moments, camera settings Iso, shutter speeds, Aperture. All these things can help you make great photos regardless of the limitations. One thing digicams get criticized for is “dynamic range” low megapixels bad low lighting capabilities. If you have well there’s solutions for that tripod and underexposing for highlights Can literally remove the stigma

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Well said!

[@Awytoo]

​@@StefanoLombardoYTbut these cameras as well as film point and shoots are the exact solution for those who don't know and don't want to learn the basics. So it's more like a lazy tool rather than a cool instrument for creatives. Marketing and KZbin creators embraced it for the same lazy reasons. Easy to explain and to sell people. Nothing more.

[@wpss5]

@@Awytoo many people see photography as more of a hobby than anything else and sometimes just want to click nice pictures without spending too much time fixing the settings up. For scenarios such as road trips, vacations, spending time with friends, wouldn't you rather spend time enjoying the present, in that moment, than trying to get the perfect shot? In that case, digicams and P&S are perfect, because they let you enjoy the moment AND click some nice pictures without having to compromise on one or the other. And idk, I've seen some people click way better and emotive pictures on P&S than some with professional equipment, because they aren't blindly shooting pictures, but considering the moment, the composition, lighting, etc. It's weird to say all those with P&S or digicams aren't creative, or have no idea about the basics, because in the end, photography can be a professional career or a fun hobby, and it really isn't all about the technicalities. Some people just want to have fun with their camera and it's their choice, so why should we police their fun.

[@c0smoKram3r]

Yes but people who know what they're doing appreciate how these digicams DON'T have good dynamic range compared to the ultra perfect photos from modern cameras.

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

I had no idea the digicams were coming back around. I have a couple I never got rid of that I bought new. I have bought new batteries and refreshed them last year. So I am curious to know what they be worth.

[@YeahItsThatBad]

In the not to distant future: "I just love the tones that I can get on this iphone 4, I feel so grounded and connected to my art when I use this phone camera!"

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

😂😂😂 Honestly I can see it lol

[@milesian1]

I loved the somewhat retro look of the photos out of my iPhone 4S. Still have it in a desk drawer.

[@dinosmashersmusic]

I mean unironically. People are taking pictures now on their old Nintendo DS's or PS Vitas. Certain underground rappers are dressing like it's 2012-2013. Art and sensibilities are all cyclical and what's lame at one times becomes cool again at a later time exactly because it's different.

[@DeepPocketsEnergy]

Some people are already doing it. I've seen people deliberately use older iphones for the "less hd" look. Looks less doctored ig. As someone said above, handheld consoles with cameras are also being used: people have been taking videos with them in concerts.

[@station-7]

The iPhone 4S was a good phone.

[@e-estonian]

I shoot on a semi-wrecked belarussian analog. It's half a century old. Pics cost about 2 bucks a piece and sometimes it eats the whole roll. But my photos look like they're taken back in the soviet time and that's priceless.

[@RobloxAdoptmeSupport]

Where do you post them? Would love to see them.

[@e-estonian]

@@RobloxAdoptmeSupport oh nowhere, I take them to have in paper

[@Sykxezn]

Post them on your channel people are sure to find it interesting

[@graftensnopalah8852]

Hey, I’m from Belarus! I wonder which one you are using, I’m currently looking to thrift one, so I would very much appreciate the advice if you don’t mind disclosing your secret)

[@e-estonian]

@@graftensnopalah8852 Vilija auto, but if you can I'd much rather recommend getting the manual one. The selenium sensors in the auto ones are degraded by now.

[@thissidetowardscreen4553]

Been collecting Digicams for several years. The cost of the digicams have skyrocketed. 4 years ago, I could pick them up at thrift stores for $3.00 up to $10.00 and there was shelves full of them, now most thrift stores don't even have them on the shelf. So it seems they are becoming rare. Only place I have seen cheaper digicams is charity thrift sales or yard sales. Kodak made some amazing CCD sensors. One of my favorites is the Kodak C530.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Yea thrift stores in my area rarely have them! Been collecting them myself tho haha

[@diydan2213]

I only have one.. and its the one I bought when it was new.. Sony Cybershot DSC-W200.... Love this little guy. As far as not being able to find digicams (point and shoots) at the thrift its because thrifts have now started selling them online.. Salvation Army and Goodwill both sell their best earners online now... I know, I'm also a reseller for extra income.... mostly vintage shirts and hats but I do look for anything undervalue.. my salvation army auctions off large boxes of electronics at its central location to in person bidders only..

[@NormanF62]

$30 seems to be the asking price for one in good condition and if they’re dated, its insane to pay over $100 for a 2000s era digicam. And one well taken care of should last for years.

[@ayo0o0o0o0]

As a vintage reseller for over 20 years, these still go for cheap. Just don’t go to Goodwill & Salvation Army. That goes for anything vintage.

[@keywacat]

It took me a year to find a DigiCam for my nine year-old daughter, I did not not want to spend the money a new one cost on a 'first camera' and the pawn shops in this city quit taking them in as no one wanted them anymore. Finally I found a pawn shop that not only had one, but three, so I was able to choose between them. Ended up giving her a Nikon that she loves, and that I'm kind of envious of as the interface is far more user-friendly than my Canon.

[@JR0298]

The Kodak was my grandparents' camera back in the day.. so many memories captured on that camera! Just recently passed it down to my nephew who looks to be tapping into his shutterbug genes haha

[@olgamoraiti]

I have a Sony Cybershot 16mp of 2011 or 12. (not sure) Unless you zoom in too much, both photos AND the video are TOP quality. You would not know the difference from an iPhone. I still use it as an emergency solution. It has many shooting choices, even a soft face mode, a touch screen, and much more. Also is so light and small, you can always have it with you. I highly recommend the Sony Cybershot.

[@SaultiBalldeip]

CCD & CMOS were out at the same time. CCD's processed charge across the chips surface while CMOS was larger and could process with individual amplifiers thus CCD's were slower & used more power.

[@Sb129]

When it comes to a hard limit on old SD cards, it is *generally* 2Gb. There are some very rare 4Gb cards that are non SDHC.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Seems that way!

[@SkyQuest2K8]

@@StefanoLombardoYT Steve's Digicams is a good resource for specs on these older digicams. Or find the pdf of the manual for a particular camera model online.

[@NormanF62]

SD cards larger than 2 GB will result in a digicam freezing or shutting down because they can’t upload that many photos. No one heard of 32 or 64 GB SD cards back then. You’ll probably need to take along multiple SD cards to use your digicam to its full capacity.

[@okaro6595]

@@NormanF62 4 GB and higher are SDHC which is incompatible with cameras made before 2006-07. However, in principle max for SD (not SDHC) is 4 GB and there were some 4 GB SD (Not SDHC) cards, I have seen from Transcend.

[@t.gadway6729]

I think it has also to do with the formatting of the card. If you let the camera format it then it will be some form of FAT16, which has an internal limit of about 2Gb. FAT32 or XFAT is produced and read by more modern devices with a higher addressable limit.

[@jpwillm5252]

Thank you for this emotional retrospective.😎 In the early 2000s, I emptied my piggy bank several times to buy digital cameras that quickly became obsolete. I learned to photograph on a 6x9 cm ICA Halloh 570 from 1922 and on a 35 mm Kodak Retina I (type 010) from 1936, from my father. We developed the piece of film exposed on Sunday evening, to see the results. I'm 68 years old (born in 1956), my wife and I each use a Lumix FZ-200 (great device). 😁

[@allthingsgood156]

A lot of ppl are looking for early Kodaks. Really good blacks. Glad you mentioned cards, it's quite hard to find them now, so always check see if its got one in it. Some old cameras use AA batteries too. Thanks for this review.

[@johnjacobsen4003]

Nice! I bought the Fuji F30 back in 2009, still use it, so I've been retro all the time, and an old fart too!

[@WolfQuantum]

Back in the film days, I was working as a photographer. I started picking up what was essentially vintage point-and-shoot and toy film cameras just to put some fun back into it. Pretty much the same now with early P&S digitals. One thing others have pointed out is that when consumer (and pro) digital was getting started camera makers were trying for that film look to get people to move to digital. It was what people had known for so many decades. It's really tough to get the true film look in prints taken with film today as even back then LED enlarger photo printers were coming online. Not a lot of places that actually print paper enlargements on original style enlargers. So, I guess you could say anything that gets you close to that look simply is a good thing. Oh, and that silly idea that photography should be fun. For those in the argument between a skilled photographer being able to really get the most from a vintage digicam vs the crowd that says the beauty of these cameras is that people can just point and shoot with them, I would offer this. Both are right. I used to get frustrated because potential clients would say why should they pay good money for a photographer when they can just set the camera on auto and take pics. Same for graphic design. Sure, anyone can get lucky and get some good pics out of many. But... Someone who understands the principles of lighting, design, and composition, can consistently get solid images while working within the limits of their gear. For some it's Bob Ross's "Happy Accidents." For others, it's creating deliberate and emoting images. Both can be enjoyable.

[@MisterAnonymousOwO]

I use a Fujifilm Finepix, and the way the contrasts usually end up stronger on it than my phone or DSLR make it one of my favorite cameras to photograph with while not needing to edit it as much. Combined with the grainy 2000s aesthetic and the accessibility of just taking it out whenever, some of my best shots end up with this small old camera

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

With SD Cards avoid the XC or HC (high capacity and extreme-capacity cards)

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

That means they need to be under 2GB

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Yea none of these will work!

[@UNSCPILOT]

I have a 2008 8 megapixel Canon Powershot A590 IS, that can take a HC 32gig SD card, hilariously it maxes out the shot counter to 9999. I keep it with me while working so I can always take a picture when the chance arrives

[@NormanF62]

You usually need to carry several standard SD cards and its a hassle and when done, you can get your photos uploaded to your PC with an SD card reader. You don’t need to connect the digicam to the PC.

[@Im_Just_Saying]

For 40 long, grueling years, I put up with the whims and fancies of film cameras, which were as reliable as the weather and as cheap as a politician's promise. Then, digital cameras sashayed into the scene. At first, I thought, "Well, this is about as impressive as a rain dance in the fog." It felt like swapping a stubborn mule for a slightly less stubborn donkey. The only perk was snapping more photos than a paparazzi at a Hollywood gala. Printing in the early digital days? Let's just say it was as advanced as a toaster in a gourmet kitchen. But then, computers started flexing their muscles, and printing finally caught up, making the images look less like abstract art and more like, well, actual photos. Now, we're living in a golden era where cameras, printing, and sharing images are so refined that going back to film would be like trading in your phone for a carrier pigeon. And all those 'vintage' film effects that the youngsters find hip and cool? We used to call them 'annoying' and 'why-is-this-happening-to-me'. Want that old-timey look? There's an app for that, probably created by someone who thinks rotary phones are the next big retro thing.

[@MotorSageMusings]

This is a real good video! So much that I just dug my old Fuji film camera out from the deep recess of my lower desk drawer. Used formerly for my church service videos, I had decided it just did not have the video quality of newer equipment. Thanks for this reminder that I still have it. It's small and portable... and even though it only manages 300dpi and I am only a novice... the grainy effect the camera produces is very useful for photos recalling old church stuff. Blessings to ya!

[@MaryLouiseEklund]

As someone who started in photography young... my parents had their own darkroom we processed our own black and white film and print. You make me feel ancient the two cameras you showed I have bought brand new... actually just sold one full Cannon AE-1P set up with telephoto lens, electronic flash, polarizer and other filters. I have another whole set... thanks for making me smile and see new photography buffs from another generation.

[@cb2000a]

As someone who did video production back in the 90's there is no way I would go back to the old cameras. Today's cell phones do a better job than a early 90's camera.

[@DJDanceClassic]

exactly , this is one of the crappiest videos ever made because of some tiktok trend

[@BlownMacTruck]

Seriously. This is a trend with no actual meaning. Film I get. But if you want something small and portable, use your phone. You have it with you anyway. This is consumption for consumption’s sake, not for any real reason.

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

​​@@BlownMacTruck its about exploring the past, having a certain experience with a tool that was made for one job only, it's a mindful practice in itself , and the old cameras were well made . A different feeling altogether. The CCD sensors have a certain look. Too. Also modern cameras do so much image processing, it's just different . Let people enjoy what they enjoy lol, also keeps all this e-waste out of landfills, poisoning the earth (and us)

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

He says the sold video functionality is poor. That's not what the video is about

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@THIRSTYGUMSThen use film. This is just about being trendy. Your phone not only has a far better and more capable camera, you can easily work within the same constraints as point and clicks. In fact, you could remove all the automation by shooting RAW, something these point and clicks could never do. Notice these people are constantly buying tons of these things. They’re not trying to focus on simplicity. It’s gross trendy consumer behavior that’s right up there with the Stanley Tumbler obsession.

[@Sosukz]

I work with music events, they're the best being small, wide angle around 35-40mm and with flash you always have interesting results

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

I've taken some pretty amazing photos on these cameras!

[@bobjohnston1239]

I don't get it. You can still buy these things brand new. Best Buy carries them.

[@ccderik]

Good points regarding the look and obviously the cost…I’ve noticed it cures GAS, for much less money. 😀😀This ”shift” in vintage photography makes sense - it really spotlights that time flies!

[@lyndagabriel6539]

Thanks for this... I have full sensor Leicas and other high-end digital cameras, but my first digital was an Olympus Camedia D-40 4MP... and it was awesome. It did macro shots without breaking a sweat... no special lens or adapter, no fiddling around.... I found my next digitals with higher MP tended to over-focus, and then I regretted giving away that first one... I still love my old small digital Leica's too, which are beautiful as well... .... I just bought the Olympus again on ebay, and won't let it go again.

[@TR4zest]

I grew up when cameras were only film. Everyone who did likewise will remember the excitement of dropping of a film for development and printing. You had just had a great time - a vacation typically, or a family event. You hoped your camera had 'worked' and you hadn't screwed up. The day came, a couple of days later, and you handed over your slip to identify your prints and a dense paper wallet of 6x4 photographs came back over the counter. You stepped outside into the sunlight to fan through the pictures to see what you had. Some pictures were great, some didn't work, some were of your feet accidentally, some you had forgotten about. The pictures then were fewer, they were not as good, they were real, and they were physical. They were kept in albums and shared and enjoyed with family and friends only. Today our uncountable images now are sitting in our phones, unseen. Thanks for the memory.

[@siofna9709]

Have a tiny collection of Digicam. It´s realy fun to shoot with. Most time I use them for landscape photowalks and location exploring. By the way, it is possible to shoot nice portaits with those cameras. I have tried it, but most times I use my older DSLRs, the Nikon D50 and D3000, for portraits. Both have CCD Sensors and they could shoot RAW. With greetings from lower Bavaria.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

I've been slowly building a collection as well! They're so much fun to carry with you and shoot just about anything!

[@Phrancis5]

As a GenX'r I remember switching from 110, to 35mm film, to using several of Kodak's first big DC series digicams back in art college. I find it ironic how Millennials are turning to this old tech to get that nostalgic look, but I would also say the feel and ergonomics of a dedicated device and looking through a viewfinder, over holding a glass slab, just feels right. I guess now's a good time to sell my old digicams sitting in a closet.

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

I had no idea the digicams were coming back around. I have a couple I never got rid of that I bought new. I have bought new batteries and refreshed them last year. So I am curious to know what they be worth.

[@joshcook]

I’ve been taking a canon g7x with me for the past 8 years, it’s the best

[@tonyscalifornia]

Love your video man. The problem nowadays is with some influencer drive all of those digicam’s price sky high for no reason. I understand the sentimental value but it’s too old and we buy it for a collection.

[@Mastropolloo]

The easyshare was my first camera ever. My parents gave me for Santa when I was 8 and I still use it for parties! The best thing was the printer that came with the camera

[@Alsayid]

I love those old digicams. They have a charm. The Kodaks in particular had wildly saturated color.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

I love mine!

[@NormanF62]

The Kodak colour is like Leica - either you love it or your hate it. Good photography is associated with them. Kodak is for the masses whereas Leica has always been a lifestyle luxury brand.

[@duanemcclun]

I have several digicams - Kodak, Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Samsung, Sanyo, and GE (yes GE X500). My favorite is the Kodak Easy share M577 with a Schneider lens, touch screen, film settings: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Kodacolor, Sepia, Tri-X, and Pan-X. Best of luck in your photography journey! Best Duane

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

I bought a Canon G2 done years ago and it used a 4;gig card. It is very capable and the images are good enough to work well in GIMP. Thanks for this illustrative video!

[@Damidas]

I bought my first digicam off craigslist in 2003 for like $75, it was used and super basic but it had this 1 setting specifically for taking photos at night and I loved taking pics of buildings in NYC with it. It opened up the shadows and midtones without blowing out the highlights, it was awesome

[@milesian1]

I keep my 5 mpx Leica Digilux 2 in my studio at all times and always try to make a few images with it. There’s something unique about those old CCD sensors that truly approximates film.

[@ingamakeevacom]

Hi! Which one camera did you use for photos and videos at the backyard?

[@bobw2471]

Good solid information. I'll hunt for my old cameras. I need to verify CCD sensor, the important thing.

[@LadyBug_man]

I used to have that silver digicam. It had a mini printer that you could dock it too and print out the photos for it. I got for Christmas when I was a kid.

[@ToddDeSilva]

It’s so funny that these are coming back. I just recently dug up my Canon PowerShot A520 that I bought brand new in 2005. Hahah. Just like with film old is new again😂 you’re right about the prices though, it’s kind of ridiculous. Cheers from down the 401!

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

That's awesome! They're fun to carry around with you and shoot with!

[@bjmajor]

That camera is selling on eBay for very close to $100.00 if it is mint.

[@michaelbell75]

Nice but not all digicams and CCD sensors are created equal. These are low end cameras that produce very subpar images IMO. Thats why they are so cheap. If you want the good stuff, move up to the Fuji Finepix series with the incredible SuperCCD sensors (look for an F30-F60) Canon Powershot SD400-1000 and the Panasonic Lumix LX3-LX7. Thats the quality stuff.

[@Thirsty_Fox]

I have the F30 and SD1000, but I find the Canon to be quite bad for photos, which is too bad since it's incredibly compact and fast to turn on. Poor autofocus and noisy/unsharp images even in the best conditions. Maybe it's just my copy. The F30 (and F31fd) are as good as it gets for me.

[@Guitar6ty]

I use a Canon Ixus 12 mega pixel which I got from a charity shop for next to nothing. It needed the lens cleaning and a new card but it works a treat. It also save me carrying a huge amount of lenses and heavy weight cameras just to take a photo. Photography is like Guitars it becomes obsessive about the latest gear. I knew a guy who had Hassleblad cameras and all of his photos were crap.

[@Dewree69]

No way I stumbled upon this just now! Your video made me consider looking for a cam like that, when I remembered I still have an old Samsung Digimax 430 with a 128MB SD card inside. Now I just gotta find some charged AA batteries, which is always a struggle 🤣

[@trifa30]

teh quality of your videos are insane keep going!!!

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@Scriptorsilentum]

my Grandmother's 1950s Konica takes really great snapshots. 35 mm film. I have an android phone and only use the cameras for e-mailing a picture of an interesting bit of nature to my social media for fun. the memories are still done on that antique (?!) konica.

[@DogEDog2023]

I've bought and owned probably 3 or 4 of the exact same camera, the Canon SX200. Amazing digicam with exposure, shutter speed options and a 12x optical zoom. If I had an issue with it or it broke, I'd go on eBay and get another one. I've gotten way past those now, but a couple years ago, I got another SX200 for my son and he loves it (even though he doesn't really understand how well it performs in comparison to others).

[@stevenuttley]

Another benefit I don't think you mentioned (except in passing re cards) is how light the storage footprint is for these cameras. The cost of cloud storage is now starting to rise sharply and many photographers and videographers have massive file sizes. Even hundreds of these images will barely dent your storage limits.

[@diegosilang4823]

I still have an old Pentax (circa 2004) kicking around, maybe I will dig it out and test it.

[@jakeaurod]

I worked in retail marketing for Kodak digital when that camera was out. Fun times.

[@carlklitzke9455]

I sold cameras in 2004 and the cx7300 was hugely popular for people "upgrading" from simple film cameras. Some of the early small megapixel digicams are great quality. The Canon and nikon cameras around this time also had phenomenal image quality.

[@yashe6780]

I've collected around 20 canon ccd cameras. There's a custom firmware called chdk that allows you to save files in raw format, shoot timelsapse, motion detection and other cool stuff

[@MaxwellStarr]

My guess is the older camera can't read SDHC cards, they had a limitation around the 2GB mark where the card formatting (FAT16 vs FAT32) had to change to allow larger card sizes. 1GB or less probably works fine. I still have my Kodak Z700 4MP that I bought in 2005, travelled across Canada with me.

[@Goblue373]

What’s the difference between a digi cam and a point and shoot. I’m getting the Canon G7X Mark III. What’s settings can I use to make the look like film ?

[@bobmorr2892]

You know these Kodak digital cameras from that era are some of the worse you can get. Several Canon and Fuji cameras are much better. Also some Lumix and very early Olympus digicams and some others can be good.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

I wasn't really concerned about quality when I bought these. Nor did I care about which brand I got. These were the only ones I was able to find and I paid under $20 for both. So far their pretty sweet and do everything exactly what I wanted!

[@katyg3873]

Wrong. The Kodak ccd sensor is the ‘best’ one. Not all ccd sensors are Kodak. The Kodak ones have a different cfa that they developed to mimic film colors.

[@bobmorr2892]

@@katyg3873 the ones with the good CCD sensors are the early dslrs, some cost thousands of dollars, not these junk point and shoots that are some of the worst there is. Blurry photos terrible colors glitchy and prone to break.

[@ccderik]

I guess the "Kodak CCD" was good, but the performance and design of the Kodak digicams often leave a lot to be desired.

[@philosynth]

Kodak color science trying to mimic film produced then some interesting digicams

[@Donleecartoons]

I'm glad I never got rid of my Sony f717 (which I replaced with a Pentax K10-D DSLR) and my Canon A610 (which I shelved when I thought the screen couldn't be repaired; turned out there was a screen setting I missed and it works just fine). Because I've been playing around with them the last few days and I'm pleased with the results I'm getting. A cheap teleconverter that happens to fit both cameras adds to the fun, even if edge sharpness isn't exactly crystalline. The rule of thumb I remember from the early 2000s was that a 6 mp sensor collects roughly the same amount of visual information as a 35mm film frame, so the 5mp sensors on each camera give me no cause to complain. Good lenses, and both my "old" digicams have 'em, make up for a lot. I do have an f717 question if anyone can help: I want to have a spare memory stick for my 717 and I find either conflicting or non-definite information about whether a Memory Stick Pro Duo (the smaller stick with the adapter) will work with a 717. Does anyone here have any direct experience with it that can say they work together or they don't? Thanks in advance.

[@basspig]

One of the best pictures I ever took was with a Olympus c2000z A mear 2 megapixel camera.

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

Thing I noticed a few years ago is deleted viewfinder. The viewing screen used a ton of power (charge) . The viewfinder doesn't. Am I right?

[@tommydievart800]

What is the reference of the Kodak please ?

[@xavierproductions2447]

Can these connect to a PC with a special HDMI cord?

[@gracelessgames]

While photos taken with old digicams can have some charm, calling jittery washed out 320x240 videos "filmic" is a BIT of a stretch

[@wingandhog]

Yep… just dug out my daughters old Nikon digital camera from 2008 and bought new batteries to use for b-roll footage

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Stephano, what you need to do is search for the fully detailed specifications foe devices using SD cards to determine the maximum capacity of each, rather than randomly trying out cards, given that they appear to lock up its system's software.

[@gabrielduarte3904]

i used to have that kodak silver digicam back in the day, in fact, it was my first digicam

[@RetroCaptain]

I was given a waterproof Olympus 16mb but lost the matching charger. It took great pics. The ball got rolling with a gift 2003? Panasonic DMC-LC33 3mp. Really grainy but after using it a bit .. yes it reminds me of the days i was an amature photographer. I used to buy a roll of ASA 100 35 exposures for about $8 and develop for around another $12. I didn't care if some were unusable. In my situation the camera and photo shops all CLOSED permanently. One guy left and i think its as expensive as you mentioned. I found a great Canon with posable display that lit up properly in the store but once home, and i put card and new cells inside it flickered and went blank. Garbage. Just literally managed to get a silver version of your Kodak. It hesitate at first but then lit up properly. Taking it to the links tomorrow and hopefully it turns out okay. I want the ability to keep the pictures on the cards and upload to my desktop.

[@JikoMuskato]

Now I feel old having used compact cameras since 2004. I had a 256MB SD card back then. I have two Sanyo compact cameras from that era and I still have those. Apart from that I'm using Canon DSLRs, a 5D Mark III, a 90D and a 500D. Funny enough back in 2009, when I got my 500D CMOS sensors were mostly interesting for their lower noise levels and you really started to avoid using CCD cameras even with DSLRs that couldn't shoot videos. My 500D was one of the first cameras that actually could film.

[@choimdachoim9491]

My favorite camera uses a huge-sized 32 MB card. I can stand 15 feet away from something and zoom in so close that I can read the small print on packages in my garage.

[@CadyCadwell]

is your footage raw from camera or edit in lightroom, they look color graded, it's really nice for old camera.

[@chris135x]

More importantly! Actual cameras do things that smartphone cameras CAN'T do! It's about time everyone realized and understood this simple thing!

[@davidm3569]

I used to process 35mm and APS films then later digital in my job. Some of the digital cameras had unique built in filter effects ( Pentax for example ) like colour POP and SKETCH plus a lot more. Although the resolution was low, added instant fun to your picture taking. Worth checking some cameras out if the price is right. Be sure to see if they take rechargable battery packs because some had special docking stations for the batteries. Have fun 👍😀

[@vaughanbbrean71]

I have a couple, but I recently bought a brand new Kodak FZ55 P&S for £80 brand new (looks like a toy camera and one of the very few like it still available new) and its surprisingly good, has a 16mp CMOS sensor, great AF and metering and is the size of a credit card, I use it now much more than my phone because I love the output, although the Kodak P880 is my all time fave from 2005 (24mm-140mm manual zoom @ 8mp CCD)

[@trevorkokotylo2224]

I went from a Polaroid 2MP to a really inexpensive Kodak CX7330. At 3.2MP the pictures were actually the real deal. The features on the 7330 were much more up to date than yours. That one ended up donated to a thrift shop. I do however have my Canon A710 in immaculate condition, plus a Canon SX120 and SX150 off of ebay with CCD sensors. Regarding the Polaroid, I knew a guy at the time with some high end Nikon gear and he was nearly envious about how great the Kodak pictures were - and at the price. Maybe 100USD at the time, maximum. Oh, and the Kodak CX7330 had 3x optical zoom. Astonishing for the price. In any case, a Panasonic Lumix ZS40 is newer. I don't think it's CCD, but has 30x optical zoom and will fit in your pocket. They can be found at an inexpensive price.

[@wintersprite]

This sounds similar to how instant film cameras have also made a comeback in recent years. I won a Fujifilm Instax 11 camera a couple of years ago. Back in the early 2000s I had a Polaroid iFilm camera that took tiny pictures. We also had an old Polaroid (the kind that didn’t have built-in flash).

[@RileyyMacMillan]

Great video man, I have an old kodak my mom had from when she was backpacking and honestly the pictures are amazing for that film feel

[@Ngaemond]

Your video caught my attention because I'm stubborn and still have and use a Kodak Easyshare C533 and a Nikon Coolpix N22. My wife asks me why??? You mentioned batteries. The Kodak burns through batteries like crazy. Have to replace after using it for a couple hours. The Nikon can go for several hours. Of course it depends on the batteries. But I've learned from experience always to have spare batteries when using these.

[@walldoo99]

I've used a camera I got for $50 in a contest. My sister got snarky and suggested that was, so I could blame the camera when I lost. She nearly fainted when I showed I took first place. It wasn't a straight-up photo contest, we were to edit it so it looked like cross processing. They had a tutorial showing one way to do it, but I think I may have been the only one who had actually done cross processing. Cross processing is a process where you might shoot color print film, but process it in color chemicals, or in an E6 kit, You never really knew what you might end up with

[@robertfaulkner1824]

CCD was also better for video. Better color in the 3ccd models and no rolling shutter. The issues were the physical size of the chip resulting in wide lenses with infinite depth of field. I’m not sure if dynamic range has to do with sensor or image processing but that was the other major issue of video

[@caffeinatedhuman4035]

What is 1 minute of video on the Kodak worth in file size?😊

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

It's like not even 100mb lol, photos are in the kb hahaa

[@caffeinatedhuman4035]

@@StefanoLombardoYT Kinda want the actual file size as I previously owned the Kodak from 2004 Fairly sure you own the same model The photos are small... I think I owned a 16mb card.... Just wondering what they actually literally were Along with the qvga video file size I think it also does VGA maybe... Might make a good video on previous file sizes. H264 at QVGA is about 2.8mb per minute 🙃 That was open camera an application on android... I have been have some fake retro fun recently.

[@transitengineer]

Thank you, for this video post. Wow guess if, you live long enough everything "old" becomes "new" again. My first digital camera that, I still use daily as my back-up camera and as my field camera is a Kodak Easy-Share Z-740 (max size of older SD card's it supports is 2GB) Keep mine set on "sport" mode and then, I just focus, point, and shoot. My newer camera is also a Kodak, it is a PIX-Pro AZ-652 model with more features than, I know how to use (smile...smile).

[@CallMeZrix]

this is the reason why i love old techs and old nokia smartphones.

[@geoff7894]

I'm in DFW and I can't find digicams anywhere. Had to get it on eBay but it was worth it

[@jag217]

Love the cute "ah" at the end of your sentences

[@JasonQiuMusic]

What kind of accent is this

[@MTN1601]

Hey, I just want to ask a question, is the 2005 canon eos 350d’s cmos sensor take photos similar to ccd sensors? canon adopted cmos on dslrs since 2000 while other brands still stuck with ccd until 2008 to 2010

[@Marcgaming-cs4hq]

i tried putting 128 gigagyte on my old casio digicam and it works fine

[@Flushmaster0312]

With the sensor from back then and the editing from today, you can achieve amazing results.

[@valessiva]

Thank you for the info! P.S.when I saw your mom in the garden using something my grandfather from Calabria called "tiantaturi" to make the holes for the plants, I thought you were of Italian origins. Then I saw your name hehe :)

[@harrison00xXx]

I found some months ago my first camera i bought. A Sony DSC-P100. Im impressed how good these only 5.1 MP images are from this CCD sensor. But the corner sharpness is horrendous without stopping down. the range is 2.8-5.6. Stopped down its like 5.6-8 or so, but with good light i really enjoy using this old camera here and then. The li ion battery holds up still pretty good (20-30 minutes for photo use) after about 20 years.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

The photos from these cameras are great! Sure if you compare them to cameras nowadays they can't compare but they look good for their time!

[@donbodhiii7248]

hollaa, can you suggest for me, which one the best c180 or cx7300?

[@martinsteinmuller5961]

Does it make sense to shoot in raw with ccd sensors or should one use the jpeg straight out of the camera? I got Nikon ccd sensor camera that can do raw.

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

All depends if you want to edit the photos later and get more out of your photos! Me personally when I’m shooting with the digicam I just shoot in jpeg because I like the look of the photos right out of camera!

[@robertdufour2456]

Very interesting insight!

[@oldtimegamer2.098]

Even though I was born in 1997 but I always remember that my mom took allot of my siblings and I childhood photos from the disposable cameras

[@vito_keys]

CCD sensor is the key of getting that film-like images.

[@SAHIL9YOUTUBE]

Where can i but both camera

[@magicjack]

True, some of my images from my old 3MP camera is still amazing and more colorful than my new camera.

[@TanmoyDasIN]

I last used... actually it is still in my shelf... Nikon D80 (its Menu button section is not responding and LCDs is also) . I bought it second hand because of the CCD sensor. It was a 10.2MP, 1.5x crop sensor. I got some amazing wedding photos with this camera equipped with a Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens. Those who never used such a camera, cannot imagine how good a picture it can take. I didn’t have to do colour correction ever when I shot with this lens. Only I had to keep in mind the crop factor and I had to compose the shot accordingly. For photography, CCD sensors were far far better than the CMOS sensor. Companies stopped manufacturing CCD sensors because in a CCD sensor manufacturing plant, you cannot manufacture any other chip but in case of CMOS, you don’t have that limitation. Companies always think of their profits only and there are those 'renowned' photographers who are willing to advertise any bullshit if they are handsomely paid off. So, here we are, in a world of photography without CCD sensors. 🙄

[@peterkatznelson12]

Thanks, great video. From a die hard film photographer.🙏🏻

[@hfzmn]

may i know , do you use rechargeable lithium battery?

[@StefanoLombardoYT]

yes i do!

[@yeti8516]

Regarding the Kodak digital camera. I don't think it or the card is glitched. I think the pic counter only goes to 9999. So I think you can take more pics on the card than the counter on the camera can count. That's my guess anyway.

[@prestonnewcomb5991]

The issue with the SD card is compatibility. There are three standards SD (max 2GB), SDHC, (max 32GB), and SDXC (max 2TB). Sometimes you can get firmware to update the camera to accept newer cards.

[@SF_23-]

I have a Kodak Easyshare z700 but it dose net seem to turn on Anyone have a solution?

[@jeanbaptist6255]

i have never stopped shooting point and shoots since 2005 ish that's what we called them back in the day.

[@socksonfeet8125]

I love old point and shoots, the HUGE downside of them though is the autofocus is really really bad on the majority of them. Getting the autofocus to be accurate in low light is always a pain with old digicams and pretty much impossible on some of them.

[@rezaryandika1740]

i do switching from my pentax spotmatic to several digicam's like pentax optio s40 and olympus camedia c-350. if you lucky enough to get digicam with well built lenses you can achieve good photo quality with it. and for someone who want to buying digicam i sugest to buy one with AA/A2 battery because its gonna last forever you can find AA/A2 batteries everywhere.