Sega Digio SJ-1: The 1996 Sega LCD Digital Camera

[@Diamond-um6mg]

I just love how LGR stays silent during an operating system's start up, as if to pay respects to that OS.

[@Kalvinjj]

It really deserves this respect, from the days people bothered making a cool startup sound... Oh win10... it's not just your update craze that makes me long for the older OSses...

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

@@Kalvinjj I miss my Windows XP i had all customized - Boot screen, logon screen, startup sound, sounds, icons etc

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

*Respectfully bows to japanese Windows 95*

[@Ampz55]

@@Kalvinjj Win10 updates made me switch completely to linux. Now my OS isn't self destructive.

[@mattorama]

Because those sounds incite memories. He's a smart man, he doesn't ruin it.

[@MINERAL-115]

Legitimately shocked they didn't market these harder, that is a damn good price for very good specs. Even the built-in software looks excellent given the time it was released!

[@anthonya.jumelles7103]

This could have been a major contender especially considering SEGAs preexisting retailer relations.

[@rasz]

did you miss the part about interpolated 320x240 from ~160x120? I had Casio QV-30 at the time, and while it produced really bad quality photos, it was miles ahead of this thing.

[@lobsterbark]

Also could be that it was more to try and help sell their weird graphics tablet, and they barely turned a profit on these things.

[@omgwtfbbqstfu]

i'm sure if you adjust for inflation its eye bleeding, the japanese had slow pc adoption which is why they had these weird things.

[@nate567987]

it was in the print club fad

[@Rafagafanhotobra]

I love this era of electronic design, because of the massive use of chunks of hard and soft plastics. There was so much touchable mass on the product, that design could go really wild and create an entire different theme around a product.

[@Cartagena1]

Wow. So, a friend of mine asked me if I'd ever heard a rumor about Sega making a camera some 11 or 12 years ago. I said "No, but that would be cool if they did." He said he'd heard someone say something about it, and then that was basically the end of the conversation. Then today I see this video and my mind is fully blown. IT DID EXIST! Sadly my friend is no longer a friend, so we won't be able to pick our conversation back up, but still this is cool to learn about. Thanks for this!

[@inspirationalman1752]

Thats kinda sad. What happened with your friendship?

[@the.internet]

@@inspirationalman1752 OP never came back to confirm so let me pick up where he left off. In 12 years of school, you have a lot of friends. Some like Sega, others unfortunately like Nintendo. You think you’ll be friends forever... until you drift apart. I had a friend for 7-8 years that I thought I would have for the rest of my life. We always talked about how we wanted to live next to one another and raise our families together. Until she decided she no longer wanted that. After graduation we started to drift apart. No more daily conversations, no more getting together, that was that. It broke my heart. The one person that I thought I would always have by my side was gone. That’s a hard pill to swallow. From this I got upset, angry and just plain confused. What had I done so wrong? After a while I had confronted this friend and asked her what happened to our friendship. Her explanation was kind of a slap to the face. She had basically said I was self-absorbed and she was sick of it. Now in my defense, everyone can be self-absorbed at times. Though, for the most part I was a great friend in my opinion and I would do anything within reason for her. I truly just think she had found people that she thought were better and that was the easiest way to explain it. A few months later I left for college. After I was all moved in I figured I would reach out one more time to see if I can fix what had been destroyed. It didn’t work but at least I can say I tried. After that I fully gave up on the idea. It was the closure that one may need during a break-up. Some do say that friendships hurt worse than romantic relationships when they’re broken up. After that all was great. I had made new friends at school and still kept in touch with the loyal friends from high school that I still had. I eventually got over being upset over this one broken friendship and started focusing on making other quality ones. It took a while but I finally was able to get to that point. During winter break, one of my best friends from home wanted to go out to eat and go skating with me and this former friend. To be completely honest, it was weird. It was as if I were meeting her for the first time. I wasn’t sure what to say or how much to say. I don’t trust her anymore to indulge more than surface knowledge. Since then, we went back to not speaking to one another. I’ve been told from sources that others have noticed that she’s changed and she actually tarnished more friendships than just ours. The moral to this story is that life goes on after drifting apart from a friend no matter how much it hurts. People change both for the better and the worst, but they change. You’re not the same person you are over the years, so why should you expect other people to be? Also, you may just go different directions in life and have to move on to your own thing. All of this is A-okay. If you have a similar experience, my best advice to you is to just move on. Take the experience as a learning experience. Figure out how to pick out a failing relationship and try to repair it or just let it go sooner; before it rips your heart out (it’s not fun to reach that point, trust me). Then focus on other things like school, work, etc. Friendships, like romantic relationships, will fall into place. Who knows, you may even find the best of friends in the most unexpected locations. Just keep your head up and live your life to the fullest, with or without that person. So, to conclude, don't act like a big man at Mortal Kombat when you can't even perform half the fatalities. I'm glad this toxic Nintendo fanboy is out of my life.

[@umrasangus]

@@the.internet So much text but I appreciate it!

[@PituDituOfficial]

This camera is just great for its time. I wonder if people at the e3 saw you use it in sega's booth and thought "this must be Sega's new product!" xD

[@SpearM3064]

I agree. It would've been interesting to find out what their reaction was, especially if they didn't know about it. Given its limited release in Japan and Australia, I'd wager that most current Sega employees don't even know about it.

[@dunxy]

@@SpearM3064 Even here in Aus i never knew these existed or have ever seen one in any capacity.

[@amazingasmr4434]

I never knew that they made this, Cool!

[@novafawks]

Clint said in another comment that absolutely nobody knew what it was. I would be way more surprised if somebody actually knew what it was

[@novafawks]

Dude I totally dig that vaporwave computer you have set up. That's awesome!

[@quackman]

Even has appropriate ambient lighting around it.

[@blakegripling2923]

And it already comes in City Pop, hahahaha... Wonder if it plays Retrowave in general, in like Japanese Winamp or something lol

[@xxalex423xx]

does anyone know what theme its using

[@ThePawerStation]

An affordable camera that you can connect to your TV or capture device in the late 90s and early 2000s.... And from sega. MINDBLOWN

[@TheRatedOniChannel]

And by that price, that was great; except for the storage and how bothersome it is, that was a pretty impressive thing.

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@TheRatedOniChannel and the terrifying power consumption

[@brownatron5000]

Holy poop that SEGA logo transition was a magical thing of beauty.

[@joker927]

^^^ this

[@nickguy6820]

"Seriously, who signed off on this design?!" Yep, that pretty much sums up Sega in the mid 90s.

[@Nukle0n]

Looks like they intended to have a battery-caddy, a block of plastic which you'd insert batteries into and then insert the whole thing. But then decided that it'd be cheaper for people to have to insert batteries past springs.

[@SuperNitroZ64]

A digital camera made by Sega? *I WANT IT!*

[@dakbailey]

I waount it

[@Quast]

You can only pay for it with golden rings.

[@lunarmodule6419]

No moi!

[@marcoantoniodasilvabatista7203]

@@Quast where i find it ?

[@quackman]

If this were marketed in the USA when I was a kid in the 90s, I so woulda bothered my parents for it.

[@basedhalcyon]

8:13 peak late 90s Japanese design, wavy as hell

[@UNSCPILOT]

with everything being so plain these days I kinda miss it, wouldn't mind having more devices with more creative chunky designs honestly

[@girass]

8:06 Lamp colour temperature: -Warm White- / -Cool White- / *1980's*

[@FurryMcMemes]

ASTHETIC

[@cybriannathrone7992]

Right when I have a bad time you come around with a new video! Thank you so much ☺️

[@takehirolol5962]

Me too...dealing with a never ending source of questions I don't know how to answer.

[@takehirolol5962]

@Michael O Callaghan Hahahaha

[@michaelblosenhauer9887]

Doesn't he do 2 videos a week? So you have a bad time twice, every week? Hope things get worse for and LGR has to do 3 or 4 videos every week.

[@raf.raf.]

Hope y'all feel better soon!

[@jessragan6714]

@@michaelblosenhauer9887 "Why are you playing that Sonic game?" "I play Sonic games whenever I'm having a bad day." "But you always play Sonic games!" (weary side glance)

[@andlabs]

Can't be a Sega product without abhorrent power consumption :)

[@leskobrandon6950]

No better way to kill 6 AA batteries in one hour then the Sega Game Gear.

[@rawr51919]

@@leskobrandon6950 Or the Nomad.

[@mrhappy8966]

@@leskobrandon6950 the struggle was real lol

[@somethingiguess9783]

I would actually be happy if the Game Gear had a power supply.

[@andlabs]

@@somethingiguess9783 You should be able to get an AC adapter for it...

[@psirensongs]

I appreciate the continuity with the vaporwave outro 😂

[@jurviz]

It's nice how it automatically blurs out those license plates, though. Advanced tech. :)

[@Klau5]

"My waves have been vapored" as a vaporwave fan, that made my day

[@chrll]

And it was read with the Duke Nukem's voice!

[@Pharaoh025]

That "perfect storm" bit is exactly what differentiates good content producers from the rest...

[@Easyflux]

Did you show it off to the Sega people at e3? Bet they didn't know about it either lol..

[@LGR]

I did, no one knew what it was :P

[@Easyflux]

@@LGR Brilliant!

[@jeremygregorio7472]

Wow, I thought I'd seen everything from Sega.

[@diegobras]

Unless you´ve been to Japan and played on a few existing Sega Clubs that are everywhere there, you´ll have never seen everything from Sega.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

@@diegobras With everything online these days what have I missed?

[@iaincowell9747]

@@diegobras Dubai has a arcade with exclusive games from Sega and Capcom

[@Kokomadeta]

I've been to a few Club Sega locations. You're not missing much. I've been to Sega Joypolis too. Now THAT you need to see in person.

[@Patmanx1]

WOW. 1.) never knew this did anything other than addons for game gear and genesis, and 2.) it's digital with LCD display.... IN '96!

[@alexradu1921]

so, the first mirrorless was from sega?

[@ThunderspearNZ]

Colored display !

[@MrPotatoShed]

Nice! Would love to see an update if you ever get your hands on those extra peripherals like the printer or drawing tablet. :)

[@jascoolo]

Am I the only one here who watched whole video just for the photo with tiger in a cage?

[@Chaos89P]

I think that is always inevitable when it comes to digital cameras on this channel.

[@AmyraCarter]

I'd personally love to know where that is; maybe Clint will tell us at some point since I'd love to see it in person.

[@kenwheeler3637]

@@AmyraCarter It's in Hendersonville, NC

[@AmyraCarter]

@@kenwheeler3637 Cool, thanks!

[@AmyraCarter]

@@awake4ages Or DOOM DRUMS...lolz

[@keeganpenney169]

As a veteran of the digital camera boom of the early 2000s, this camera actually is quite impressive. I cant believe it didn't catch on for its cost.

[@tehl33tjim]

I've been waiting for a vaporwave joke for months, and Clint delivers. :)

[@eyecrunchyfraug]

8:47 casual Chevette find is presented casually. (Ding!)

[@KyoshoLP]

8:08 "Mmm, my waves are now vapor!" I don't know why, but that really made me laugh.

[@mcain2911]

What I love about these types of videos is seeing how far we’ve come technology wise. I bet back in ‘96 the pictures you took with a camera like that looked amazing given the tech we had at that time. I wonder what the pictures we’re taking now will look like in 20 years compared to the tech we will have then.

[@stathissim]

Always count on LGR to make us wish we lived in 1990s Japan

[@BiscuitLazers44]

As a huge camera nerd I loveeee seeing these retro camera videos, seeing how such a brilliant technology has evolved throughout the years is so cool! Please keep them coming:)

[@unlimitedbitsgaming]

Amazing. If I would have gotten the chance to use something like this as a kid I would have been blown away, ESPECIALLY because it's a SEGA product. Althoouugh I barely know the ins and outs of cameras even TODAY, AND it being a battery killer like their portable systems would have meant that I'd have hardly been able to use it since my parents likely wouldn't have wanted to waste so much money on batteries. Great stuff!

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

Very nice piece of old tech, which was ahead of its time back then. Thanks from making this video Clint. 👍 Your enthuasism is one of a kind. 😄

[@IgnatRemizov]

8:07 Quick, someone remix this part and make a vaporwave track

[@ojkolsrud1]

Ooh, I remember the SmartMedia flash memory cards. My dad bought an Olympus CAMEDIA C-860L back in the day, which thoroughly blew my mind. It had a freakin' LCD on the back, so you could instantly see your photos, which was just impressive to no end. I think he bought it for a vacation on the Canary Islands, and I remember being more occupied with the camera than anything else.

[@ParanormalNewsToday]

How many of us were half-way through saying "SEEEGAAA" before Clint did?

[@trgdy15]

I consider myself a Sega fan yet I had no idea this was even a thing. Keep up the great work, Clint! Been watching you for too many years to count now and I'm still enjoying the content you're making.

[@zachariah74]

Woah! that's cool, I never even knew that SEGA even made a camera! Thanks for making this video Clint, I really enjoy your videos and it'd be awesome if someday you noticed me 😂

[@Ametisti]

This timing! I only just binged some of your older camera vids today!

[@davidwalz3317]

Whoa, I saw a Chevy Chevette in those picture. Rare sight.

[@fitnesswithsteve]

David Walz I would love to make a super powerful sleeper chevette and troll people with it.

[@TheVideoLexicographer]

Your retro camera reviews are my favorites from your channel.

[@Markimark151]

Love me some 1990s digital cameras! Didn’t even know Sega made a camera.

[@Alhedgehog]

This is awesome to see! Thank you for making videos on this stuff. The Sega rabbit hole can go pretty deep once you get going in it. Anything from big screen TVs in the late 70s to karaoke machines and bath light shows in the 90s and 2000s.

[@vhsmemories504]

Oh sweet I like sega stuff *checks ebay Hmm yea I'm not gonna drop that much on a 20yr old camera

[@accountwontlastlong1]

What if it could play Sega games too? On that little viewfinder-esque thing. Sounds... really fun to play games on! *cough*

[@parishna4882]

@@accountwontlastlong1 Someone will write a sega camera emulator so you can use your samsung s9 as one exactly like it. You'll never know the difference.

[@segadreamer]

Man this is an awesome piece of timeless video, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[@JonnBlanchard]

Technically correct that it was their only proper camera, but the DreamEye could be used as a digital camera as well as a webcam (it had a snap on battery pack)

[@mikerobiv5999]

OmG the memories!!! And countless hours of gaming !! Thank you for this video !!!

[@KINGDUDE139]

"Mmm, my waves are now vapor." Ahhh.... So nice

[@pixelflow]

Nice job on getting the old software up and running too! And for sharing the archives for preservation. Just recently got one of those cams too!

[@Brianybug]

I can't believe I don't remember this camera. It's just.....neat!

[@MonStudio]

another great vidéo ! your editing style and narration really flows. Looks easy but man, so much work ! thank for this weekly brain candy

[@RealSnarb]

Holy shit that vaporwave aesthetic. Makes me happy.

[@TheSpectreN8]

Enjoyed this one, thanks for the content LGR

[@Mizakit_Gaming]

my aesthetic in a LGR video, vaporwave

[@kuropixeljp]

Just want to say I respect your commitment to going beyond to get everything you need to make a perfect video about something.

[@Gianka84-89]

“Is a Sega camera, if Didn’t do a good job with the color blue so what will be the point...” i laughed so much with this! （≧∇≦）

[@shubjero]

A lot of patience and effort on this one, thanks LGR!

[@Fabulaser]

This episode was very Vaporwavey and I like it.

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

Wavy does not have an e in it

[@antifugazi]

@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 Seriously??? get a life.

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

@@antifugazi says the one getting upset over a random troller

[@antifugazi]

@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 Random troller?? Wtf is that? why random, and how the fuck is you telling someone they missed a letter trolling?? Nice try, but you are not even clever enough to troll.

[@antifugazi]

@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 I repeat my original point

[@TechArc_]

Your channel is so good and interesting! I've been watching since 2015!

[@ChrisLincoln]

Hey Clint, do you want a SEGA Pico? I've got one sitting around and have no idea what to do with it.

[@Straiferdt01]

Open the Description and message him on twitter or on Facebook, or on KZbin, or by emailing him

[@ChrisLincoln]

@@Straiferdt01 Probably way more effective than shouting from the crowd, eh?

[@cyruscuckler3495]

@@ChrisLincoln yea.

[@Jordan3DS]

@@Straiferdt01 That is the most sensible comment I've seen from someone who calls themselves "chronic autism"

[@TheRatedOniChannel]

@@Jordan3DS That's irony and LGR fandom all in one awesome package.

[@Nomadmandude]

I love the amount of work you put in to make it pc compatible.

[@MarcoPon]

Can you share some of the original .SJ1 files? I'm super-interested in (old) file formats! Thx!

[@pippolupin8715]

Marco Pontello Vedo belle foto con formato .SJ1 che è un po’ superiore di .JPG.

[@MarkHyde]

Amazing video - always love your retro tech aesthetic - especially 80/90s consumer electronics. :)

[@maxwellbeeman6205]

The most vapor LGR video yet

[@riotxxx]

It delights me to no end that there was somebody on the E3 2019 showfloor taking photos with a digital camera from 1996.

[@SuperLordpig]

Why would anyone press dislike on this video?

[@Nick-dw7gg]

Thank you for consistently amazing videos! Always a good day when you upload.

[@rockkiall]

This stuff always made me wish I had lived in Japan...always.

[@daedalus372]

Amazing find as always LGR, never heard of pre 90’s digital camera with macro! Also love how it appears as thought the lcd viewfinder has a higher resolution than the photos it puts out! XD

[@RettMikhal]

50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Let's talk about Sega cameras.

Oh man, that's really good for 1996. And all the features like editing the photos on that tablet thing... impressed.

[@Cover4507]

A few years ago a friend of mine bought some SEGA branded sunglasses with a digital camera built in from a second hand shop. No idea if it was legitimate but it was interesting nonetheless.

[@AmyraCarter]

0:13 That was a nostalgia SLAM right there, thank you very much; I needed that, lol I remember seeing someone a little while back carrying one of these around. It didn't work and was just a display item, but was still interesting all the same. Now that I know that it was the only camera Sega ever made, it certainly makes for an interesting conversation starter. Imagine trying to take pictures of that mega-collection of tech in Texas with this camera; be sure to bring about a hundred dozen batteries! lolz (and some serious painkillers)

[@alexrekzu4079]

oddware indeed imagine pulling this thing out in '96 blowing minds

[@LouisSubearth]

It's blowing minds in 2019, so imagine

[@the_eminent_Joshua_E_Hrouda]

I'm from Australia, and bought one of these from an auction in Homebush, NSW in 2000! :)

[@swytchblayd]

Need a comparison of all the pictures that you've taken.

[@phodder]

Always love these retro camera videos!

[@skinwalker69420]

I'm early! Let me make a joke! The Sega 32x

[@ParanormalNewsToday]

That IS a joke. An old one too!

[@skinwalker69420]

@@ParanormalNewsToday yep

[@gamerbrosmaximuz7125]

I like the 32x... *Cough* Saturn *Cough*

[@jessragan6714]

Ha! BURN!

[@MrClawt]

Man, i love your camera reviews!

[@laharl2k]

Had the bundled the seria cable and software with it it would have been a cool product though they should have added an apperture knob to compensate for the overexposure problem. Otherwise it looks like a decent product. Also LGR, smartmedia is no more than a nand flash memory on a card, worst case you should be able to read it with an arduino, or ask someone to hack a SM reader and hook an arduino to its socket. My guess is the card is not 3.3v signal compatible so the reader may try operate at 3.3v (i doubt it supplies actually 5v) but the card doesnt respond well at such low voltage.

[@legendarydragoon]

Love how you just casually have a NEC PC running Japanese Win98.

[@onedeadsaint]

7:59 - 8:09 ha ha of course you have a pc with Japanese Windows 98 on it! this part made me laugh!

[@engineered_images]

With a rather lovely Model M keyboard too. Naturally.

[@tedmaster2000]

Very cool LGR, I am a HUGE (original xbox huge) fan of SEGA and never heard about this at all! Appreciate you sharing :)

[@SarahLJP]

7:43 PC接続キット (PC setsuzoku kitto) PC Connection Kit.

[@AmyraCarter]

I wonder how many know how to properly pronounce that... I do. That much I do know! lol

[@Challechallechalle]

Dude I am so glad I subbed to this channel it is so solid. Full geek, full time. Uh suh dude.

[@2112pk]

how many photos of that weird tiger statue do you have?

[@Yusuke_Denton]

how many obscure digital cameras does he have?

[@christiancarassai9540]

Great review! As usual. Obsolete CCDs photos are pure art...

[@MattyHarris]

SEGA did cameras? Well, you learn something new.

[@kbhasi]

Yeah. From what I remember, there was also the Dreamcast camera.

[@trulyinfamous]

I love how the camera makes any image look like it was taken in the 90's. I'd love to get an old digital camera from around then to take loads of photos with, but I know I would have to get an old computer and other equipment to get it to work.

[@oddwareect]

"my waves are now vapor"

[@ClaudioGomboli]

I found one (boxed, mint second version with VF adapter) a couple of months ago, I was surprised to see you reviewed one. Great video!

[@manuellujan666]

Sega did everything usually first then someone else took the idea and made money with it

[@alexander_mejia]

The fact you took this to Sega's E3 booth is full of win. I would have loved to see this while you were there you sneaky dog :)

[@RelakS__]

8:17 No Start button, so presses What?! *presses the buttons* Hmm... Still working on Windows 10 :)

[@ToTheGAMES]

Just like ctrl+shift+esc opens task manager :)

[@RelakS__]

@@ToTheGAMES Exactly. I use this method for several years now :) Right click on the Start menu is interesting too :D

[@SarahLJP]

What do you mean no start button?

[@RelakS__]

@@SarahLJP Start menu - Start button At least, I have called the Windows button on the keyboard always like this

[@BilisNegra]

Good for Model M users out there.

[@miwakki5769]

Keep up the great work! xx

[@toyokawashigako1643]

Japannnnn is wayyy ahead of the rest of the world!

[@Galm_1]

I give my respect to anyone who provides separate measurement for us metric users. Thanks LGR.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

The Gamegear would kill for that battery life.

Many thanks to show the weight in grams, that made it easy to understand. In 1996 we were still using analogic cams for some years, digital were very expensive, much more than that one.

[@ShoeTheGreyCat]

SEGA was the king of battery demolishing devices. I would always ask for a Costco size pallet of AAs for my Game Gear back in the day.

[@inverse_of_zero]

5:33 "on the left, you've got nothing at all" philips-head screw: _am i a joke to you?_