How our perspectives change...
Jan 15, 2014 09:40:26 #
I often consider my Olympus C4000 Zoom as my first digital camera, as that is when my digital photography really took off. But for Christmas 1997, my husband gave me an Olympus D600L camera. The price at that time was just shy of $1300 !!
I don't know what that would be today, taking inflation into consideration ;-)
Still, it was a great camera, especially for one of the purposes I was using it back then: I was doing a lot of research, involving images on microfilm. "Getting" the information either meant lots of writing, or paying 50 cents per photocopy - or taking a picture of the image on the reading table. I've taken literally thousands of those pictures, and over a few years I may well gotten the price of the camera back by not having to pay for photocopies.
I don't know how this compact camera compared with other brands of the time, but here are some specs:
Max resolution: 1280 x 1024
Image ratio: 5:4
Sensor: 1.4mp, 8.8 x 6.6mm, CCD.
ISO: 100
Uncompressed format: No.
Screen size: 1.8 inches
Storage: Smart Media
Power: 4 AA batteries.
I think that the next sunny day, I'll go out and take some photos (of the same subject) with this camera and the one I currently use. *IF* the D600L is still working, it has sat on the shelf for at least ten years now. But it might be fun to see the difference, and see where we have come from.
I don't know what that would be today, taking inflation into consideration ;-)
Still, it was a great camera, especially for one of the purposes I was using it back then: I was doing a lot of research, involving images on microfilm. "Getting" the information either meant lots of writing, or paying 50 cents per photocopy - or taking a picture of the image on the reading table. I've taken literally thousands of those pictures, and over a few years I may well gotten the price of the camera back by not having to pay for photocopies.
I don't know how this compact camera compared with other brands of the time, but here are some specs:
Max resolution: 1280 x 1024
Image ratio: 5:4
Sensor: 1.4mp, 8.8 x 6.6mm, CCD.
ISO: 100
Uncompressed format: No.
Screen size: 1.8 inches
Storage: Smart Media
Power: 4 AA batteries.
I think that the next sunny day, I'll go out and take some photos (of the same subject) with this camera and the one I currently use. *IF* the D600L is still working, it has sat on the shelf for at least ten years now. But it might be fun to see the difference, and see where we have come from.
Jan 15, 2014 09:50:05 #
Carramba! Why wait for a sunny day? Cloudy ones generally generate better light and more dramatic sky. Get your bones out there and just do it!
Jan 15, 2014 09:53:59 #
photoninja1 wrote:
Carramba! Why wait for a sunny day? Cloudy ones generally generate better light and more dramatic sky. Get your bones out there and just do it!
Maybe... if I get over this cold before the next sunny day...
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