Sony DSC-S85...ancient but still keeps clicking
Jul 23, 2020 18:15:30 #
Anyone else on own & still shoot one of these ancient, brick in weight cameras ?
I own one myself, and on occasion take it out of storage just to remind myself of how good it was for it's day...built like a tank, 4 megapixels if you needed them or not & a fast for it's time (and still today) Carl Ziess zoom lens. Even has an optical viewfinder !!
Mine took great pics back in the day & still does for a well cared for relic.
Be interested to hear from other owners of this gem.
I own one myself, and on occasion take it out of storage just to remind myself of how good it was for it's day...built like a tank, 4 megapixels if you needed them or not & a fast for it's time (and still today) Carl Ziess zoom lens. Even has an optical viewfinder !!
Mine took great pics back in the day & still does for a well cared for relic.
Be interested to hear from other owners of this gem.
Jul 25, 2020 09:28:57 #
cruise4two wrote:
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No replies ? I'm a bit surprised.
Jul 25, 2020 13:33:41 #
It was my first digital camera. I still have mine in a leather case in my cabinet. Haven't had to use it for many years. It brought me back into photography as a hobby. I had given up on photography for about a decade due to the cost of film and processing and my very poor rate of keepers. With digital I was happy to be able to just delete the non-keepers at no cost, and being able to crop the images on my computer was like having my own darkroom. Also used it to post pics on my web page, and was able to get online mail order prints of my best pics. Definitely not a brick or a heavy camera.
Jul 25, 2020 20:43:31 #
Hi
I knew there had to be someone else besides me who still has one of these kicking around.
I'm thinking of charging up the battery, dusting off the Sony memory sticks, and clicking off some pics.
Always liked fact camera had manual controls if you wanted to go that route and an optical viewfinder. Nothing like an optical finder especially in bright sunlight. Wish my smartphone had some sort of finder to help framing in sunlight rather than just pointing and hoping for the best.
I knew there had to be someone else besides me who still has one of these kicking around.
I'm thinking of charging up the battery, dusting off the Sony memory sticks, and clicking off some pics.
Always liked fact camera had manual controls if you wanted to go that route and an optical viewfinder. Nothing like an optical finder especially in bright sunlight. Wish my smartphone had some sort of finder to help framing in sunlight rather than just pointing and hoping for the best.
Jul 26, 2020 11:40:14 #
I was going to do that but I have to find my charger first. My next camera after the Sony was the Lumix LX5. It had great low light capabilities and shot movies too. I used it to shoot movies of our first grandson and his Mom in the hospital room in natural light when he was just a day old. He's 18 years old now and just graduated high school.
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