What was your 1st digital camera?
Sep 21, 2015 08:52:10 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Mine was a Ricoh RDC-2, bought in 1996. Cost about... (show quote)
First one I ever used was a Kodak DCS-420, back in March, 1995, when I was working at Delmar Studios in Charlotte, NC. Kodak loaned it to me for an afternoon to test it and get a feel for what was coming.
I was quite unimpressed. $30,000.00 got you a modified Nikon N90S body with a boat anchor bolted on the bottom of it (containing the image processing electronics). The images were tiny 1.5 MP and they really sucked. But that camera was something of a harbinger for what would come soon... VERY soon.
The first camera I got to work with was a Nikon D100. It was okay, but the just behind the development curve that spiked upward in 2004.
Sep 21, 2015 08:53:44 #
It's interesting you should ask. I happened to find mine in a closet yesterday when looking for something else. It was a Kodak DC120 that I got sometime in the very late 1990's. It boasted an amazing 1 megapixels, had a zoom lens and you could trigger it from your computer using its serial port. I just opened it up to discover a 48 MB compact flash card still in it.
Sep 21, 2015 08:54:12 #
dochal wrote:
In 1954 in Alaska, my first camera was an Exacta with a 50 mm and a 135 mm lenses. Others in my group had the same type camera with other lenses.
Wrong thread but I had an Exacta too, VX2b, 50mm + t4 adapter for my other lenses, Bob.
BTW, Talk about tanks, I think an Exacta was tougher then the old Nikons, VBG
Sep 21, 2015 09:10:22 #
dochal wrote:
In 1954 in Alaska, my first camera was an Exacta with a 50 mm and a 135 mm lenses. Others in my group had the same type camera with other lenses.
That is sure an early DIGITAL camera, 1954, as old as I am. Thanks for sharing anyway. :?
Sep 21, 2015 09:10:27 #
I really had to think about this. I used an old Nikon F and an F4 until they were stolen. I bought an early Sony point and shoot That my wife used more than I did and that one ended up being given to her sister in the Philippines. My first digital was a Nikon d5000 that I still use as my second and I now use a d7200.
Sep 21, 2015 09:12:05 #
Let's see 1998 was a Kodak DC...something floppy.I think DC 250. Then upgraded to the 260 and finally the 290. Think that one was 2MP. Upgraded from there to the weirdest camera on the market at the time. The Sony Mavica DSC something 3.2 mp zoom, circa 2000, that used mini blank cd's to record to. still have a couple of the disks in file cabinet. Did have video capability though. Gave it to younger son, that lost it in a fire. On to Canon G3 that was a huge 4mp in 2002.
Sep 21, 2015 09:23:42 #
Sep 21, 2015 09:25:52 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Mine was a Ricoh RDC-2, bought in 1996. Cost about... (show quote)
My first digital camera was a Canon G1. I believe it was Canons first 3 MP camera. I paid 800.00 for that camera. It was very sharp for a 3 MP camera. I had no trouble printing 8 1/2 by 11 prints.
Sep 21, 2015 09:29:22 #
Sep 21, 2015 09:30:38 #
Sony F707, purchased in 1998. Purchased my first DSLR, Canon 20d, in 2005.
Mark
Mark
Sep 21, 2015 09:30:46 #
Ours was a Nikon 4800 that I got as a gift for my wife. Still have it & it works fine,but of course is a little outdated now. We have a couple other cameras,but kept this one because it has a viewfinder.
Sep 21, 2015 09:40:32 #
Bugfan
Loc: Toronto, Canada
A 5 MP Sony Cybershot. I don't remember the model number. It had an appreciable shutter lag and it used Sony memory cards instead of something standard. What surprised me though was the three meters that were built in among many other features too. The camera basically had a lot of SLR functionality. It had an optical view finder and it ate batteries incredibly fast.
Still, it was a chance to learn the new technology and I have a few thousand images as a result. It lasted about four years when the sensor crapped out in the middle of a trip to Asia. I never got it fixed and I never bought another Sony either.
My next camera was a Nikon D70s which I still have today and I've been happy ever since though not with that body, I've acquired other Nikons since and many lenses too. But the D70s is still being used. Anytime I have a kid who wants to learn photography, the kid starts on the D70s to learn.
Still, it was a chance to learn the new technology and I have a few thousand images as a result. It lasted about four years when the sensor crapped out in the middle of a trip to Asia. I never got it fixed and I never bought another Sony either.
My next camera was a Nikon D70s which I still have today and I've been happy ever since though not with that body, I've acquired other Nikons since and many lenses too. But the D70s is still being used. Anytime I have a kid who wants to learn photography, the kid starts on the D70s to learn.
Sep 21, 2015 09:45:10 #
My first digital camera was an Argus with less than 1 megapixel resolution that I purchased for around $70.00 back in 1990 if I remember correctly. The only thing I have left from that purchase is the 5mb Multi-media memory card that came with the camera. After my less than positive experience with that piece of junk, it amazes me that ! ever purchased another digital camera! We've come a long way, baby!!!
Sep 21, 2015 09:50:34 #
Don't even remember the model but it was a Nikon p&s.....think it was 3mpx. But it was enough to get me hooked on digital. First dslr was a Nikon D80.
Sep 21, 2015 10:04:31 #
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