Digicams! Discussion and Photos

[sinku]

In the past few years there has been a trend of Gen Z (see: me) people getting into digital cameras from the 90s and 2000s. The cutoff date for the r/vintagedigitalcameras subreddit is 2010. Others flock to them because they can have a grainy, film-like look, and thats part of it for me, but you can wring that out of any old camera or even just a phone with an app, or in lightroom or whatever. But I'm not really a camera girl, I became interested in them in the past week with the thought that I'd like to split my phone into a bunch of discrete devices. But, now I just want one because it seems fun to have a dedicated camera! And there are SO many cute little consumer grade cameras from the past 30 years!! What makes a digicam is pretty vague, but obsessions from digicam people include CCD sensors and particular models like the IXUS 70 (SD1200). I'd like to get ahold of a a Pentax Optio, since those things can fit inside a pack of cards, and most of them are nice and square looking. I only really care for square looking models. The Kodak v570 looks incredible too, but a little too big. I am not fussy about sensors or having an optical viewfinder or whatever, just size. "If it isn't smaller than my smartphone why the heck would I carry it around?" is my thought process.

So, do you have one of these kinds of cameras? More than one? Do you use them very often? Do you have a particular model you like, or want? Any pictures you could share? Put them here for us.

Here's one youtube channel thats dedicated to CCD cameras that I found that only has about 1k subscribers:

[8sumint]

Ive been wondering, when did people start saying 'digicam'? I feel like that wasn't always a word but everyone says it now

I have a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10 that's just been laying around the house forever.. there were newer and smaller ones before it was iphones but i don't know what happened to them. Anyway it takes 4 AA batteries with the door held closed by an elastic band cause the plastic is long broken. I like the pictures it takes, they have this weird aberration to them. It's too clunky and weird shaped to carry around but maybe i'll bring it in my bag with the field recorder :p
Some pics

Sometime I'll do a thread about my video camera

[sinku]

I dunno when people started saying it either, its just the word I've been seeing thrown around. Google trends says there was a big spike in usage in 1980-81, tapering off to nothing by 1984. Then steady growth to a peak from 1990 to 2003, then a decline, and finally we're in an uptick of usage since at least 2019.

Your camera is really funny looking, lol. Its seriously stuck together with a rubber band? That's awesome. There's a bunch of great example pics from that model on https://explorecams.com/ and thats what I use to get an idea of the vibe of a camera.

Another one I'm considering is a fujifilm finepix f10 or f11 because the color looks real good.

[maru]

A decent friend of mine was really ahead of the curve on this and for all the time I knew her I didn't really wanna copy her? I always thought it was cool how she constrained herself to the limitations of the digicam, though.

Like, I used to shoot exclusively with these as a kid — because, of course, this was all we had. I remember switching from my humble Fujifilm FinePix S5700 to a Canon Digital Rebel XS in 2009 and feeling like I finally had the "professional" camera but had spent years learning how to maneuver the old one that I was a beginner again. There's nothing like a digicam's sensor; it's ridiculously sensitive to light and while it's flat in most daytime conditions, it's magnificent in the evenings, especially as the sun sets; and it works around any light in the room at night. That is to say, you usually rely on the spot lighting to guide the entire shot at night, since it's too grainy to do anything else.

Last year I started experimenting with digicams again as part of a new everyday carry where I didn't really have a phone camera anymore. I would go around the flea markets here and just see if anything was available for $50 or less. That whole everyday carry thing didn't last, but I did try to carry a digicam with me still afterward? First a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S60, then a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS. The latter lets you at least shoot in RAW with some firmware editing; the former keeps you stuck with its lacklustre ISO stuff. I gave away the Canon, so now I just carry the Sony with me for fun.

[sinku]

Wow she seems really cool, I love how this site looks.

I ended up zooming in on this one pentax model specifically because of the grit and graininess in low light and b/w photographs it seems to have. Plus, all the extra features compared to anything else of a similar class, esp the ISO options.