DIGITAL CAMERA RETRO PRO
* pro features: spot meter, RAW & RAW+, time lapse, top LCD * excellent controls: 2 e-dials and a 3rd function wheel not unlike the K-1's * extremely sharp 28-200 equivalent lens (7-50mm f/2.8-3.5 in reality) with a macro setting * compact 7X zoom bridge camera body (639 grams) ideal for travel
DIGITAL CAMERA RETRO SERIES
The Dimage series were "pro-sumer" bridge cameras with the A2 having an 8 MPix sensor. It was my second digital camera (the 1st being a 2001 Minolta DiMAGE 7 that had a fateful encounter with a bottle of water in a rental car in Iceland). And it can do nice documentary time-lapse series. It's always ready for any morning in which the pre-dawn sky does something interesting. * solid weather-sealed body that took a licking and kept on clickingĪ Konica-Minolta Dimage A2 (acquired 2004) sits a few feet away from me on a little tripod. * built-in image stabilizer (which was not available on supposedly better Canikons) * Pentax awesome TAv mode and green button * excellent ergonomics and controls that were only available on much larger and more costly cameras At the time I wanted an ILC, a friend showed me his K10D, the sales people at the local camera store showed me a bunch of more-expensive, larger, but inferior cameras so the rest is history! My K-10D now sees use as a dedicated M42 lens camera - it seems fitting to use old lenses on an old body. Great idea for a thread! I've got two that qualify as old but in use:Ī Pentax K-10D (acquired 2007) was my first digital ILC and first Pentax. I'll post here about my own "vintage" digital gear in the coming days Or maybe you just want to be nostalgic and tell us about old cameras you've owned and loved, but no longer have and wish you did? And whilst this isn't intended to be a "post your photos" thread, by all means show us the occasional example of what you've done with them, especially if it illustrates what you like. Tell us what "vintage" digital cameras you own and shoot, maybe a bit about their specs, capabilities and limitations, what you like and dislike and why, what lenses you pair them with, what sort of photography you use them for etc. Please get involved and enjoy a gear discussion with not a hint of angst regarding the latest equipment and industry woes. and in 2021, cameras from 2011 and before, and so on.
If the thread is a success and remains active into 2020, then cameras released in 2010 and earlier will be allowed (the K-r would now be OK). Since this thread is starting in 2019, initial posts must therefore be for cameras first released no later than 2009 (so, for instance, the K-x from 2009 would be valid, but not the K-r from 2010). your camera(s) must be at least TEN years old at the time of posting, using the year of release (rather than the exact date) as a reference. Any kind of camera is OK - DSLR, mirrorless, fixed lens, compact.īUT. Since this is PentaxForums, I expect the majority of interest and contribution to be Pentax and Ricoh related, but other brands are just as welcome too! There will be no brand snobbery here. Maybe some photos that demonstrate just how relevant these older cameras still can be to our wonderful hobby. And, perhaps, why we miss those that we sold, and wish we hadn't. Whether they're our main photographic tools, or merely a pleasant and nostalgic addition to our more modern gear. No, this thread is about the old digital cameras we love (or hate) and hopefully still use. No debating the future of the digital photography industry. No analysing of Ricoh Imaging's financial performance. There'll be no discussions of K-3II or K-1II replacements here.
If you'd like a break from all that, this thread might be for you. I don't know about you, but whilst I find a few of these discussions interesting, I get tired of them too. I've even been guilty of thinking this way myself, in the past. It seems like the latest equipment has become more important than the process, challenges and fun of photography itself. It seems like, for some folks, what they have is never going to be enough, that there's always something they need or want that their current equipment doesn't deliver, that the grass is always ever-so-slightly greener on the other side or with the next potential or yet-to-be-released model. how, if Pentax doesn't catch up and/or release a new model soon, they'll jump to another brand etc. In countless threads, almost daily (it seems), folks discuss what the next Pentax camera might or should be, what features and specs it must have, how the AF needs to be better, or the continuous shooting buffer larger, how Nikon / Canon / Sony / Panasonic / Fujifilm are ahead of the game in this, that or another area. Welcome to the "Vintage Digital Camera" thread, celebrating old, obsolete cameras that are still in use, and the people that use them
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