MattKing
Moderator
I recently purchased my first digital camera.
If I understand it correctly, originally it had a list price of about $700.00.
It offers manually selectable f stops.
It offers manually selectable exposure modification - +1.5 to -1.5 stops, on a manual dial.
It has a PC socket, so can be used with some, but not all of my older electronic flashes.
It has a relatively small screen, and viewing the image on it is a bit of a challenge, but still informative.
It came with a CF card, which I expect was large in it's time, and at maximum resolution has enough room for about 24 exposures.
I recently purchased a new CF card for it. They are a little bit harder to find, but at maximum resolution it holds about 1024 exposures
The new CF card cost me about $20.00.
It is a Kodak DC 4800 camera, I paid $50.00 for it, and here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280232252113
It appears to have a fairly decent close focus capability, and a reasonable wide angle capability.
It also has an optical viewfinder.
So, with the PC socket, manual exposure override, close focus capability, wide angle capability, and optical viewfinder, it fulfils my major needs in a digital point and shoot.
I can shoot and email, I can post to APUG or ebay or craigslist, and I can do quick and dirty documentation.
It is clear to me that this is useful!
I'm not going to use this for anything that I might want to print in my bathroom/darkroom.
I guess I would have more problem with that question if it had a 9 megapixel sensor, rather than 3.1.
Clearly, I don't have a desire to have the latest, but I would argue that the PC socket, the manually selectable (on a dial) f/stop and the manally selectable (on a dial) exposure compensation and the price makes this the greater, if not the greatest.
Matt
If I understand it correctly, originally it had a list price of about $700.00.
It offers manually selectable f stops.
It offers manually selectable exposure modification - +1.5 to -1.5 stops, on a manual dial.
It has a PC socket, so can be used with some, but not all of my older electronic flashes.
It has a relatively small screen, and viewing the image on it is a bit of a challenge, but still informative.
It came with a CF card, which I expect was large in it's time, and at maximum resolution has enough room for about 24 exposures.
I recently purchased a new CF card for it. They are a little bit harder to find, but at maximum resolution it holds about 1024 exposures
The new CF card cost me about $20.00.
It is a Kodak DC 4800 camera, I paid $50.00 for it, and here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280232252113
It appears to have a fairly decent close focus capability, and a reasonable wide angle capability.
It also has an optical viewfinder.
So, with the PC socket, manual exposure override, close focus capability, wide angle capability, and optical viewfinder, it fulfils my major needs in a digital point and shoot.
I can shoot and email, I can post to APUG or ebay or craigslist, and I can do quick and dirty documentation.
It is clear to me that this is useful!
I'm not going to use this for anything that I might want to print in my bathroom/darkroom.
I guess I would have more problem with that question if it had a 9 megapixel sensor, rather than 3.1.
Clearly, I don't have a desire to have the latest, but I would argue that the PC socket, the manually selectable (on a dial) f/stop and the manally selectable (on a dial) exposure compensation and the price makes this the greater, if not the greatest.
Matt