386SX wrote on 2021-05-29, 10:31:I like old digital cameras when back then they were improving so fast and with great models. I remember my old Canon A70 a 3,2MP compact camera that worked perfectly and it was really a good camera for its times. I still have the next one I bought after that, a Fujifilm S5500 that costed quite a lot for just a 10X zoom compact camera but it had a great plastic case and good specs while maybe I preferred the final image quality of the Canon.
I had a Canon A85 (4MP) and it was impressive... but when it failed, I bought a Canon A590IS (8MP) and the colours seems a little washed to me.
My "current" (it has 8 years or more) "good" (don't have a reason to invest in a better) camera is a Canon Posershot SX10IS (10MP). It has good quality, good zoom (20x) and a very light lens (1:2.8-5.7). I'd change it if I could afford a good EVIL camera with equivalent lenses (not in zoom but in opening).
The good things about that cameras is that they use AA batteries (so you can find replacements elsewhere, and having dead rechargeable batteries don't mean having to throw your camera away), and both have "advanced" photography settings (auto, manual, priority to aperture, priority to time) that most compact cameras don't have. Also, I have an adapter to put standard filters on the SX10 (so I can use a polarizer) and the A590IS can have a "macro" adapter (but they're expensive and rare to find).
kolderman wrote on 2021-05-29, 04:47:Used digital cameras should be dirty cheap as phones are doing to digital cameras what digital cameras did to film cameras.
Almost correct. 90% of people won't use any settings beyond "auto" and will use Photoshop to "enhance" their photos... but phone lenses and sensors are shitty and won't have the same aperture or speed that even a cheap camera can do. Just a reminder: you can always lose some quality via software, but you'll never get the quality lost by shitty cameras.
The best thing about smartphones is that you always have one on your pocket. There are moments that you see something weird/beautiful and you have not a camera at hand... but you still have your phone.
Jo22 wrote on 2021-05-29, 11:32:Oh yes, Canon! That reminds me of alternate firmwares.. Some digital cameras can load them via SD (or install them, even). There […]
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Oh yes, Canon! That reminds me of alternate firmwares.. Some digital cameras can load them via SD (or install them, even). There's quite a little community, here!
Such an alternate firmware adds a lot of extras, some of which are not related to cameras/images at all.
Long story short, they turn an otherwise boring camera into a little PDA-like device. 😀
https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/CHDK
https://magiclantern.fm/
I have that software installed on both Canon cameras, although I rarely use it. I guess the most used feature is making RAW photos... but there are many other features. Also, it let you put some parameters beyond what standard firmware do... in my A590IS, I can set ISO6400, but you'll find why Canon locked it at ISO 1600 (spoiler: it makes noisier photos than those of poltergeist TV shows).
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