A nice history lesson Alan, that highlights how quickly the technology has advanced over 20 years. Those wedding shots you took were great and perfectly acceptable. Interesting snippet about the Compact flash card 1GB, I have one purchased about 12 years after yours for a fraction of what you had paid back then, I would never have dreamed that it has a mini hard drive inside.
Thanks Steve. Yes, although the wedding shots look dated the quality was more than adequate. The CF microdrive did have people worrying about reliability because of the moving parts, but mine kept going through hundreds of weddings and still works even now.
Great to hear a fellow Merseysider photographer (I wonder if you remember a shop called J Allen Jones in Crosby?). This camera was my way in to digital SLR photography, mainly because I already had loads of Nikon lenses. I still have my S1 (£3,200 back in 2000 AD with the IBM micro drive - that didn't survive a fall) and it still works albeit with one caveat; I have to use the CR123 batteries, even with the ac power adaptor, as the little black 'duddy' that used to sit in the battery compartment no longer works. The only camera I currently use is an S3 Pro (mostly with a 300mm f2.8 prime lens).
Nice to hear from you FlyBoy! As I'm not a Merseysider born n bred, I don't recall that shop in Crosby sadly; what I most definitely DO remember is the horrendous cost of that IBM Microdrive! Anyway, it is so good to hear from someone still using an S1 plus an S3! Great cameras in their day and still capable in 2024.
Interesting, informative and entertaining video, thanks. For a while now, I've been enjoying using old lenses but I've just purchased an old DSLR (Nikon D100) which I'm currently in limbo with - camera is here but not the CF card it needs to work. I'm very much looking forward to playing with it. I find it very strange trying to get my head around the timelines of digital photography. The year 2000 seems like yesterday in every day life but about a hundred years ago when looking at digital photography - strange feeling! I will certainly be looking for more of your videos, thanks.
Thank you for the kind words Tim and I have to agree with you on the timeline front; your D100 will give great results I'm sure and hopefully your CF card will arrive very soon!
lovely video - couldn't wait to click on it 🙂 what a shame it's not in full working order. I wonder would it be worth trying to source a smart media card? alternatively, and this is a long shot, does it tether to a laptop maybe? whatever, how wonderful to have an old friend back in the collection. I felt the same when I bought a D700. I wonder these days how wedding photographers compete with the "weekend warrior", or the person who because they have a "big" camera gets invited to friend's weddings just to get free images? as an aside, we just celebrated our 22nd anniversary - and I think I've looked at our wedding photographs once in all that time!
Yes I did think about tethering it Nick but sadly it's the same problem so I'm convinced it's an issue with the output side of the sensor/chip/main board or whatever. I can't say I was sorry to get out of the wedding photography business, the competition at the time was intense. Times have changed from what I can gather and GOOD pro photographers are back in demand as I believe weddings cost so much these days that risking photos by "the best man's mate" is a step too far!
As always, it’s good to see you Alan. This was a very nice trip down memory lane and a reminder of how far technology has advanced, and yet we still want more and more megapixels and the more “bells and whistles” on the camera, the better. On a separate note, why no Liverpool “history channel” segment today? Please Alan, get with the program. Be well and stay safe.
For sure Milan, the S5 was a huge improvement over the S1 and it is indeed a shame the series ended - but I guess if it hadn't we wouldn't have had the excellent X series of cameras?
@@photographyforenjoyment I wish they had kept the SuperCCD idea going into the CMOS/X-TRANS era. Would have been a right to behold. Imagine the X-H2 with a SuperCMOS sensor ❤️
@@infinityfabric It got too old,and things stopped working in it so I gave up with it,I still use the S5 though,something very magical with those sensors 🙂
Just guessing the picture displayed with the young gents in the kayaks. Merseyside Liverpool? The initial transition from analogue SLR to digital DSLR at the professional level was definitely not for the impoverished photographer.T’was in the 🇬🇧for the millennium changeover. Consumers may have been seduced away from film by offerings like Canon’s Ixus digital compact. Both intrigued and informed by your reminiscent video. Thank you
Yes indeed, the Kayak shot was taken from Monks Ferry in Birkenhead. The groom, best man and ushers were all keen kayakers and they paddled across the Mersey to the church for the wedding ceremony. The change to digital for me as a working professional was a difficult choice; savings on film/processing costs were substantial, but conversely there was a huge increase in labour time on the computer following any assignment!
You shot how many weddings with it Alan? 😲 The photos you showed that were taken with that camera were nice. The camera itself looks huge! Was it heavy? The point and shoot Sony I used when I was a garden writer was only 5 megapixels and it took great photos.
Well TC thinking back, over a 7 year time period I reckon about 250-300 weddings/christenings/anniversaries, plus probably a similar number of portrait sessions. Size-wise it's like a Canon 5D with vertical grip but not as heavy.
I would suggest a quick squirt of electrical contact cleaner in the card slot? Leave it for 15 minutes to dry and try the card again, nothing to lose and it might just work.. I’d love to see a vid of you using this dslr.
A nice history lesson Alan, that highlights how quickly the technology has advanced over 20 years. Those wedding shots you took were great and perfectly acceptable.
Interesting snippet about the Compact flash card 1GB, I have one purchased about 12 years after yours for a fraction of what you had paid back then, I would never have dreamed that it has a mini hard drive inside.
Thanks Steve. Yes, although the wedding shots look dated the quality was more than adequate. The CF microdrive did have people worrying about reliability because of the moving parts, but mine kept going through hundreds of weddings and still works even now.
Great to hear a fellow Merseysider photographer (I wonder if you remember a shop called J Allen Jones in Crosby?). This camera was my way in to digital SLR photography, mainly because I already had loads of Nikon lenses. I still have my S1 (£3,200 back in 2000 AD with the IBM micro drive - that didn't survive a fall) and it still works albeit with one caveat; I have to use the CR123 batteries, even with the ac power adaptor, as the little black 'duddy' that used to sit in the battery compartment no longer works. The only camera I currently use is an S3 Pro (mostly with a 300mm f2.8 prime lens).
Nice to hear from you FlyBoy! As I'm not a Merseysider born n bred, I don't recall that shop in Crosby sadly; what I most definitely DO remember is the horrendous cost of that IBM Microdrive! Anyway, it is so good to hear from someone still using an S1 plus an S3! Great cameras in their day and still capable in 2024.
Interesting, informative and entertaining video, thanks. For a while now, I've been enjoying using old lenses but I've just purchased an old DSLR (Nikon D100) which I'm currently in limbo with - camera is here but not the CF card it needs to work. I'm very much looking forward to playing with it. I find it very strange trying to get my head around the timelines of digital photography. The year 2000 seems like yesterday in every day life but about a hundred years ago when looking at digital photography - strange feeling! I will certainly be looking for more of your videos, thanks.
Thank you for the kind words Tim and I have to agree with you on the timeline front; your D100 will give great results I'm sure and hopefully your CF card will arrive very soon!
lovely video - couldn't wait to click on it 🙂
what a shame it's not in full working order. I wonder would it be worth trying to source a smart media card? alternatively, and this is a long shot, does it tether to a laptop maybe?
whatever, how wonderful to have an old friend back in the collection. I felt the same when I bought a D700.
I wonder these days how wedding photographers compete with the "weekend warrior", or the person who because they have a "big" camera gets invited to friend's weddings just to get free images?
as an aside, we just celebrated our 22nd anniversary - and I think I've looked at our wedding photographs once in all that time!
Yes I did think about tethering it Nick but sadly it's the same problem so I'm convinced it's an issue with the output side of the sensor/chip/main board or whatever. I can't say I was sorry to get out of the wedding photography business, the competition at the time was intense. Times have changed from what I can gather and GOOD pro photographers are back in demand as I believe weddings cost so much these days that risking photos by "the best man's mate" is a step too far!
I look at my wedding photos and I still can’t figure out why I did it.
@@Enrique-the-photographer I'm staying out of this one...
@@duringthemeanwhilst LOL
As always, it’s good to see you Alan. This was a very nice trip down memory lane and a reminder of how far technology has advanced, and yet we still want more and more megapixels and the more “bells and whistles” on the camera, the better. On a separate note, why no Liverpool “history channel” segment today? Please Alan, get with the program. Be well and stay safe.
You always make me smile Enrique and rest assured, there is a history channel episode next week!
Interesting hearing you talk about it - I have dropped the link to my old mate - I think he would be interested in it :) atb Al
Thank you Alan!
Never used the S1/S2, but I did use the S3 and S5
Marvelous cameras. Sad the line didn't continue.
For sure Milan, the S5 was a huge improvement over the S1 and it is indeed a shame the series ended - but I guess if it hadn't we wouldn't have had the excellent X series of cameras?
@@photographyforenjoyment I wish they had kept the SuperCCD idea going into the CMOS/X-TRANS era. Would have been a right to behold. Imagine the X-H2 with a SuperCMOS sensor ❤️
I still use a S5 pro,and until recently a S3 pro as a back up but sadly that died :-(
@@fujiuser1968 I also have a S3 Pro. what happened to your camera?
@@infinityfabric It got too old,and things stopped working in it so I gave up with it,I still use the S5 though,something very magical with those sensors 🙂
Lovely English diction. Thanks a lot for telling us about this exclusive camera!
That is a very kind thing to say, thank you so much.
Just guessing the picture displayed with the young gents in the kayaks. Merseyside Liverpool? The initial transition from analogue SLR to digital DSLR at the professional level was definitely not for the impoverished photographer.T’was in the 🇬🇧for the millennium changeover. Consumers may have been seduced away from film by offerings like Canon’s Ixus digital compact. Both intrigued and informed by your reminiscent video. Thank you
Yes indeed, the Kayak shot was taken from Monks Ferry in Birkenhead. The groom, best man and ushers were all keen kayakers and they paddled across the Mersey to the church for the wedding ceremony. The change to digital for me as a working professional was a difficult choice; savings on film/processing costs were substantial, but conversely there was a huge increase in labour time on the computer following any assignment!
that was interesting. Glad that at that time I was not so much in photography with those prices to be paid for your gear.
Yes Peter, it was quite a bold decision but the offset in film & processing costs meant that it paid for itself within 2 years.
You shot how many weddings with it Alan? 😲 The photos you showed that were taken with that camera were nice. The camera itself looks huge! Was it heavy? The point and shoot Sony I used when I was a garden writer was only 5 megapixels and it took great photos.
Well TC thinking back, over a 7 year time period I reckon about 250-300 weddings/christenings/anniversaries, plus probably a similar number of portrait sessions. Size-wise it's like a Canon 5D with vertical grip but not as heavy.
I would suggest a quick squirt of electrical contact cleaner in the card slot? Leave it for 15 minutes to dry and try the card again, nothing to lose and it might just work.. I’d love to see a vid of you using this dslr.
You know something, I might just do that! I'll put some on the shopping list. Cheers Derek!
If anyone is interested in buying one I recently got my hands on one in perfect conditions
Very nice Federico, they are getting harder to find these days!
Do you still have one for sale😂