My mom had this camera laying around from when I was younger and I love 2000's photos so I asked her if I could barrow it from her, I'm still learning it's full abilities but I think its beautiful how you took such a standard old tool and made amazing art with it. Just for reference, I am a young adult woman aiming at becoming a photographer in the future, and your video inspired me so much. I often struggle to like and even share my work because I don't have these amazing tools some people have because sadly I don't have much extra money to spend, but after watching this video I think I've found the desire to learn how to use the tools I have and love my art no matter what it was made with. For this I want to say thank you so much for giving your time to allow people to unlock a deeper part of their work, you are an amazing person both as and artist and as a soul.
Thank you for the great comment. it makes me very happy to know that you enjoyed watching my video and that it inspired you. My message stands true for everything, as long as you embrace the limitations that you have and learn to properly use the tools at your disposal. You can make great work no matter what you use!
I will have to respectfully disagree with that. Give a laymen a full frame mirrorless with an expensive F/1.2 50mm lens, and every picture they take will be "art". A professional photographer with a smartphone will simply not be able to recreate the same atmosphere. In my opinion, it goes like this: - Opportunity/setting/scene - Gear - Photographer You definitely need an eye for it, but photography is not alchemy as many photographers would have you believe.
Oh, wow. This is it! My very first digital camera-the Canon PowerShot A710 IS. It taught me so much! I bought it brand new at the start of 2006. This camera alone launched me into the world of photography, where I've been immersed as a portrait and event photographer for, my goodness, 17 years! So many memories. Thank you for this video. It brought back a lot of nostalgia.
I used to be a professional portrait photographer. My health sort of ruined that. BUT I have taken 100's of thousands of photos. And I love the old ones. :) I have used Phase One and Hasselblad. Not mine, I couldn't afford it. Point being...every camera you buy today...over 50 USD will do the job!! And way better than a phone. It's simple. Take my 6D f ex...it has a 35mm sensor. An Iphone 14 has...4-5 milimeters, I dont really know. And with a resolution of 45 MPX??? No way!!
Currently having fun with this camera. It's been with my family for years, and back in the 2000s my parents used it for both family and business purposes. Solid camera up to now, and with how cheap SDHC cards are nowadays, it makes it very easy to just start taking pictures.
Love the camera I have a Fuji FinePix from the same time period and I bought the my camera back in 2006 and I still have it and it still works like the day I bought it thank you man
I have the sd1000 and I would say digi cams don’t replace your phone, it’s just the ccd sensor that gives you an old digital look to your photos. It’s fun to shoot with at events or parties but will never say it’ll replace a professional camera or a newer pro model iPhone. It’s kinda a nostalgic gimmick with digicams no one really talks about.
Awesome video man💪 I'm actually using the same camera right now, and I love how those pictures came out! I've took this camera because I was trying to rescue some old photos in it, but then I took some pictures with it as a joke, and I couldn't belive my eyes.
I bought mine in 2006 and took it to Kenya on holiday, great pictures. I still use it almost daily when dog walking. It fits in your pocket(just) image stabilisation is excellent. Full controls M A S P plus easy functions.
Good video with a nice message. Thank you for being an example. Digicams are all the rage nowadays. Is this your first one? What others do you recommend on a budget? I ask because my digicam of choice is officially broken and IDK what to do. Might have to make a bigger camera function as an EDC I reckon. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! i really appreciate it!. 1- it not my first one, my first one was the sony rx100 ii, it was great but ended up selling it because i was upgrading. 2- Honestly, I personally recommend any other canon digicams because you can install CHDK on it and unlock some beautiful RAW files. 3 - Thats a bummer but they're old and tech is always bound to malfunctioning; but lucky for us, digicams are cheap, abundant and can be found anywhere.
Honestly, as good as I make this camera look, There are plenty of canon digicams out there that can pump just as good if not better results. The key is to install CHDK on it to unlock RAW shooting.
Hello Great video and I agree with you :-). There are so many point and shoot cameras from the 2000s. I have some and I use it. Greetings from lower Bavaria.
Great review/revive! Sub 145 from Sweden! I´ve got an A520 myself. Lost my original one I´ve had since 2006 due to power failiure but thrifted a replacement some months ago and absolutely love it! I am well aware of the fact that I probably never used this camera, or my previous one, to it´s full potential. Far from it. But since you have tips on this channel I might get to expand my knowledge somehow and make better pictures with it så keep it up :)
Thank You!, I highly recommend. I suggest you find a Canon camera as you can hack it and unlock RAW shooting with it. I play with my setting alot and I love to tinker my camera so that would be a whole other video on its own if you're interested
When people say "It's not about the gear" What they really mean is, "It's not about the most recent gear". Because this video explicitly proves it is about the gear, this camera is rendering differently to modern gear, that's hard to replicate and get the same feel. You can try to get the same 'look' in post, but not the same 'feel'. Because there is an intrinsic difference. Some of those differences are: lower megapixel count = larger photosites on the sensor. No phase detection on the sensor = larger photosites. Larger photosites don't just capture more quantity of light, sunlight moves in waves and patterns, so each larger photosite is capturing more character and quality of light. Smaller photosites is like drinking parents vodka while they're away and filling up the difference with water hoping they don't find out. That's why modern images feel like they have less life because they do, the life of the light is filtered out, from lenses having more coatings and elements, to the sensors having more filters, obstructions and smaller photosites. Continuing on the type of sensor is CCD, as opposed to CMOS; that captures differently. And it's a Canon, they've always had a warm summer holiday feel to their image processing engines, even when their sensors are made by someone else like Sony, their processing remains unique to them. The image sharpness is also improved by Optical Image Stabilisation. Image detail resolving first starts with resolving the light going into the camera before it hits a sensor. No amount of megapixels can make blurry light sharp, so good optics and OIS goes a long way for detail. I think that's enough points for now. Gear doesn't matter in terms of starting to create art, but it does matter when you're looking for certain results. The same way acrylic paints render and blend colour differently to oil paints. You don't have to have one or the other to start painting, but as we develop an aesthetic aspiration, the choice of gear brings us closer or further away from the nuanced aesthetic feel were striving to create and experience.
oh mate, what a great video, you earned a new subscriber! Can I ask you how you edit these photos? I love the style you give it, the colors, natural, not exaggerated. I can't edit like this, can you teach us please?
I don't own any camera that is newer than 10 years. I have a 5D MK2, a 70D, a 6D and the original EOS-M. I have a relatively new mobile phobe...I use it for talking with people. All my photos are taken with a CAMERA. :) And yes, I have Panasonic Lumix too....It's smaller than the DSLR's. :)
Thank you for the video :) I bought it to take photos during my holidays. Could you please write how to use it during days/nights and sunsets to have the best pictures? I am a beginner :)
Congratulations!! I’m very happy that you got one😊 With my experience for shooting during daytime, I used either P(program) or A(aperture priority) mode and I put my EV (exposure value) at -0.2/-0.3. I find that the camera brightens the image too much but with those settings its holds the details better. Furthermore, I recommend to use the VIVID picture colour mode. To get those beautiful colours. For night I Peronnally don’t use it unless I have a tripod or if I use flash. I hope this helps😊
hey bro beautiful pics man. Im also from ottawa lol, which thrift did you find this at? I was at value village this weekend just to browse for fun and didnt see any cameras in the store. These are going for 70+ on ebay now lol
Thank you! I went to value village on Cyrille, now a days it’s a hit or miss. But I was only able to find it because I go there constantly 😅 so keep looking. My best advice is to go to multiple places, you will eventually find one
Some of them are straight out of camera but most of them are RAW(DNG). I love post processing to an extent but I found that even the RAW files on this camera are insanely beautiful, not a lot of editing to do because the colours are 8 times out of 10 good enough and the sharpness of the lens really stands out. The JPEGS in my opinion are decent but the noise compression is too much and takes away from the sharpness of the excellent lens but it definitely retains the beautiful colours.
hey im a teen and i wanna buy a digicam, i see this camera used for 60$ usd and the canon sd1000 for 50$ usd and i also see the a720 one for around 65$ usd, which one should i get? also love the content
Great question. If you prioritize portability i recommend the sd1000 but if you want versatility and good grip I recommend the A710/720 because they take AA batteries and it has manual controls. Overall they both have a similar image quality
Good question, the reason is because CCD senors are "technically" able to shoot in 4k but only in terms of still images. Video on the other hand is too much to handle for that type of sensor. Thats why they cap it to 720p. CMOS sensors are found to be cheaper to manufacture, offers a faster readout speed with lower power consumption compared to a CCD sensor.
@@just.steeve I used to think it is due to inadequate cooling and low spec processors used in CCD cameras. I can see how CCD sensors struggle with video on a technical level. Charges building up and circulating from the sensor for a 1080p at 30pfs will generate enough heat to burn the sensor. Makes me wanna slap a cooling can on a CCD camera and see how far I can push it.
Bro, what am I doing wrong in the settings?😢 The jpeg pictures of camera soft are great. But RAW of chdk is very noisy even after processing in lightroom.
I think that you have your ISO set too high. This camera looks amazing at ISO 80, great at ISO100 but then it goes downhill form there. Personally I shoot 80-90% of the time at ISO 80.
I believe the maximum capacity is 8gb memory, I tried to use a 16gb, 32gb and 64gb but they all did not work. But 8gb will get you well over 800 jpgs shots and around 500 Raws
@@just.steeve so I actually ended up buying a 32gb micro Sd card and inserted it into an adapter for this cameras Sd slot and it’s seemed to have worked just fine
@@just.steeve 32gb is the max (SDHC). Might just be something wrong with your card or the camera's card reader, but try buying a fresh card. Currently have a 16gb one in mine, and it goes over the 9999 display limit in the camera for 1080p shots, and iirc about 4000+ for the highest resolution with my 16gb card.
My mom had this camera laying around from when I was younger and I love 2000's photos so I asked her if I could barrow it from her, I'm still learning it's full abilities but I think its beautiful how you took such a standard old tool and made amazing art with it. Just for reference, I am a young adult woman aiming at becoming a photographer in the future, and your video inspired me so much. I often struggle to like and even share my work because I don't have these amazing tools some people have because sadly I don't have much extra money to spend, but after watching this video I think I've found the desire to learn how to use the tools I have and love my art no matter what it was made with. For this I want to say thank you so much for giving your time to allow people to unlock a deeper part of their work, you are an amazing person both as and artist and as a soul.
just share yourself, your dreams, your fun. life is short, make it count. opinions dont matter, remember - we are all living for the first time
Thank you for the great comment.
it makes me very happy to know that you enjoyed watching my video and that it inspired you. My message stands true for everything, as long as you embrace the limitations that you have and learn to properly use the tools at your disposal. You can make great work no matter what you use!
I’ll keep saying. Photography isn’t about the gear. You can draw a beautiful illustration with a pencil after all.
Amen 🙏
Some camera legit suck
I will have to respectfully disagree with that. Give a laymen a full frame mirrorless with an expensive F/1.2 50mm lens, and every picture they take will be "art". A professional photographer with a smartphone will simply not be able to recreate the same atmosphere.
In my opinion, it goes like this:
- Opportunity/setting/scene
- Gear
- Photographer
You definitely need an eye for it, but photography is not alchemy as many photographers would have you believe.
hi man :) im surprised you only had 69 followers! im the 70th sub :D
super nice and professional and educational/interesting vid - keep it up
Thanks for the sub!
Oh, wow. This is it! My very first digital camera-the Canon PowerShot A710 IS. It taught me so much!
I bought it brand new at the start of 2006. This camera alone launched me into the world of photography, where I've been immersed as a portrait and event photographer for, my goodness, 17 years!
So many memories. Thank you for this video. It brought back a lot of nostalgia.
im glad i was able to bring you some nostalgia :)
I used to be a professional portrait photographer. My health sort of ruined that. BUT I have taken 100's of thousands of photos. And I love the old ones. :) I have used Phase One and Hasselblad. Not mine, I couldn't afford it. Point being...every camera you buy today...over 50 USD will do the job!! And way better than a phone. It's simple. Take my 6D f ex...it has a 35mm sensor. An Iphone 14 has...4-5 milimeters, I dont really know. And with a resolution of 45 MPX??? No way!!
Currently having fun with this camera. It's been with my family for years, and back in the 2000s my parents used it for both family and business purposes. Solid camera up to now, and with how cheap SDHC cards are nowadays, it makes it very easy to just start taking pictures.
It’s such a good gem 💎
Love the camera I have a Fuji FinePix from the same time period and I bought the my camera back in 2006 and I still have it and it still works like the day I bought it thank you man
No problem at all! I appreciate your support! which model is it?
Subscribed.
Hope to see many more videos on your channel in 2024.
Thank you very much! I will do my best!
I have the sd1000 and I would say digi cams don’t replace your phone, it’s just the ccd sensor that gives you an old digital look to your photos. It’s fun to shoot with at events or parties but will never say it’ll replace a professional camera or a newer pro model iPhone. It’s kinda a nostalgic gimmick with digicams no one really talks about.
Awesome video man💪
I'm actually using the same camera right now, and I love how those pictures came out!
I've took this camera because I was trying to rescue some old photos in it, but then I took some pictures with it as a joke, and I couldn't belive my eyes.
I know right!? I didnt think much about it aswell when I came across it. But when learned from @onemonthtwocameras about CHDK, I was hooked
I bought mine in 2006 and took it to Kenya on holiday, great pictures. I still use it almost daily when dog walking. It fits in your pocket(just) image stabilisation is excellent. Full controls M A S P plus easy functions.
Thanks for sharing!! If you want to unlock its full potential, I highly recommend installing CHDK on it
Dope! Thanks for sharing, I have been on the hunt for a good vintage-y digi cam at thrift store. Cool insight!
@@alondrasanchez9379 if you can, aim for a Canon digicam, they have amazing colours
hi dude! im surprised you only had 223 followers! im the 224 sub
super nice and professional and educational/interesting vid - keep it up
thank you very much, i really appreciate it!
Quality content, keep it up!
Appreciate it! Thank you!
Good video with a nice message. Thank you for being an example. Digicams are all the rage nowadays. Is this your first one? What others do you recommend on a budget? I ask because my digicam of choice is officially broken and IDK what to do. Might have to make a bigger camera function as an EDC I reckon. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! i really appreciate it!. 1- it not my first one, my first one was the sony rx100 ii, it was great but ended up selling it because i was upgrading. 2- Honestly, I personally recommend any other canon digicams because you can install CHDK on it and unlock some beautiful RAW files. 3 - Thats a bummer but they're old and tech is always bound to malfunctioning; but lucky for us, digicams are cheap, abundant and can be found anywhere.
Steeveeee Let's gooo
Great video man! Keep it up nice seeing tou more!
Thank you, making an effort to do so 😅
@@dangdiggidydog ????
Amazing video Steeve! Now let me hop in the local thrift store to find a digicam 👀
Damn you gotta make more videos bro this was really good. I really want to find this camera now buts it’s pretty pricy on the second hand market.
Honestly, as good as I make this camera look, There are plenty of canon digicams out there that can pump just as good if not better results. The key is to install CHDK on it to unlock RAW shooting.
Hello
Great video and I agree with you :-). There are so many point and shoot cameras from the 2000s. I have some and I use it.
Greetings from lower Bavaria.
Yes, they are very fun to use
Great review/revive!
Sub 145 from Sweden!
I´ve got an A520 myself. Lost my original one I´ve had since 2006 due to power failiure but thrifted a replacement some months ago and absolutely love it!
I am well aware of the fact that I probably never used this camera, or my previous one, to it´s full potential. Far from it. But since you have tips on this channel I might get to expand my knowledge somehow and make better pictures with it så keep it up :)
Thank you for the Sub and I hope I was able to teach you some new stuff. Don’t stop making photos 😊
I see and understand the appeal. I might want to look into getting one.
Wow your samples look amazing. Especially the grain and colors! what settings?
Thank You!, I highly recommend. I suggest you find a Canon camera as you can hack it and unlock RAW shooting with it. I play with my setting alot and I love to tinker my camera so that would be a whole other video on its own if you're interested
@@just.steeve I am all about shooting sooc. I am into sony mavicas floppy disk cameras. But I could get something smaller and more capable :P
I have the same¡¡¡ and works very well. And my other camera is the canon G15.
Cherish it well, you got yourself a real gem
@@just.steeve Yes, I agree. The A710is was my fist digital camera. Subsequently in 2014 I buy the G15 (F 1.8-2.8) and I love also¡¡¡
When people say "It's not about the gear" What they really mean is, "It's not about the most recent gear". Because this video explicitly proves it is about the gear, this camera is rendering differently to modern gear, that's hard to replicate and get the same feel. You can try to get the same 'look' in post, but not the same 'feel'. Because there is an intrinsic difference. Some of those differences are: lower megapixel count = larger photosites on the sensor. No phase detection on the sensor = larger photosites. Larger photosites don't just capture more quantity of light, sunlight moves in waves and patterns, so each larger photosite is capturing more character and quality of light. Smaller photosites is like drinking parents vodka while they're away and filling up the difference with water hoping they don't find out. That's why modern images feel like they have less life because they do, the life of the light is filtered out, from lenses having more coatings and elements, to the sensors having more filters, obstructions and smaller photosites. Continuing on the type of sensor is CCD, as opposed to CMOS; that captures differently. And it's a Canon, they've always had a warm summer holiday feel to their image processing engines, even when their sensors are made by someone else like Sony, their processing remains unique to them. The image sharpness is also improved by Optical Image Stabilisation. Image detail resolving first starts with resolving the light going into the camera before it hits a sensor. No amount of megapixels can make blurry light sharp, so good optics and OIS goes a long way for detail. I think that's enough points for now. Gear doesn't matter in terms of starting to create art, but it does matter when you're looking for certain results. The same way acrylic paints render and blend colour differently to oil paints. You don't have to have one or the other to start painting, but as we develop an aesthetic aspiration, the choice of gear brings us closer or further away from the nuanced aesthetic feel were striving to create and experience.
Very well said, I couldn't agree more 👍👍
nice video sir. You got a new subscriber!
@@whatepher1996 thank you!
oh mate, what a great video, you earned a new subscriber!
Can I ask you how you edit these photos? I love the style you give it, the colors, natural, not exaggerated. I can't edit like this, can you teach us please?
thank you! Ill definitely make one !
@@just.steevethank u so much! I need that
I don't own any camera that is newer than 10 years. I have a 5D MK2, a 70D, a 6D and the original EOS-M. I have a relatively new mobile phobe...I use it for talking with people. All my photos are taken with a CAMERA. :) And yes, I have Panasonic Lumix too....It's smaller than the DSLR's. :)
thanks sir! but I think I can find f660 or f770
Love these bro!
Thank you😊
Videomaking us possible with this? If yes please make a video test and show tutorial about the settings of video ❤
It is possible, but the quality is as good a potato 😂
Thank you for the video :) I bought it to take photos during my holidays. Could you please write how to use it during days/nights and sunsets to have the best pictures? I am a beginner :)
Congratulations!! I’m very happy that you got one😊
With my experience for shooting during daytime, I used either P(program) or A(aperture priority) mode and I put my EV (exposure value) at -0.2/-0.3. I find that the camera brightens the image too much but with those settings its holds the details better. Furthermore, I recommend to use the VIVID picture colour mode. To get those beautiful colours.
For night I Peronnally don’t use it unless I have a tripod or if I use flash.
I hope this helps😊
hey bro beautiful pics man. Im also from ottawa lol, which thrift did you find this at? I was at value village this weekend just to browse for fun and didnt see any cameras in the store. These are going for 70+ on ebay now lol
Thank you!
I went to value village on Cyrille, now a days it’s a hit or miss. But I was only able to find it because I go there constantly 😅 so keep looking. My best advice is to go to multiple places, you will eventually find one
@@just.steeve ah okay haha, I've been there few times never had any luck, I rarely go now but should start going again
Excellent review, thank you! Can I ask, are the photos you shared SOOC, JPEGs right from the camera, or did you edit them somehow?
Some of them are straight out of camera but most of them are RAW(DNG). I love post processing to an extent but I found that even the RAW files on this camera are insanely beautiful, not a lot of editing to do because the colours are 8 times out of 10 good enough and the sharpness of the lens really stands out. The JPEGS in my opinion are decent but the noise compression is too much and takes away from the sharpness of the excellent lens but it definitely retains the beautiful colours.
Thank you for the answer! The photos you shared were excellent, I have to study more about the RAW possibilities of this camera! :)
Are the photos you showed edited?
90% of them are edited, I really enjoy editing but I try to not overdo it. my goal is always to make the image look like how i remembered the memory
did you edit those pics you re showing us?
About 90% are edited because they are mostly shot in RAW but some are straight out of camera; a great example is the first image of the slideshow
hey im a teen and i wanna buy a digicam, i see this camera used for 60$ usd and the canon sd1000 for 50$ usd and i also see the a720 one for around 65$ usd, which one should i get?
also love the content
Great question. If you prioritize portability i recommend the sd1000 but if you want versatility and good grip I recommend the A710/720 because they take AA batteries and it has manual controls. Overall they both have a similar image quality
@@just.steeve thanks! do you kknoow which one is gonna take more retro looking photos?
@@AhnafHossain-rw3pt "retro" is more subjective but to answer your question, all of them do, i personnaly prefer the the A models
@@just.steeve thankks alot! have a great great day
❤ got one in my pocket, on my hols 😂
Then why do videos shot from a 16MP canon A810 is 720p max and look bad? Shouldn't it too be more than 4k ?
Good question, the reason is because CCD senors are "technically" able to shoot in 4k but only in terms of still images. Video on the other hand is too much to handle for that type of sensor. Thats why they cap it to 720p. CMOS sensors are found to be cheaper to manufacture, offers a faster readout speed with lower power consumption compared to a CCD sensor.
@@just.steeve I used to think it is due to inadequate cooling and low spec processors used in CCD cameras. I can see how CCD sensors struggle with video on a technical level. Charges building up and circulating from the sensor for a 1080p at 30pfs will generate enough heat to burn the sensor.
Makes me wanna slap a cooling can on a CCD camera and see how far I can push it.
Bro, what am I doing wrong in the settings?😢 The jpeg pictures of camera soft are great. But RAW of chdk is very noisy even after processing in lightroom.
I think that you have your ISO set too high. This camera looks amazing at ISO 80, great at ISO100 but then it goes downhill form there. Personally I shoot 80-90% of the time at ISO 80.
@@just.steeve Could chdk settings and camera settings conflict with each other?
@@Sharlatann No they dont, once CHDK is activated, it operates with the camera, so the software doesnt fight against the original operating system.
Please give us the settings
You should check out this video that I made on that subject ruclips.net/video/_gowv-GfbgY/видео.html
Did u do any edits/settings or it's just natural??
I edited most of them as they were shot in RAW, but some were straight out of camera, a great example was the first photo of the slideshow
I love alternative “Analogic” gadgets so I don’t really need to take my phone with me and take all my attention
I highly recommend grabbing one while its still affordable
It can shoot in RAW?
Not out of the box, BUT with CHDK it definitely can. Subscribe as i will release a video on how to do it, in the near future 😉
Does anyone know if the memory card slot has a capacity or can I just get like a 256gb card with no issues?
I believe the maximum capacity is 8gb memory, I tried to use a 16gb, 32gb and 64gb but they all did not work.
But 8gb will get you well over 800 jpgs shots and around 500 Raws
@@just.steeve so I actually ended up buying a 32gb micro Sd card and inserted it into an adapter for this cameras Sd slot and it’s seemed to have worked just fine
@@just.steeve 32gb is the max (SDHC). Might just be something wrong with your card or the camera's card reader, but try buying a fresh card. Currently have a 16gb one in mine, and it goes over the 9999 display limit in the camera for 1080p shots, and iirc about 4000+ for the highest resolution with my 16gb card.
274 sub here 👆🏽
Thank you ✌✌
Turn the damned muzak off, it is ruining your valid voice-over.
love your review and pics but I won't be watching anymore if you keep playing that crappy music. What a racket.
great content!! im ur 95 subs! 🫶🏻