I used to shoot weddings with a 4 megapixel Canon (1D) and never had a problem. If you shot with filling the frame in mind, you could do the same thing with the same camera today.
that 1D is a beautiful camera and that CCD sensor is my all time favourite sensor. I had one from 2004-2007, which I sold to upgrade to a 1DIIn and regretted it. I had the opportunity to get a minty 1D back in April 2022 for AUD $400 with only 5k shots on the shutter and jumped at it.
Of course you don't need if you don't use high iso values and don't want to print photos. If you make a crop with 4 megapixels it will look much worse than one with 20.
Never did need the latest, greatest gear. I have a 45 year Nikon F2 that is still in good working order. The metering is a little flaky due to the internal parts in the prism head. It has taken excellent pictures for me. And I was using film which is not as sharp and full of grain. But that was the beauty of using film. B&W film makes great images from a series of dots.
@@Aneliuse No way! My Samsung Galaxy S24 Extreme Pro Limited Camera Edition captures 100 petapixels at 5760 fps on its ultra advanced 1/2.3" AI sensor. Samsung told me so!
My 1st camera was a 1.1mp Nikon that my grandfather gave me, I used that thing for 10 years and some of my best photos from my childhood are from that camera. I love that Nikon used the F mount forever so with this body you have an almost unlimited list of lenses you can use. When it comes to snow I have to close the apriture, you get more in focus but the photos are not blown out.
I'm holding onto my my D1H, D200, D700 and Df forever. You just got me bitten with the D2H bug! They're all old cameras but they still create amazing pictures.
I just got a D700, my first FF digital camera, and quite like it so far. Tbh, as much as I love the D200, I replaced it with a D300 just for the selectable settings banks. Higher ISO is nice too.
Have a D800 love that , D200 still and D90 which is my studio workhorse . Lot of D lenses 80-200 F2.8 , 85mm, 50mm, 28mm, 24ai , Helios , 24-70 F2.8 and just got Z5 with ZF Adaptor. before the D200 had a D70
Although this camera was top notch in its day, it is now in the realm of hobbiest photography. That's where I am. I have a 5 megapixel Sony, and a 10 Megapixel Nikon. Both can take great photos in the right conditions. I only post to social media and a few casual wildlife and photography sites. Since most such photos are consumed on tiny phone, tablet or laptop screens, under those circumstances, they can look quite good. Large 4K desktop screens are still in the minority for content consumption in my opinion, so these old but well built low mpxl cameras still have something to give us, and are a great place to start if someone on a budget wants to step into the camera world from phones.
Thanks for the video! It was fun to watch. Also funny how clear the difference was between the Tokina and Nikon lens. Good glass makes the biggest difference. I used to shoot on an older D5000, and it looked fine.
Older cameras are such a amazing bunch of quality products. I use Pentax K10D and thats a whopping 10,2 megapixel camera with a solid well made CCD sensor. Planning to buy good old K100D Super which belongs to the famous 6 megapixel club. I am always glad when i see someone using a older digital or film camera as i know those guys know that you dont need the latest mirrorless camera to take amazing pics.
I still have my original D200 and shoot it occasionally, and it's true that your really don't need much to have fun and make great images. Especially if just shooting for yourself or posting on social media, really any digital camera from the last 15 years or whatever is fully capable and good enough.
I had the D2Hs. I loved it. I still regret selling it. The image quality from that little sensor was truly amazing. I have a 30" print made from it that looks great.
Have you set up the non-cpu lens data in the shooting menu? I am sure I have an equivalent Tokina 70-210 lens on my D200 and it works fine (dirt cheap lens and pretty good at the long end to). If not then set it up in the menus to tell the camera what the lens aperture is and use the aperture ring on the lens. If the lens has the right attachment then it should meter. The sensor on the D2 series is a weird type of CMOS and the colours were so good that Nikon released picture controls to copy them on the D3/D700/D300.
The D50 is a great camera! I used its slightly older sibling the D70 for years until finding a cheap D200. The D50 body is just the right size sometimes.
Love this. Wouldn't be for me as I rely on cropping a lot, but that's why I'm an analog photographer shooting on equally cheap gear. It's so wholesome to see what amazing things you can actually do for pennies.
Good video. My first digital camera was a 2mp Olympus. Next was a 6mp Fuji S20 Pro; it failed. Then an Oly C50-50-z that would rain batteries overnight. Then... A 2005 Nikon D50. I'm on my second D50 now and it's still a good camera for photography in good light. I vary between an 18-55, 18-140, a 35mm and a 50mm and they all produce good results. From just 6 mp. But it won't do 8 frames per second. :-)
I have 2 cameras a Nikon Z6 for work, and a Fujifilm S5Pro (a Nikon D200 with Fuji guts). I find myself coming back to the S5Pro a lot just because of how each image feels straight out of camera; each time I offload images I just fall in love with the S5Pro's even more. It's slow and clunky, definitely has it's quirks as a camera overall, but you get use to it and appreciate the photography experience!
I have a 8mp canon 20d, and with a manual focus zeiss lens it takes surprisingly nice photos. Once you bypass the bad autofocus on those old cameras, they are surprisingly good for a $20-30 camera.
Shooting today with my old Olympus E-1 with some good Zuiko lenses. Beautiful colors, indestructible body. At the kind of photos I take, slow ISO and 5 mpix are Enough for me.
I hear ya - I have just grabbed an old, old Pentax DSLR from 2003 (100% functional, and for peanuts) - it's 6.1MP. I have a good lens on it, and the results are still beautiful up until sizes way, way larger than I'll never need.
Beer is great for foreground interest. I often spend too long focusing on it - that's a personal thing, I guess. The newest gear I own is 15 years old, and it wasn't even good then. Does the job when you have become intimate with it! Stunning pics!
Yes, my favorite tools are the ones I can use without having to consciously think about it. My "good" equipment is 15 years old and just does the job consistently.
I still have one of these and it works great! The images look surprisingly good, as long as I shoot in raw. The green-magenta balance is pretty bad right out of the camera, and varies a lot from shot to shot. But Adobe camera raw works great for taking care of that issue. I took this up to Colorado in the mountains about 5 years ago and took some beautiful pictures of my girlfriend in the snow with an old Nikkor 70-210 f/4 AF lens (‘86-‘88). Those old screw-driven autofocus lenses work great with this body and I got fantastic results! The only thing I’ve had to replace so far is the batteries, and I found some cheap knockoffs from eBay that do the job. Great work you did on your photos here! Everything looks great. But I really love the pics you took of the owls and the ducks!
I remember going from a 0.3 megapixel Casio QV-700 to a 1.3 megapixel Sony DSC-S30, and then a Sony DSC-T1... and then finally into a 6 megapixel Nikon D40, *which was a legendary beast*. Man... I have 40 mega pickles now. What a world.
It's crazy how good these cameras really were back then and seeing how good they still are today. You're definitely going to be limited in low light but in good light, a 4 megapixel Nikon DSLR is still quite good 20 years later, especially now where most things are consumed on Facebook and Instagram anyway.
For a Photography channel, i love the editing style of this content. You've also re-inspired me to pull out the Canon 1D classic and slap on the old 600/4 to it for this autumn season.
Absolutely possible. When it was released many professionals used it daily to create stunning photos that were displayed everywhere-from wall art and posters to books and commercial prints. Megapixels aren't the only factor in image quality. Those early cameras showed that skill and creativity matter far more than just specs! I still shoot paid jobs on a 1DX Mark1, nobody ever complained about the quality of the photos... the pixel peeper disease is an illness that only affects photographers LOL
Does it need a clock battery? It's mostly a thing of the past now, but see the 'clock' flashing. Wonder if that would fix your metering issue too, keeping in mind cameras were metering off clock batteries way before digital was a thing. So who knows, but maybe a quirk of age, that it fpr whatever reason needs a clock battery to meter?
I still shoot with my 7D. It's a tank. Sure, it is heavy and big, and iso above 1600 gets really noisy - but 95 % of the time the limiting factor is me, not the camera.
Still got mine...still running ! And... the battery is still running !!! Nikon back then was the best. Nowadays : got a Z6II, the LCD screen broke after 2 months. What happened to this brand ????
A few years ago I bought a canon, and a nikon dslr. They were both $45 each. Back then they cost $900.00 each They are both 5 mega pixels. The photos come out very beautiful. The best photos I have shot with have been with low mega pixel cameras. I had another camera that was 3 megapixels. Those photos also came out very beautiful. It's never the gear. It's the photographer.😊
I can't afford something like the 10k Canon RX so all my photography is done with a 16 year old Canon 50D. I wanted one when they first came out in 2008 but they cost 5-6k! I also use an old Canon L series 17-40mm lens and 50mm lens. Also great to see the wild horses as well, we have them here in Australia and they are known as Brumbies.
I've gone back to my old Fuji S5 pro more times than I can mention. Why? Because it's just beautiful. It gives so much and it's exquisitely made. It's the camera I always recommend to everyone. I love my mirrorless Fujis, but the S5 pro is pure magic. Get one 👌🏻
How taking your shot right on spot is a new idea? I always thought that cropping your images is wasting your camera resolution. Nice shots and a great video!
Just killed my 64mpixel smartphone! kkkk Off course! The sensor, the optics, all is better in DSLR! Loads of megapixles are uselles if the size of sensor is small!
after being mugged once at a knife point when I was younger ( thiefs only wanted my lowepro bag although I had quite a bit of cash on me ), nowadays I also do more lowkey approach. Nikon D3, few older prime lenses. If stuff gets stolen it's not the end of the world. Easier to live and take great photos in this kind of way.
12-24 MP is works in most cases. Love the 70-300 vr, 17-55 2.8, 35 1.8 on D3300 , D7100, Z50, Z7. $100 -500 gets you alot used these days. Nikon is the value king of photo cameras
That is always my theory - a good operator/craftsman can use any tool to create great things. I bought my D700 in 2010 and still using it with great photos. I don't have any other newer cameras other than my older Nikon film cameras and the D700. Cheers
@@j_taylor I can tell you from my experience (I started film photography 1979) that the D700 is not only a great camera but images SOOC are closest to my film prints. Surely nowdays you all film simulations in fuji etc but this camera never disappoints. My son's friend lend me his ZF and that is an absolute masterclass but I am still very satisfied with the D700. You can make it work - there are lots of resources on the internet to help you .
Still grab my D500 to this day, even though I've moved on to mirrorless. It just can't be beat for wildlife shoots or even slowing down for some manual focus goodness.
Regretted trading in my D500 just because I yearned for full-frame. The DX format has its pros and I think Nikon should develop their APS line to include a D500 in mirrorless form
This is how planned obsolescence has captured people into spending an absolute fortunate every couple of years. My digital cameras are 8-10 years old, still perform great, and now I am going all "old skool" getting myself an Olympus OM4Ti (an unused condition one from Japan, as I want it to last). It's all about the photos, not the machine
the old Manuel lenses still work grate with new body's i have two a 50mm and a 200mm just not sure where i put the 200mm i know i pack it away but the question is where but either way they still grade lense today if you ask me.
I have been using my old D40x CCD camera. Still gets the shots. I prefer the vintage Nikons like my D4, D700. Got these cheap in great shape. Fun cameras.
The only biggest problem with these old cameras is if you buy one and the battery doesn’t hold and for some reason they don’t make those batteries anymore it’s a headache to deal with it as far as the look of the photos they’re amazing look that you can’t get anymore like the photo of that rusted car with the composition the sunset the exposure .. it’s beautiful.. you can’t get a photo like that with modern cameras
Indeed, before my D2hs/D2xs, I used and still have my D70s. The sound of the D70s, it's like feather. I dunno how to describe it. It's less pronounced than the other DSLRs (maybe the D100 or D50 has the same shutter mechanism, I don't know).
@@delowanfocus Yes D70 also has a native flash sync speed of 500th second the highest flash sync of any DSLR or non leaf shutter camera on market because of the low noise CCD sensor
Nikon cameras require automatic focus electronic lenses for aperture and shutter priority modes. The meter depends on being able to read what the aperture on the lens is set to.
I have. 2 Pentax DSLR cameras a Pentax *istDL 6 megapixel camera from 2005 and a Pentax K100D from 2006 both cameras work fine and I use them my Tamron llens 28-200 and 75-300 both are autofocus lens . my Pentax 16 -50 2.8 star lens I use on my newer Pentax cameras works fine on these cameras. With the firmware update I can use SDHC cards and the cameras use AA batteries so I don't have to worry about special batteries
The metering is most likely ok, the problem is behind the camera. For metering the D2 needs an Ai/S compatible lens with the notch for aperture value transfer. Without it the camera doesn't know what aperture is selected.
What about AF? I bought a D70 some time ago but the AF misses too much shots even in single central point. It only work for slow paced portraits or something like that, but for my dogs, for birds or sport isn't the right camera at all.
The D70 was a beginners camera, the AF performance vs the professional bodies of the time was night and day though they aren't as good as current professional gear. D70 vs D2H would be similar to 350D vs 1Dmk2. Entry-level bodies would struggle with a f/5.6 lens as light-levels started to decline and would be hit&miss indoors at f/4.
I had a second hand Canon 350D for years, now have a Canon 70D, but some of my best photos were taken on the 350D. The biggest two improvements are the bigger, articulated screen and the much bigger ISO range.
Also the ability to shoot high ISO. My Canon R6 Mk 2 shoots useable photos straight out of camera with no noise reduction at 12500iso. My 2016 80D was limited to 1600 max
A question occurs to me... I have a Nikon D40 that I bought new in 2009 and I adored it for a long time (100,000 shots at least). Got a few lenses and a nice LowePro carrier for them all too, over the years. The original rechargeable battery failed after about 3 years, then bought another and another in due course... Haven't used the camera in ages, but now I am wondering - even if I do want to use it again - can I still get new batteries for this thing? And if so, for how long? Does battery availability worry you at all? Would love to know your opinion. Cheers, from the UK.
@@MeatwhistlePhotos Mines has had very little use. looks like it just come out the box.. I have a old sigma 80-400 lens which does not give a crisp image. I may look at Nikon Lenses for it.. My D2hs come from a family member who never used it..
Not to brag but I'm ecstatic that a month ago I bought a D300 with the battery grip for $50.. with 2 cards a USB reader and a $35 manual. I carry it as a backup to my D850. It a lot of fun.
One thing that I agree with you is if you are just starting out in photography or are moving onto DSLR cameras from bridge cameras it is best to buy an older DSLR on the second hand market that is fairly cheap when I started back up with photography I started with bridge cameras because they come complete with big zoom lenses but later on I decided to get a cheap DSLR because for some photos I wanted to take control of the shutter speed which is something that you can't do with bridge cameras they tend to pick their own shutter speed based on how you set up the camera within us predefined settings and ended up getting a 16 year old 10 mega pixel camera outfit for around 80 pound from a pawn shop but as soon as 64 GB SD cards become the standard minimum size available it will render all the older cameras obsolete as they can't read a 64 GB card and most of the functions won't work on the cameras without an SD card
People should remember that to double the cropping capability (double resolution), one needs to quadruple the megapixels. If one starts with 2.74 Mpix sensor and needs to fill the frame to have good Full HD image (2.1 Mpix) then to be able crop it from twice the distance, or from two times shorter focal length, one needs 10.96 Mpix sensor. That offers 50% crop (half the height, half the width) to be taken from full frame. Now if someone wants to do that same thing from that sensor, they need to get 43,8 Mpix sensor. Now they can again do 50% crop, or use half shorter focal length or shoot twice further distance. And again, next would be 175,2 Mpix sensor. So if one starts with a 300 mm lens with 2,74 Mpix sensor at 20 meters, they then could use 150 mm lens or be at 40 meters, that is 10,96 Mpix sensor. Next would be 75 mm lens or be at 80 meters distance and that is 43,8 Mpix sensor. And last one would be 38 mm lens or 160 meters distance, with that 175,2 mpix sensor. Problems are that one can't grow distance much as temperature heat waves and all other moisture etc drops image quality very quickly. And focal length halfing will stress optical quality, so you are in trouble with that setting limitations. And after all considerations, one needs to understand that 2-4 Mpix files goes very far. Again as reminder, Full HD video is just a 2,1 Mpix. We look in reality 50-55" televisions with Full HD resolution with admirable video quality. We have just in few years got to 4K videos in broadcasting, that is just a 8,3 Mpix video. If someone can't get image right with 5-8 Mpix photo, they can't get it with any larger either. And 2 Mpix can be something that you can produce a A4 size prints in good look.
When I got into digital photography, I thought more megapixels is always better, but that's not where the magic is. The magic in photography is in the eye/hands of the photographer. 4 megapixels translate to screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 which is more than enough even today. Sure, at 4 megapixels you can't crop the image as you would at 20+ megapixels, but I rarely crop anything. That being said, a DSLR does present a bit of a challenge and can be trickier to get the image you want, compared to modern mirror less cameras, but that's just me.
And I question myself: there are so many glorious technical advancements of the recent years. But why does it feel so unexplainably nostalgic and sad when you get back to something older? And why do I want to get there into those old times so much?
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I used to shoot weddings with a 4 megapixel Canon (1D) and never had a problem. If you shot with filling the frame in mind, you could do the same thing with the same camera today.
That's great. It's just frustrating when no one on the internet listens and they often get fixated on the mp count.
Ditto. I used to shoot with the 6mp Canon 300D and had much success.
@@rephaelreyes8552 Blame marketing people.
7D is so good, 100 bucks used with 1 lens or 2. Best bang for the buck, for 150 you got 4 lenses with the 7D and a extra battery, battery grip etc
that 1D is a beautiful camera and that CCD sensor is my all time favourite sensor. I had one from 2004-2007, which I sold to upgrade to a 1DIIn and regretted it. I had the opportunity to get a minty 1D back in April 2022 for AUD $400 with only 5k shots on the shutter and jumped at it.
those photos with the owls are amazing. the lesser amount of sharpness and details actually makes this photo more authentic to me, in a way
Thank you very much! It was a great outing.
Those 4runner and D2H probably gonna goes for another 20.000 yrs and outlast the humanity
Just goes to prove, you don’t need the latest up to date expensive gear to take brilliant photographs
Considering most new smartphones render at 4-6megapixels (effectively) its understandable that an old camera still work
Of course you don't need if you don't use high iso values and don't want to print photos. If you make a crop with 4 megapixels it will look much worse than one with 20.
as someone who shoots on an older frame aswell canon 1d ii i stand by this
Never did need the latest, greatest gear. I have a 45 year Nikon F2 that is still in good working order. The metering is a little flaky due to the internal parts in the prism head. It has taken excellent pictures for me. And I was using film which is not as sharp and full of grain. But that was the beauty of using film. B&W film makes great images from a series of dots.
@@Aneliuse No way! My Samsung Galaxy S24 Extreme Pro Limited Camera Edition captures 100 petapixels at 5760 fps on its ultra advanced 1/2.3" AI sensor. Samsung told me so!
My 1st camera was a 1.1mp Nikon that my grandfather gave me, I used that thing for 10 years and some of my best photos from my childhood are from that camera.
I love that Nikon used the F mount forever so with this body you have an almost unlimited list of lenses you can use.
When it comes to snow I have to close the apriture, you get more in focus but the photos are not blown out.
As someone once said, remember that every great photograph you have seen in your life was taken with a camera worse than your camera.
Wow, great line 👍👍
Not true, some old cam are built like tank
I use a D80, got it used as a gift. I love it. Wouldn't want anything else!
I'm holding onto my my D1H, D200, D700 and Df forever. You just got me bitten with the D2H bug! They're all old cameras but they still create amazing pictures.
Wow, great lineup there! Love that D200 with the CCD sensor 👌
I just got a D700, my first FF digital camera, and quite like it so far.
Tbh, as much as I love the D200, I replaced it with a D300 just for the selectable settings banks. Higher ISO is nice too.
Have a D800 love that , D200 still and D90 which is my studio workhorse . Lot of D lenses 80-200 F2.8 , 85mm, 50mm, 28mm, 24ai , Helios , 24-70 F2.8 and just got Z5 with ZF Adaptor. before the D200 had a D70
Proof! It's not the camera, it's the photographer!
Although this camera was top notch in its day, it is now in the realm of hobbiest photography. That's where I am. I have a 5 megapixel Sony, and a 10 Megapixel Nikon. Both can take great photos in the right conditions. I only post to social media and a few casual wildlife and photography sites. Since most such photos are consumed on tiny phone, tablet or laptop screens, under those circumstances, they can look quite good. Large 4K desktop screens are still in the minority for content consumption in my opinion, so these old but well built low mpxl cameras still have something to give us, and are a great place to start if someone on a budget wants to step into the camera world from phones.
So true! I do event photography and pictures don't go past linkedin posts..So my D3 is still quite competetive.
Thanks for the video! It was fun to watch. Also funny how clear the difference was between the Tokina and Nikon lens. Good glass makes the biggest difference. I used to shoot on an older D5000, and it looked fine.
Wow! Amazing shots with manual everything!!! It’s not the camera, it’s the person behind the camera🤘
Thank you very much 😊
I love this snowy landscape - could being all day there! That's what i love the most, snow, or foggy landscapes.
You are incredible. With manual focus and a body from 2003 with 4MP you managed to do something amazing. I congratulate you
Wow, thanks for the awesome comment. It's much appreciated 😀 . Have a wonderful day! 🍻🤠
Incredible video! Some people are just exceptional photographers, no matter what tools they have at their disposal
Thank you very much 😊
I enjoyed watching this video! Make more videos where you show off old, professional top-end cameras.
Thank you very much for the comment. It is much appreciated. More to come for sure 👍
Older cameras are such a amazing bunch of quality products.
I use Pentax K10D and thats a whopping 10,2 megapixel camera with a solid well made CCD sensor. Planning to buy good old K100D Super which belongs to the famous 6 megapixel club.
I am always glad when i see someone using a older digital or film camera as i know those guys know that you dont need the latest mirrorless camera to take amazing pics.
I still have my original D200 and shoot it occasionally, and it's true that your really don't need much to have fun and make great images. Especially if just shooting for yourself or posting on social media, really any digital camera from the last 15 years or whatever is fully capable and good enough.
what makes an image great is the composition, it was never the cameras specification.
Beautiful country! I'll make sure to keep an eye out for stud piles
Cool to see how it still looks better than smartphone pics xD
For me it's the D2x that blew me away. Similar to D2h, I can see the same tonality and distinctive white balance. Amazing pieces of gear!
Yeah the 12mp would help these days with 4k monitors and such. Also jumped up from the weird JFET to more typical CMOS.
I worked for AP and used this D2H got many front pages and got first pics out from the Tsunami
Fun! I just bought a full-frame, 15 year old Nikon D700 for $200 on KEH. Loving it.
Congrats! Those are awesome cameras, and it's on my short list for sure. Have fun with the new toy 👌👍🍻
I had the D2Hs. I loved it. I still regret selling it. The image quality from that little sensor was truly amazing. I have a 30" print made from it that looks great.
I'm not surprised. 4Mpx is still more detail than 2K, and a lot of cinemas project in 2K.
@@Biosynchroand 1080p we're watching RUclips in is only about 2mp.
Have you set up the non-cpu lens data in the shooting menu? I am sure I have an equivalent Tokina 70-210 lens on my D200 and it works fine (dirt cheap lens and pretty good at the long end to). If not then set it up in the menus to tell the camera what the lens aperture is and use the aperture ring on the lens. If the lens has the right attachment then it should meter.
The sensor on the D2 series is a weird type of CMOS and the colours were so good that Nikon released picture controls to copy them on the D3/D700/D300.
The D2hs is still my daily camera. In fact i have two of them. They are becoming rare to get by, in excellent condition...
Hand feelding wild birds, gotta try that
I still use my twenty year old Nikon D50 from time to time and perfectly happy with the amount of pixels!
The D50 is a great camera! I used its slightly older sibling the D70 for years until finding a cheap D200. The D50 body is just the right size sometimes.
Love this. Wouldn't be for me as I rely on cropping a lot, but that's why I'm an analog photographer shooting on equally cheap gear. It's so wholesome to see what amazing things you can actually do for pennies.
Good video. My first digital camera was a 2mp Olympus. Next was a 6mp Fuji S20 Pro; it failed. Then an Oly C50-50-z that would rain batteries overnight. Then... A 2005 Nikon D50. I'm on my second D50 now and it's still a good camera for photography in good light. I vary between an 18-55, 18-140, a 35mm and a 50mm and they all produce good results. From just 6 mp. But it won't do 8 frames per second. :-)
That's why I still have my D800 📷👍
You can acomplish almost any photographic issignment with something like D2x, D300, D700. Everything above - marketing!
I couldn’t agree more. 👍
I am currently have a D2Hs. LCD just went bad last year. But the shutter still strong.
I have 2 cameras a Nikon Z6 for work, and a Fujifilm S5Pro (a Nikon D200 with Fuji guts). I find myself coming back to the S5Pro a lot just because of how each image feels straight out of camera; each time I offload images I just fall in love with the S5Pro's even more. It's slow and clunky, definitely has it's quirks as a camera overall, but you get use to it and appreciate the photography experience!
I have a 8mp canon 20d, and with a manual focus zeiss lens it takes surprisingly nice photos. Once you bypass the bad autofocus on those old cameras, they are surprisingly good for a $20-30 camera.
Shooting today with my old Olympus E-1 with some good Zuiko lenses. Beautiful colors, indestructible body. At the kind of photos I take, slow ISO and 5 mpix are Enough for me.
I hear ya - I have just grabbed an old, old Pentax DSLR from 2003 (100% functional, and for peanuts) - it's 6.1MP. I have a good lens on it, and the results are still beautiful up until sizes way, way larger than I'll never need.
I love your style man, fucking fantastic photographs especially of those great grey owls! Peace x
Wow, thank you VERY much!! 😊
Have a fantastic weekend 🍻
Beer is great for foreground interest. I often spend too long focusing on it - that's a personal thing, I guess.
The newest gear I own is 15 years old, and it wasn't even good then. Does the job when you have become intimate with it!
Stunning pics!
Thank you 🙏.
Yes, my favorite tools are the ones I can use without having to consciously think about it.
My "good" equipment is 15 years old and just does the job consistently.
I still have one of these and it works great! The images look surprisingly good, as long as I shoot in raw. The green-magenta balance is pretty bad right out of the camera, and varies a lot from shot to shot. But Adobe camera raw works great for taking care of that issue.
I took this up to Colorado in the mountains about 5 years ago and took some beautiful pictures of my girlfriend in the snow with an old Nikkor 70-210 f/4 AF lens (‘86-‘88). Those old screw-driven autofocus lenses work great with this body and I got fantastic results!
The only thing I’ve had to replace so far is the batteries, and I found some cheap knockoffs from eBay that do the job.
Great work you did on your photos here! Everything looks great. But I really love the pics you took of the owls and the ducks!
Awesome ❤❤❤❤.. it's such an amazing inspiration for photography
Thank you! Much appreciated 🙏 ☺️.
I remember going from a 0.3 megapixel Casio QV-700 to a 1.3 megapixel Sony DSC-S30, and then a Sony DSC-T1... and then finally into a 6 megapixel Nikon D40, *which was a legendary beast*. Man... I have 40 mega pickles now. What a world.
Just came across your channel. Love it. Making me homesick with this video in particular
Wow, thank you very much 😊
It's crazy how good these cameras really were back then and seeing how good they still are today. You're definitely going to be limited in low light but in good light, a 4 megapixel Nikon DSLR is still quite good 20 years later, especially now where most things are consumed on Facebook and Instagram anyway.
Totally agree with you! Instagram resolution is 1080 x 1080. 👍
Great content! Please do more of these purchase of old gear and test videos.
Interesting how they still good
My D1 still works too.
Thx for the inspiration and great shots.
Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated 🙏. Have an awesome weekend 🍻
For a Photography channel, i love the editing style of this content.
You've also re-inspired me to pull out the Canon 1D classic and slap on the old 600/4 to it for this autumn season.
Absolutely possible. When it was released many professionals used it daily to create stunning photos that were displayed everywhere-from wall art and posters to books and commercial prints. Megapixels aren't the only factor in image quality. Those early cameras showed that skill and creativity matter far more than just specs!
I still shoot paid jobs on a 1DX Mark1, nobody ever complained about the quality of the photos... the pixel peeper disease is an illness that only affects photographers LOL
Agreed! No doubt, the pixel peeping was started by the camera manufacturer. So everybody keeps buying the latest and allegedly greatest camera gear 👍
I can't believe how good your pictures look with just 4 mega-pixels
Thank you!
this guy gets better shots than me on a 20 year old camera and a 40 year old lens ffs haha
Haha, I got lucky that day 🤠🍻
Does it need a clock battery?
It's mostly a thing of the past now, but see the 'clock' flashing. Wonder if that would fix your metering issue too, keeping in mind cameras were metering off clock batteries way before digital was a thing. So who knows, but maybe a quirk of age, that it fpr whatever reason needs a clock battery to meter?
Good idea, I'll check on that. Thanks for your input 👍👍
I still shoot with my 7D. It's a tank. Sure, it is heavy and big, and iso above 1600 gets really noisy - but 95 % of the time the limiting factor is me, not the camera.
I LOVE the Nikon 300mm F/4. It's so sharp!
It's an awesome lens for sure! 👍
Still got mine...still running ! And... the battery is still running !!!
Nikon back then was the best. Nowadays : got a Z6II, the LCD screen broke after 2 months. What happened to this brand ????
I wish I could own this camera since it has a unique sensor to other cameras at that time.
A few years ago I bought a canon, and a nikon dslr. They were both $45 each. Back then they cost $900.00 each They are both 5 mega pixels. The photos come out very beautiful. The best photos I have shot with have been with low mega pixel cameras. I had another camera that was 3 megapixels. Those photos also came out very beautiful. It's never the gear. It's the photographer.😊
I can't afford something like the 10k Canon RX so all my photography is done with a 16 year old Canon 50D. I wanted one when they first came out in 2008 but they cost 5-6k! I also use an old Canon L series 17-40mm lens and 50mm lens. Also great to see the wild horses as well, we have them here in Australia and they are known as Brumbies.
I've gone back to my old Fuji S5 pro more times than I can mention. Why? Because it's just beautiful. It gives so much and it's exquisitely made. It's the camera I always recommend to everyone. I love my mirrorless Fujis, but the S5 pro is pure magic. Get one 👌🏻
After watching this I think I’ll dig out my old Nikon D200 and give it a second chance 😊
Haha, good for you! That D200 CCD sensor is awesome 👌
How taking your shot right on spot is a new idea? I always thought that cropping your images is wasting your camera resolution. Nice shots and a great video!
Amazing photos!
Just killed all my excuses with my 11 mp canon camera😂
Lol, thank you! Have a great Friday 👍
Just killed my 64mpixel smartphone! kkkk Off course! The sensor, the optics, all is better in DSLR! Loads of megapixles are uselles if the size of sensor is small!
after being mugged once at a knife point when I was younger ( thiefs only wanted my lowepro bag although I had quite a bit of cash on me ), nowadays I also do more lowkey approach. Nikon D3, few older prime lenses. If stuff gets stolen it's not the end of the world. Easier to live and take great photos in this kind of way.
12-24 MP is works in most cases. Love the 70-300 vr, 17-55 2.8, 35 1.8 on D3300 , D7100, Z50, Z7. $100 -500 gets you alot used these days. Nikon is the value king of photo cameras
beautiful owls! i find it hard to frame when i use such a long lens though but i have to practice on that
Thank you! Practicing is fun, enjoy! 🍻
That is always my theory - a good operator/craftsman can use any tool to create great things.
I bought my D700 in 2010 and still using it with great photos. I don't have any other newer cameras other than my older Nikon film cameras and the D700.
Cheers
There's something about the D700 (and the D3) IQ that makes it special.
@@buckleyrobinson7415 I have to agree with that.
I just got a D700, still adjusting from crop sensor. Glad to hear that it's still well regarded.
@@j_taylor I can tell you from my experience (I started film photography 1979) that the D700 is not only a great camera but images SOOC are closest to my film prints. Surely nowdays you all film simulations in fuji etc but this camera never disappoints. My son's friend lend me his ZF and that is an absolute masterclass but I am still very satisfied with the D700.
You can make it work - there are lots of resources on the internet to help you .
What a great reality check! I'm still loving my D500 even though I bought the Zf in the summer. Great shots... great video.Thanks!
D500 is my current goal but not for a few years, I'm enjoying my D3100!
Still grab my D500 to this day, even though I've moved on to mirrorless. It just can't be beat for wildlife shoots or even slowing down for some manual focus goodness.
Regretted trading in my D500 just because I yearned for full-frame. The DX format has its pros and I think Nikon should develop their APS line to include a D500 in mirrorless form
@@psoon04286 a baby Z9 would be nice. Just like when they launched D5 with D500.
Still enjoying my D300s. Just gorgeous. Would never ever sell it.
very nice shots with old tech
Thank you very much 🍻
I use a D200, I love the camera so much, definitely better than my phone
ive just bought Nikon D200 for 100 bucks, love that dslr. After this boy, my nikon z30 feels like a toy)
This is how planned obsolescence has captured people into spending an absolute fortunate every couple of years. My digital cameras are 8-10 years old, still perform great, and now I am going all "old skool" getting myself an Olympus OM4Ti (an unused condition one from Japan, as I want it to last). It's all about the photos, not the machine
100 percent true👌. I've got a black OM4ti and love it. That, and a black OM2n, and OM1. Great fun. 👍
My main camera is a 12mp D3 with a nikon 2 touch 80-200mm 2.8 ....an absolute epic combo
Great combo for sure 👌🍻
the old Manuel lenses still work grate with new body's i have two a 50mm and a 200mm just not sure where i put the 200mm i know i pack it away but the question is where but either way they still grade lense today if you ask me.
I have been using my old D40x CCD camera. Still gets the shots. I prefer the vintage Nikons like my D4, D700. Got these cheap in great shape. Fun cameras.
I used one for some years, its great!!
The only biggest problem with these old cameras is if you buy one and the battery doesn’t hold and for some reason they don’t make those batteries anymore it’s a headache to deal with it as far as the look of the photos they’re amazing look that you can’t get anymore like the photo of that rusted car with the composition the sunset the exposure .. it’s beautiful.. you can’t get a photo like that with modern cameras
You can get batteries for these old cameras on Amazon
@ yea they’re mostly third parties and I never use 3rd party battery on my camera(s)
You don,t need a 45mp , mirrorless, or latest greatest, still using the Nikon DX D70 still works fine .
Indeed, before my D2hs/D2xs, I used and still have my D70s. The sound of the D70s, it's like feather. I dunno how to describe it. It's less pronounced than the other DSLRs (maybe the D100 or D50 has the same shutter mechanism, I don't know).
@@delowanfocus Yes D70 also has a native flash sync speed of 500th second the highest flash sync of any DSLR or non leaf shutter camera on market because of the low noise CCD sensor
Nikon cameras require automatic focus electronic lenses for aperture and shutter priority modes. The meter depends on being able to read what the aperture on the lens is set to.
I have. 2 Pentax DSLR cameras a Pentax *istDL 6 megapixel camera from 2005 and a Pentax K100D from 2006 both cameras work fine and I use them my Tamron llens 28-200 and 75-300 both are autofocus lens . my Pentax 16 -50 2.8 star lens I use on my newer Pentax cameras works fine on these cameras. With the firmware update I can use SDHC cards and the cameras use AA batteries so I don't have to worry about special batteries
Good point about the AAs!
The metering is most likely ok, the problem is behind the camera.
For metering the D2 needs an Ai/S compatible lens with the notch for aperture value transfer. Without it the camera doesn't know what aperture is selected.
What about AF? I bought a D70 some time ago but the AF misses too much shots even in single central point. It only work for slow paced portraits or something like that, but for my dogs, for birds or sport isn't the right camera at all.
The D70 was a beginners camera, the AF performance vs the professional bodies of the time was night and day though they aren't as good as current professional gear. D70 vs D2H would be similar to 350D vs 1Dmk2. Entry-level bodies would struggle with a f/5.6 lens as light-levels started to decline and would be hit&miss indoors at f/4.
Wait, but no. You oh so need the latest gear to take photos, no?! At least that's what a lot of RUclipsrs keep telling me. Nice work!
Haha, thank you! There is no need for new gear at all. 👍
Lord above I miss my Nikon D4S...like...I ACHE for it till this day!
I had a second hand Canon 350D for years, now have a Canon 70D, but some of my best photos were taken on the 350D. The biggest two improvements are the bigger, articulated screen and the much bigger ISO range.
The only thing is...if you shoot nowadays for publication, I'd say you need something at least 20-24mp to make most editors happy with the file size.
i feel content with my d70s (though not the same as yours), after viewing this vdo, thkU ;-)
Thanks for the comment 😊. Have a great Saturday 🍻🔥
13:26 sir, What is the name of this music
Hi, im not sure what it is. It was kind of a random pick because the original music I was using suddenly wasn't available.
The past few days I have been photographing with my old Leica Digilux 2 (build in 20030 with 5 megapixel! I had a lot of fun, I assure you!
Totally agree - old gear can be fine - which begs the question, have the advances been all that big?
The autofocus tracking on mirrorless has been pretty amazing.
Image quality probably peaked by the time the A6000 came out but as for functionality, they have advanced considerably
Also the ability to shoot high ISO. My Canon R6 Mk 2 shoots useable photos straight out of camera with no noise reduction at 12500iso. My 2016 80D was limited to 1600 max
DR hasn't advanced much in the past ten years. But resolution, speed and ISO certainly have.
A question occurs to me... I have a Nikon D40 that I bought new in 2009 and I adored it for a long time (100,000 shots at least). Got a few lenses and a nice LowePro carrier for them all too, over the years. The original rechargeable battery failed after about 3 years, then bought another and another in due course... Haven't used the camera in ages, but now I am wondering - even if I do want to use it again - can I still get new batteries for this thing? And if so, for how long? Does battery availability worry you at all? Would love to know your opinion. Cheers, from the UK.
Those are great cameras, and the CCD sensor is awesome 👌. You can buy 3rd party batteries from Amazon, and they work well.
The meter may need electrical signals to determine apeture so it may work with the proper lens
I have a D2Hs never use it.. May have to look it out now..
Blow the dust off that one 👍. Great beastly cameras 📷
@@MeatwhistlePhotos Mines has had very little use. looks like it just come out the box.. I have a old sigma 80-400 lens which does not give a crisp image. I may look at Nikon Lenses for it.. My D2hs come from a family member who never used it..
great video mate
Cheers, appreciate the comment 👍
Not to brag but I'm ecstatic that a month ago I bought a D300 with the battery grip for $50.. with 2 cards a USB reader and a $35 manual. I carry it as a backup to my D850. It a lot of fun.
That is an awesome price! I used that camera for years and loved it. 👌
One thing that I agree with you is if you are just starting out in photography or are moving onto DSLR cameras from bridge cameras it is best to buy an older DSLR on the second hand market that is fairly cheap when I started back up with photography I started with bridge cameras because they come complete with big zoom lenses but later on I decided to get a cheap DSLR because for some photos I wanted to take control of the shutter speed which is something that you can't do with bridge cameras they tend to pick their own shutter speed based on how you set up the camera within us predefined settings and ended up getting a 16 year old 10 mega pixel camera outfit for around 80 pound from a pawn shop but as soon as 64 GB SD cards become the standard minimum size available it will render all the older cameras obsolete as they can't read a 64 GB card and most of the functions won't work on the cameras without an SD card
My Canon 1D, 4mp, took some of my best shots ever. The snappy CCD sensor was a gem.
People laughed when I told them that my 12 megapixel sony a7s3 was more than enough. 😂
People should remember that to double the cropping capability (double resolution), one needs to quadruple the megapixels.
If one starts with 2.74 Mpix sensor and needs to fill the frame to have good Full HD image (2.1 Mpix) then to be able crop it from twice the distance, or from two times shorter focal length, one needs 10.96 Mpix sensor.
That offers 50% crop (half the height, half the width) to be taken from full frame.
Now if someone wants to do that same thing from that sensor, they need to get 43,8 Mpix sensor. Now they can again do 50% crop, or use half shorter focal length or shoot twice further distance.
And again, next would be 175,2 Mpix sensor.
So if one starts with a 300 mm lens with 2,74 Mpix sensor at 20 meters, they then could use 150 mm lens or be at 40 meters, that is 10,96 Mpix sensor.
Next would be 75 mm lens or be at 80 meters distance and that is 43,8 Mpix sensor.
And last one would be 38 mm lens or 160 meters distance, with that 175,2 mpix sensor.
Problems are that one can't grow distance much as temperature heat waves and all other moisture etc drops image quality very quickly.
And focal length halfing will stress optical quality, so you are in trouble with that setting limitations.
And after all considerations, one needs to understand that 2-4 Mpix files goes very far. Again as reminder, Full HD video is just a 2,1 Mpix.
We look in reality 50-55" televisions with Full HD resolution with admirable video quality.
We have just in few years got to 4K videos in broadcasting, that is just a 8,3 Mpix video.
If someone can't get image right with 5-8 Mpix photo, they can't get it with any larger either.
And 2 Mpix can be something that you can produce a A4 size prints in good look.
I got a d3x off EBay for 100 buck a few years ago and it’s a tank
Solid and definitely still usable 👌
You got a D3X for that?? Hoo boy.
When I got into digital photography, I thought more megapixels is always better, but that's not where the magic is. The magic in photography is in the eye/hands of the photographer. 4 megapixels translate to screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 which is more than enough even today. Sure, at 4 megapixels you can't crop the image as you would at 20+ megapixels, but I rarely crop anything. That being said, a DSLR does present a bit of a challenge and can be trickier to get the image you want, compared to modern mirror less cameras, but that's just me.
And I question myself: there are so many glorious technical advancements of the recent years. But why does it feel so unexplainably nostalgic and sad when you get back to something older? And why do I want to get there into those old times so much?