When the DigiCam Was King!
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
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The pursuit of creating timeless images with whatever camera I have access to has been a driving force on my photography journey.
In this video I make strret images with the Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS point & shoot digi cam. This camera was released in 2010... over 13 years ago!
The big selling points? Extremely compact. A 14Mp sensor resolution, lens focal range 28-112mm.
Overall, I my user experience for street was just ok. Though it was very discreet and compact, the ergonomic were not well designed. No option to shoot RAW was disappointing. The image render time was below average at 1 second per exposure, shooting multiple exposures was out of the question. I was surprised that I enjoyed using the zoom feature. I found that I rather enjoyed 50mm and roughly 90 mm for street.
Not surprised by any of these findings. But I did love experimenting with a new cam, 13 years old or not.
Have you shot with an old DigiCam before? Let me know below.
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Video Chapters
Intro - 0:00
Camera Backstory - 0:44
Features - 1:34
Sample Images - 2:18
ZOOM Lens Testing - 3:21
Sample Images Part 2 - 4:05
Final Thoughts / Summary - 6:21 
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What was the last DigiCam you used?
I picked up the Canon S95. That's a fantastic camera. There's a customizable ring control around the lens for shutter speed and a foam on the back for aperture control.
I've picked up a ton of digicams lately and this one has the best balance between simple starter plus some advanced features. It's slim and well designed.
My sony hx50v is with me always since 2014. Image quality is more than enough for social media. It's so enjoyable to shoot with cheap and truly compact cameras
Just did a quick search on s95, pretty impressive specs for that era. Thx for sharing and watching 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Jamie! I agree. Compact us king! Sony was really throwing extra features at ppl back then😁
I recently bought a pre-owned Canon Powershot G10. Like you said, just experimenting with it. I really like it and hope to take more photos with it.
So cool! love the images you got with this little guy!
Thx Hugo! It took some time but I kept at it. The Ergonomics make it tough, awkward to hold at times.🙏🏽
@@tahaphoto yeah! i bet. would be a hard one for me too
Hey Ta, Great video as always. Love the back to basics approach you are exploring here, the camera (regardless of make, model) is just a tool and you show that brilliantly here. Creative ideas and vision are king. Great content as always, keep it up Bro!
Sharadon! You're an inspiration brother. Your positive attitude really shines thru. Love your photos too. Different than my work but inspiring nonetheless. Thank you, brother 🙏🏽
Another cool video sir. Enjoy the way these videos are filmed and how they seem to capture the essence of TO (and greater) by focusing on the neighborhood shots instead of the well known locations. I've always liked how working with older photog equipment can be so creatively stimulating - I picked up a AE-1 in Victoria a few years back and had a blast shooting a few rolls on it, until I got them developed and realized it must have a light leak somewhere because every frame had this horizontal line in the same spot haha.
Cheers. I appreciate you taking the time to watch 🙏🏽. Toronto has a lot of great spots, so I just try my best to document what interests me. BTW, that AE-1 is a classic, light leaks are fixable as I'm sure you know. Do you enjoy 35mm? Colour or BW? 🫡
@@tahaphoto For sure, I tried to fix it with some gaffer tape but either didn't identify the leak source properly/tape it well or maybe it's not a leak and just something scratching the film as it rolls by the aperture? Always loved 35mm, mostly color (portra, ektar) but finding it a little too expensive and time consuming these days (hard to justify $2/photo). What camera do you find yourself using the most? GR ii?
I hear you. Film is costly but I've tried to keep costs down recently experimenting with BW w/ Nikon Lite Touch AF . But RICOH GR II is my main stay. I will be finally upgrading this winter Ricoh GR3 X. Can't wait
I think there is a "CDK"- hack that enables raw shooting. The jpegs from these cameras are horrible when it comes to dynamic range.
Yeah, there's a hack to set up RAW image shooting . But that's not what I wanted this camera for. Just wanted the vibes it brings (small jpegs and all)👍🏽
I have 3 Canon Powershots from 2003, 2008 and 2010. My current favorite is the Canon Powershot S95... a great little camera with a lot of features but easy to carry around and shoot stuff with.
Nice. You were all in. 😁 what yr did the S95 come out? Thanks for watching
Nice camera :-). My last shots I did with a Casio EX-Z80 and a Canon Powershot A450. Also I have some other Digicams in my collection and use them.
With greetings from lower Bavaria.
Thanks for sharing, friend. DigiCam design was usually quite unique due to so much competition at that time. 👌🏽
Yes!!! Thanks a lot! Dear :)
You're welcome 🙏🏽
@@tahaphoto Thank You! :)
Another great video. Shots were well-composed and interesting. Rain shots were inspirational. Never really bought into the digicam hype but I keep looking for “the one” that will hook me. No luck so far. I use an Olympus EM10 with 7Artisans 18mm 6.3 lens as a substitute and I understand the appeal with limitations and keeping things simple and compact. Did some double exposures in camera and opened up a whole new world. I do appreciate your content. What do you use for editing? Do you ever shoot RAW at all? Do you prefer in-camera editing?
I appreciate the kind words. I agree with you about not buying into the hype of digicams. My search always started and ended with camera body size, ergonomics . Your open mind brought you to experimenting with in-camera dbl-exposures. Such a treat, eh? When editing i use Lightroom. I have a few presets as my starting point. I shoot RAW for all my commercial work, the past 2yrs RAW + JPEG on my Ricoh GR II, since I love the option to making "recipes". Honestly, my photography keeps evolving and I credit shooting film and lower res jpegs as a main factor. I just stopped caring about gear a long time ago. I wanna make beautiful, timeless work but I want to be present in the process. Compact cameras fill that void for me. "Shoot your best with less!" 🤫😄 Great chatting with you!!
You deserve more subscribers, just letting ya know
In due time. Meanwhile, I'll just keep improving 🙏🏽🙏🏽 I appreciate the support
Cool, but this is not a digicam. Well, technically it IS a digital camera but yeah. The term "digicam" these days refers to 6-10 megapixel point and shoot cameras with CCD sensors made between 2003-2010. Personally, I would look for the SD900, 950 or 990 if you want the more modern SD line. It's the G7, G9 and G10 in the SD body. They also have larger sensors and better lenses than the 1xxxx series. I have the 950 and it's awesome. Photos are pretty nice though and the video is well made!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I was checking for the SD900, lots of features but thought is was too pricey at the time. I'm gonna keep an eye out for Olympus models for a bit. Seem to be consistent. Thanks for watching
@@tahaphoto Check out the Panasonic cameras, especially the ones with Leica lenses. Better than most of the Powershots IMO. The LX series is awesome and the TZ series is the one if you want a super zoom.
I use a canon power shot sd1100 is is from 2001 and still works great and takes great pictures and videos
JOE! 2001? That's awesome. Lots of value there. Have you picked up any other point & shoots since? Thx for watching 👀 🙏🏽
Yes 2001. I haven’t needed to buy another one I do have a Sony handycam I use sometimes
Amazing. Nothing like receiving actual value for a product you love.🙏🏽
i want to buy this camera but my biggest fear is that i really like to tae street photography of people, do you think this camera will be good, on taking pictures of people walking by , at the streets? cuz i have a xt3 but its too expensie and big for me to be carrying around on the streets, so im looking for a very small one so i can take eerywhere with me, amazing photos btw !!! this little camera can make such great quality, im just have this big question about it
Did you know that with chdk you can shoot RAW files ?:)) Which is pretty awesome I think for this small camera :)
Ah, yes. I read about this... or I saw a video on it. I'm cool with some gritty jpegs 😆🫣.
Sony T1!
Aye! Nice one, Robert. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽