Yes,
even digital now has its dinosaur-cameras making you feel nostalgic.
Rob Galbraith has written a very nice article on the first PJ
digital SLR, the AP2000, here:
http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6463-7191
Few years ago I was even contemplating buying the later version of
one, komplete with F90 body, which somehow found its way to the
used department of local shop. It was still spendy though then, so
some more time later I ended with a 1.3MP ZLR from Sony, direct
spiritual precursor of Olympus E-10. With barely usable iso 400,
but a fast f/2-2.3 28-140 equivalent lens, flash hotshoe and full
manual controls, it was the best I could get with limited budget
at the time. Funny it was because I got it from local Sony
distributor's "museum" corner ;-) At that time, many staff shooters
were already using Nikon's D1 cameras, with all their faults and
advances of that time, but I still made some money with mine poor
beast. I resold it to the museum some time later, because the
viwefinder system got misaligned so mysteriously that even I
wasn't able to realign it - not mentionin Sony's repair department
who probably saw my camera for the first time in the country! It
was kind of fun
;-)
My somewhat bizzare dream would be to own the first selling
digital SLR, the Kodak DCS 100, a monochrome ~1MP back screwed on
Nikon F3 with huge briefcase-sized power source and processing
unit with real harddrive (probably outrageously expensive 10 MB
one). Imagine the impression on clients in a studio ;-)
Another interesting model was the first 6MP camera from Kodak,
introduced around 1996 I think, first also on F90 (without any
kind of review LCD). With only iso range of 80-200, heat problems
after prolonged studio use (so I heard), but still, 6MP at that
time! I guess the price must have been around 30 000$ back then...
Is it strange to hear that from me who like to shoot film whenever
possible ;-?
Frantisek
