your oldest regularly used digital camera

your oldest regularly used digital camera

  • 1 year

    Votes: 33 6.0%
  • 2 years

    Votes: 47 8.6%
  • 3 years

    Votes: 57 10.4%
  • 4 years

    Votes: 67 12.2%
  • 5 years

    Votes: 91 16.6%
  • 6 years

    Votes: 70 12.8%
  • 7 years

    Votes: 51 9.3%
  • 8 years

    Votes: 49 8.9%
  • 9 years

    Votes: 23 4.2%
  • 10+ years

    Votes: 61 11.1%

  • Total voters
    549
My first digital camera that I owned was a Sony Mavica which took CD's internally for storage, so convenient.:D
 
Don't know how old my digicam is, but the little lamp that comes on automatically to tell you when the camera is obsolete has burned out.
 
My oldest one is also my only one - a Pentax K20D that's been going strong for, oh, a year or so.

Me too --- a Canon A-400 Powershot, in all of its 3.2 megapixel glory. My only other digital was a sub-megapixel Concord Mini Eye-Q . . .
 
I still have and use my Konica Minolta Dimage Z2 all 4 mp of it

Looks like something out of a 1960 space movie :)
 
Not really sure how old it is as I found it in a pile of junk and when I saw it had an optical viewfinder and used a pair of AA batteries put a set in and it worked so I keep it around in my jacket pocket for times when I do not have a film camera for some stupid reason. Never researched it. It is a Pentax Optima 3 or something like that. 3mpx with a zoom lens and optical viewfinder as well as a small lcd screen on the back. Other than that the only other digital I've owned other than what comes on these stupid phones is my Olympus DSLR that is a couple of years old and I just found out has been discontinued. Seems Olympus does not keep DSLRs on their list, other than the totl, long enough to amortize their costs.
 
I have a Finepix F810 that I used to use all the time. It's been going since about 2005, before I switched to film.

The battery (2nd one) is almost dead, but I'm not willing to buy a new one.
 
11 years - Canon Powershot S30

11 years - Canon Powershot S30

I've been using my Canon Powershot S30 for 11 years. It's been a great little compact camera, kinda heavy, but all metal, rugged, and pocketable. It's easy to take it along anywhere.

It still works perfectly fine, but I'm retiring it now. I just bought a Fuji X-Pro1.
 
Kodak DX 6490. Still works perfectly after 7(?) years. Something like that. I think it only has 4 megapixels, but who cares? The image is the thing, and I can print 11x14's without a problem.
 
Sometimes it strikes me as humorous when I find myself awed to read that someone still uses a digital camera that is 7 or 10 years old. My Korona 8x20 is nearly 100 years old, but the fact that it still works perfectly doesn't seem the least bit strange to me, nor inspire any particular awe.
 
The oldest digital camera I have that I still use (and I use it quite a bit) is a Canon A630. I sort of hate to say it but this camera has given me the least grief of any digital camrea that I've owned, and has also fulfilled my expectations better than any DSLR I've had, especially when I consider what I paid for it in early 2007. If it had IS and shot RAW natively rather than with the (kludgy but interesting) FW "hack", it would still be worth buying today, IMO (thoguh a higher-res screen would be nice!)

The "dumbing-down" of the Canon A-series makes me sad! The 4-AA models were much snappier in operation than the 2-cell ones, putting the batteries in the grip gave them a really nice balance, and battery life was improved out of sight. I guess the last of the line, the A650IS, was a bit too close to a G-series in terms of specs, though I never thought the image quality from that particular 12MP chip was as nice as the 8 or 10MP ones (my Dad has one so I've had plenty of time to fool around with it to compare it to the A630)

Scott
 
My oldest digital is the M8. It's nearly 5 years old. Still love it and use it quite often.
However, I didn't answer the poll because the subject title is different from the actual question, and I've got different answers for different cameras!
 
Minolta RD-3000

Minolta RD-3000

1999 the RD-3000 was the digital companion of the Vectis S-1 line, with the same Vectis (APS) mount. I still use it from time to time for product photo and architecture documentation because I own the full range of accessories. For the few times I need things like macro ring flash, wireless multiple flash control or a 500mm (equivalent) tele I'm not willing to invest into a complete new DSLR line.
 
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Kodak DCS SLR/N (2004) Full Frame Sensor superb color fidelty much better than that of many newer models. Superb IQ up to ASA 320 I know not much but I don't need faster speeds most of the time.

Dominik
 
PKR I agree with you but up to 320 the files are somewhat usable from 400 up not really. I've done a lot of pictures for exhibition catalogues with the Kodak and nobody has complained yet.

Dominik
 
PKR I fully agree. It always pissed me off how Kodak's digital offering were badmouthed by people who have never used them. The DCS Backs weren't bad either and most pro backs had a Kodak sensor. I also agree with you that the costumer service was a catastrophy I had to wait 3 months to get my camera back after sending it in for a good sensor cleaning.

Dominik
 
I'm pretty unsentimental when it comes to digital cameras as they are definitely more of a necessity for me than say my film cameras which are simply a joy to use. Also being a Nikon user, you can pretty much guarantee that the next one is going to be better, so I don't get hung up on the ones I use, as if it broke I'd simply buy the same again or the latest model. That said, if I hadn't been trigger happy to sell my D200 when I wasn't shooting any digital, I would have no problem still shooting it now, so have no problem shooting 6 year old tech. I have a D300 now, and am happy with that, just as I would be its successor or its successors successor, well you know how it goes..
 
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