I Bought Kodak's Final DSLR

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2 ай бұрын

I can't believe I was able to pick up and try this amazing piece of history in the Kodak DCS pro 14n. It was the second ever full-frame camera announced, third to be released, highest megapixel at the time and thousands of dollars cheaper than the Canon 1ds. Ultimately, you know what happened to Kodak digital, but it's just interesting to think what we would have today if they were still around. Because despite some weird battery issues today, this camera is great.
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@soumikhossain-ym9ic 2 ай бұрын

ngl at this point i just wanna sit with the dude and hangout talk about and check out each others camera collection

@rafidjamal1892 2 ай бұрын

adian?

@10goku83 2 ай бұрын

@@HughRaineyes

@unbroken1010 2 ай бұрын

Send him a valentine first.

@paulb37187 2 ай бұрын

I used to shoot with this camera professionally. The “Hailation” is caused by the light bouncing off the shiny magenta censor the of the rear element of the lens. Also this effect can be observed if you shoot with 16 ish mm lens you will actually see a magenta double image of clouds and things with a strong contrast. Try to shoot anything in +85 degree weather. You will get an effect similar to motion blur.

@tc227 2 ай бұрын

I'm guessing the other "F80" in the bag is a Fujifilm S2 or S3.

@ostettivictor 2 ай бұрын

About the voice memo, its a handy feature to sports photography, usually, we are hooked in stadiuns to a FTP protocol, and someone on the press room, is taking care of the imagens, sending to the press agencys, so the voice memo goes along the images for them to help speed the process of IPTC and descriptions

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

That's neat, thanks for the tidbit!

@hobbytake2845 2 ай бұрын

I was given one by Kodak when it was first released to test drive. Image quality was good when the camera would work, by that I mean it would go into a recalibration mode every 5 to 6 minutes to compensate for temperature differences that could effect color, each recalibration took 2-3 minutes. Can you imagine trying to do a family portrait with that kind of delay? At a point about 40 minutes into the portrait session I packed it back into my bag and finished up the day with my D2X. Kodak's rep at the time that I returned it listened intently to every aspect of the shooting experience. He literally took 2 pages of notes on the issues that I had and why I couldn't complete the shoot with it. Never considered it a viable option for events.

@game2572 2 ай бұрын

You have to remember at this D-SLR were not common. Most enthusiasts film cameras were 400-800. And the most affordable d slr was the fuji s2 pro a crop censored aps-c camera at $2000. The Canon d30 was $3000

@WatchmakerErik 2 ай бұрын

It got cropped and censored? Brutal.

@afryhover 2 ай бұрын

Have to tell you this. I'm 47 and consider myself an "old school" photographer, it makes me very happy to see young people like you getting into all the old camera gear. It can bring you so much joy. Great vid and well done 👍👍

@Apexseals87 2 ай бұрын

looking it up, it looks very easy to replace the two cells inside the kodak battery. it does require some soldering and some plastic spudgers/pry bars.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Good to know!

@babaarcuszatir 2 ай бұрын

+1, probably doable.

@jw48335 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking of this channel when I got a funky Konica DG-5W Genba Kantoku "worksite" construction digital camera mixed in a grab box of film cameras. It's now my daughter's favorite camera 😂

@unbroken1010 2 ай бұрын

They sounds interesting. How are the photos.

@HeuerAndy 2 ай бұрын

Thanks to the person who has looked after it so well for the last 20 years. »She« really looks very good. Congratulations

@PiDsPagePrototypes 2 ай бұрын

Could probably split open an old battery unit and replace the cells with current spec Li-Po's. Images are very pleasing.

@WhoIsSerafin 2 ай бұрын

14 mp for that time should have been a wow!

@woomie8835 2 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work, you’re the reason I’m obsessed with digital cameras and I think others can say the same. You’re keeping this community alive and I couldn’t thank you more!! 💛

@SAnne-pc8hc 2 ай бұрын

I was a photo assistant in the aughts and worked with Fuji Finepix S2 cameras, and even had a Kodak DCS 300 (something) I saved from the trash. Digital cameras from that time, and before had such a specific look -- like the colors weren't exactly right, the image was a little soft, and your exposure range was razor thin compared to even color pos film. I feel like the next gen of cameras actually made markedly better images so all of these cameras got forgotten very quickly. It's cool to see them used so many years later. I guess my main memory of these cameras was having to work around the limitations of the camera in a still life environment that was previously dominated by large format film. Cameras were always tethered, everything was composited for perfect exposure, and lighting had to be super precise.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

It is a different game when it's being used for fun and a hobby at a much lower price, versus $10k and my job depends on it 😆 easier to work with the shortcomings.

@seanimal_rex 2 ай бұрын

My Olympus e-pl2 does this same “halation”, especially with the Leica 15mm prime. I have no idea what causes this, but it has never once ruined a picture!

@Estirvana 2 ай бұрын

Olympus and Panasonic filter stacks are different, whereas Olympus relies more on the lens coatings and Panasonic prefers a stronger filter stack (not to be confused with anti-aliasing). Neither is better, just one of many technical things about cameras and how companies approach the issue. Sometimes using a Panasonic lens on an Olympus body can let in light outside the visible spectrum.

@unbroken1010 2 ай бұрын

Bill Nye is that you ? @@Estirvana

@leonardkessinger5574 2 ай бұрын

This was a camera I drooled over back in the day

@revaaron 2 ай бұрын

Ok, fine.. I'll finally subscribe instead of just watching all the videos. The SLR/n is still one of my absolute favorite cameras for that film-look. I originally played with it at B&H when it came out. Then I bought when the price when through the floor a year later. If you pair it to the correct lens, it's absolutely amazing. the 105VRI, the original 70-200 f/2.8G, and the 85mm f/1.4D. I think I commented on your dsc whatever review when you mentioned the 14n, but I remember you could pay to upgrade the sensor and buffer to get the 14n to be more like the SLR/n. There is a still a kodak dslr dpreview group that I post on every now and then. As for blooming, there is an italian flag issue with green on one side and magenta on the other side.

@thissidetowardscreen4553 2 ай бұрын

Excellent review! Love to find out about the history of Kodak's digital past. Kodak will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for sharing! Always great content here!

@GeorgeHolden 2 ай бұрын

I want the mic image VO feature to come back! I'd love that on a modern camera 😅

@iarosnaps 2 ай бұрын

fr, why did they remove features that already exist

@16-bit-trip5 2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of cameras still have this feature it's just not widely advertised because it's seldom used. It's no surprise really, nearly all digitals cameras are video cameras with mics built in so the hardware to do it is there.

@Lawman212 2 ай бұрын

It's mostly been found over the years on pro cameras like the Nikon Z9.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 ай бұрын

Working in the camera industry during this time was so exciting. It was the birth of the digital revolution and every few months camera companies would release something new that pushed the boundaries of what the tech could do. I remember the first time I saw a Kodak/nikon mashup and it blew me away. Great video!

@jakilahmoulien9070 2 ай бұрын

Woooooo the coloursssss😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@sdhute 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the content it’s a breathe of fresh air. Compared to all of the other channels parroting the same things at the same time.

@allanau 2 ай бұрын

I remember looking at that camera. I like the design of it, it has a very bubbly design.

@MiladJP 2 ай бұрын

god I wish I could use the voice recording on my images inside some kind of meta data. would save so much time and often lives.

@williamcurwen7428 2 ай бұрын

Hi, the first thing I noticed about your pictures from this camera is the magenta shadows and red highlights. This is more than likely due to a rather weak IR/UV cut filter covering the front of the sensor. Any stronger and it would eat into the camera’s base ISO performance. Consider it a desirable attribute! I have the same issue on my Olympus E1’s Kodak CCD sensor, and is one of many attributes that makes it so special.

@jackthoreson 2 ай бұрын

Yes! I remember watching an old dpreview or camera store video where they shot with an old Kodak frankencamera like this one. They mentioned those halation like artifacts and color issues due to no ir filter and maybe no bayer filter too? Either way I love seeing these now historic pieces of tech!

@williamcurwen7428 2 ай бұрын

@@jackthoreson As historic pieces of tech, these older cameras from the 00’s were quickly abandoned for the next best thing before anyone really knew what to do with them. I have found CCD and very early CMOS cameras handle halation filters like the Tiffen black pro mist and glimmer-glass series very differently, especially if coupled with low contrast vintage glass. The state of the art then is very different to the state of the art now.

@tyoberg 2 ай бұрын

I had a DCS420c which didn’t have a sensor filter (neither anti-aliasing nor hot mirror (ir)). You put a hot mirror on the lens or you’d get a harsh magenta cast in sunlight. With the hot mirror, you’d get those mild pink flares but much larger. I in this case it’s reflections from the hot mirror at the sensor. That camera was insanely sharp, but very quirky and ridiculous to wield.

@Spyzilla1850 2 ай бұрын

Interesting, I noticed this on the telephoto lens on my old iPhone XS. Nice to finally have an explanation

@williamcurwen7428 2 ай бұрын

@@tyoberg I remember a photographer friend who had the same camera telling me he had similar problems including moire on fabrics. When it was good, it was a brilliant studio camera in controlled lighting, but hopeless outdoors. Kodak promised a firmware update that never happened. In the end he sent it back, resenting the fact that Kodak was not trying hard enough.

@RascalKyng 2 ай бұрын

Bro, come back to Pentax Island.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Never left! Just haven't made a video in a while

@vawe 2 ай бұрын

You might be able to just open up the battery pack and replace the lithium cells with those from a Canon BP-511. They have the same voltage and are both lithium ion, and the bp511 are readily and cheaply available. I did that with a Hasselblad battery pack recently, works like a charm.

@null0byte 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see a video about the other two first full frame DSLR cameras, especially the Contax

@petenobes4865 2 ай бұрын

Love your channel

@kylehaggard7348 2 ай бұрын

Great video and cool camera! FYI halation is not exclusive to film, it just means something is generating a halo in an image!

@Badgerheist 2 ай бұрын

Just unboxed mine today and yes, it was designed for hands from some other human-like species. Maybe neanderthals? The recessed viewfinder is also interesting. I'd love to see the person who tested and signed off on the ergonomic design. Still excited to have one in working condition with batteries, charger, and power adapter. Hopefully I'll be able to take it out for a shoot with my Zenitar-1M 1.4/85 soon.

@JohnSchellphoto 2 ай бұрын

Love the channel. Possible the halation effect is caused by fungus on the sensor?

@MattsNotes 2 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite cameras ever; I have two of these bad boys! My pinky gets pinched in the grip and the ergonomics are that of a microwaved Canon 1dx, but it's an awesome camera beyond all else lol!

@bard7105 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if I can still get batteries for those. Still have one in storage. Great studio camera.

@swanseamale47 2 ай бұрын

We had a few of these early kodak cameras in the studio back in the day. Worked well in the studio or good light, not so great at higher iso.

@artistjoh 2 ай бұрын

Amazing to me how small that Kodak model is. I have the DCS200 monochrome. Tall and cumbersome. I think it was 1992 or thereabouts. I remember it cost ten grand. Based on the Nikon N8008/F801. Amazing for news at the time, but this much later model looks so much easier to use.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Cool you got one of the rare monochrome versions!!

@artistjoh 2 ай бұрын

@@snappiness I didn't realize that the monochrome version is rare. Back then most newspaper printing was black and white, so it seemed normal. The monochrome version is also preferable because it does ISO 800, while the color maxed at 400 ISO. Has a HDD that stores up to 50-ish photographs, which seemed like a lot compared to a roll of 36 film. It was frustrating however, because you couldn't keep shooting by dropping in another roll, like a film camera could, and the only way to delete a photo to make room was to delete the last photo. Has a little hole where you stick a ball-point pen to delete. But no rear monitor to see what you are doing. Since we were coming from film where you can't delete at all, that limited delete function was considered brilliant, and sometimes a life saver. There were two more monochrome versions, a cheaper one with no HDD, and a more expensive one that did infra-red. I expect that one would be very rare. One of the good things is it uses AA batteries. Lots of them., but it means that if I dropped some batteries in it now there is a high probability that it will work. I haven't used it in more than 20 years, but it was in good working condition when I last used it.

@KevinJanesch 2 ай бұрын

@@artistjoh it probably would work! I have a 200ci (and 100) and my sticking point has been picking something to play well with SCSI. Back in the day did you get images from it with a Mac or a PC?

@artistjoh 2 ай бұрын

@@KevinJanesch You got me there. I don't really remember all the details. Macintosh was flaky with connections, and they used to have both PC and Macintosh in the office. I remember PhotoStyler and Pagemaker, and that was definitely Macintosh because it was better than the Windows version, and I am pretty sure Photoshop hadn't been released on Windows yet. We switched to Quark at some point, and I am not sure when that went to Windows, so we had to have images on Macintosh, but I don't remember how we got images from camera other than remembering that the Apple SCSI connections giving problems. I think they had some sort of non standard interface that didn't work well. I am pretty sure that we had to use cables made by Kodak for it to work. SCSI was notorious for companies not standardizing the connectors and maybe Kodak made connectors that were made to talk to both the camera and the Macintosh port. I do remember that the cables were Macintosh specific. Sorry I can't be more help.

@KevinJanesch 2 ай бұрын

@@artistjoh That's still helpful, I really appreciate the reply! As much as I'm getting into these early cameras it still doesn't often hit that that time was also pretty early in the days of computers handling images, period. It's super cool you got to see that, and wild how piecemeal it sounds like your workflow was to start. Odd that the Macintoshes were so picky, especially since the hobbyist scene seems pretty lively and they had SCSI natively for so long. I've been leaning Macintosh as it's more integrated, but I think at this point I should just bite the bullet on *something* to try to get them up and going. Used SCSI PCI cards are cheap these days. I did get an assortment of SCSI cables (and some mixed 3.5/5.25" floppies, manuals, and other goodies) with the cameras so I'm very interested to see how they have held up! Also DPReview has a Kodak SLR forum for the old DCS cameras if you're not already over there!

@petepictures 2 ай бұрын

Lovely video, as usual. The other camera in the bag with F mount is Fuji S5 pro. May I suggest you buy a brush for painting , and brush the dust of your cameras , especially before changing lenses or photographing them. Greetings from Johannesburg

@SgtPnkks 2 ай бұрын

Can't be s5 pro the s5pro uses a d200 body and that camera clearly has the F80 top plate and mode dial.. S3 pro at the latest

@askethom04 2 ай бұрын

I believe the helation' is due to a filter/coating on the sensor. When I used a sony a mount to e mount adaptor. The mirror had a coating and would produce similar results. The lens would not reproduce this on a a mount camera.

@LScott97 2 ай бұрын

Old pro full frame sensor cameras are fantastic. I’ve got an EOS 1d MkiiN and it can produce beautiful images. I love it and it was only $50!😊

@paulleonardsmith7861 2 ай бұрын

I had this camera for about a year , one of the things l loved was the low iso , I think you could set it at 12 !? Stunning images.

@perli216 2 ай бұрын

why, doesnt it just make the image darker?

@KevinJanesch 2 ай бұрын

@@perli216 if all you're changing is ISO, yeah, it'd just get darker. For the same amount of light, a faster aperture and/or longer exposure would compensate for that to get the same amount of light to the sensor. These cameras had their low ISO modes (6, 12, 25, and 50 ISO) coupled with long exposure times (example, ISO 12 has 8, 15, 30, and 60 second options), so you could get clean low-noise shots out of it. Useful for things like interiors, art digitization, or studio product photography. If you're adventurous you can probably also use it for outdoor shots (waterfalls, beaches, etc) where you'd typically use an ND filter.

@perli216 2 ай бұрын

@@KevinJaneschinteresting, thanks

@arnonart 2 ай бұрын

one more thing about this very special camera. while i owned it i edited the raw files in camera raw. its color profiles must have been very different than most current digicams. the temperature and tint values were fixed. or to be more accurate, they worked like presets. only a few options. if the light changed a little bit over the limit of one of the presets, it made a huge leap to the next one. the modern software are interpreting the different light situations in an entirely different way. when i worked with dxo the software didn't open the dcr files. niether did darktable at the beginning. now darktable open the dcr files but in a very strange color balance i don't have any idea how to fix. rawtherapee, lightroom and luminar are working best. at the time i downloaded kodak's own software but it didn't open the dcr files either. there something premature about this camera that excites me the most.

@josephlee4312 2 ай бұрын

3:50 While I used the DCS Pro SLR/n, I could adjust the ISO values by clicking the status button in the back. However, the camera triggered recalibrating while the ISO value was above 400. I guessed that Pro14 might have the same feature to allow you to adjust it from the back.

@David_Quinn_Photography 2 ай бұрын

I remember being in Toys R US and seeing the selection of cameras they had and this camera being one of them, I wish we had the money to even buy a cheaper DSLR back then but we went for an HP point-and-shoot instead and I used that thing for about 3 years.

@adventureswithrusty2012 2 ай бұрын

Great vid! It may be worthwhile deconstructing and rebuilding the battery pack. It will likely have cells that you can match to commercially available NiCads. Regarding the purple fringing, this is NOT chromatic aberration as a result of the lens/sensor combination, but a saturation phenomenon in the sensor, also known as “blooming”. This is caused by the overflow of electrons from highly saturated pixel sites to nearby unsaturated sites. The reason it’s purple is that most sensors are most sensitive to green, so the uncorrected (raw) output has a strong greenish cast (the compliment of purple). Automatic in camera color-correction makes the image neutral by boosting the red and blue = purple components. Hence the overflow from saturated pixels takes on a purple cast. Modern sensors have more control over blooming so what's typically left is chromatic aberration when color fringing is seen, and is another topic entirely.

@vamooooos 2 ай бұрын

I remember this camera from Kodak, it was also one of the "pioneers" by eliminating the low pass filter, it was quite quirky in operation and very slow. Very capable of achieving good image quality, but what it enjoyed in sharpness, from time to time, it lost it in muare. Regarding the "Frankenstein" camera, there is a peculiarity of the Canon EF mount, and that is that the AF algorithms are compatible with those of Sigma SA, or at least extremely similar in large percentage. I suspect that Canon gave the use of the EF mount to Kodak, in exchange for digital technology for its cameras made "all in house", but did not want to negotiate anymore technology for its bodies. Regarding the cameras in the bags, it's probably Fujilm S-Pro something 😅, S5-pro my Fav. Greetings from Argentina ;)

@matthieuzglurg6015 2 ай бұрын

Only 0:14 into the video and I already spotted the Fujifilm X-H1 in the back ... ! I hope you enjoy that camera, this is one of my favourite Fujifilm camera bodies to date. Pretty affordable, extremely good sensor, good ergonomics, nice video, fast burst rates, pretty nice lookig, built like a tank and probably still the best EVF I've tried to date. And the IBIS is effective. I replaced it with a Nikon Z6 because it made more sense to me (with my D700 having a pile of F mount glass... sharing lenses was more practical than having two whole lens systems around), but I kept its little brother the X-T2 I simply couldn't let go of that sensor. If I didn't have those Nikon lenses and bodies, the X-H1 would probably have been my main camera for the next 5 years, easy ! It's a beast, and a gem of a camera. Definitely a keeper (and I do regret selling it a little bit) (also is that a D2H or a D2X on the shelf??)

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

It's a great value today, especially with some other Fuji's getting too much hype! And another good eye, it's a d2x!

@photobyTaps 2 ай бұрын

Excellent

2 ай бұрын

Hi, love your channel! Regarding batteries, there's a ton of third party floating around, very cheap and easy to find, they do work as advertised. My 14n is mildly defective, it keeps freezing and rebooting on hot days, sometimes getting really stubborn to take a picture. But not so much on cold days. Otherwise, all functions work as they should. Do yours do something similar on hot days?

@ioncladstudio2688 2 ай бұрын

If it were me.. I'd break that battery open, I noticed screws, and see what's inside. if it's little cylinders you should be able to swap those out.. Even if it's some sort of proprietary lump you should be able to replace it with an array of standard modules to match the output thus replacing the storage cells.. I face the same frustration with a few of my vintage babies. :P So far I've been muddling through with under a 100 photos per full charge.. knowing at some point it won't even run the camera.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

I have heard of people replacing cells, I don't know with this exact camera but other Kodak. Well beyond what I understand how to do now but really cool!

@luzr6613 2 ай бұрын

That's great. Probably not something for me to pursue, but it's really good to see them out there and being cared for and shot with. One query... can't those battery packs be disassembled and re-stuffed, or do the requisite cells simply not exist?

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

I am hearing that people can potentially! Well beyond my skill set, but a neat idea

@Durio_zibethinus 2 ай бұрын

James, what lens did you use at 2:55? The rendering is lovely.

@StripedTailz 2 ай бұрын

you should review some of the lower end dimage z cameras

@tasterisk6339 2 ай бұрын

I would like you to review the Canon 1Ds or 1Ds mark II, i had the mark II and its almost a perfect camera if it wasnt for the comically small screen, old interface and large body. The shutter is very loud like an old motordrive film slr and the rear dial feels satisfying to turn. I had the battery's internal swapped with eneloops and it can last over 1200 shots.

@johnnyc.5979 2 ай бұрын

You can always take two 18650 batteries and wire them up in that battery case. But you'd have to have some way to remove them so you could charge.

@Alex_564 2 ай бұрын

Does the Canon mount version use the same battery? If it's different I assume it's a similar sitaution with finding batteries.

@shang-hsienyang1284 2 ай бұрын

The red glow is probably caused by internal reflection on the sensor. The original a7 also suffers from this, except that the glow is green.

@dadautube 2 ай бұрын

the question at the end, "what if Kodak continued making DSLR cameras to this day?" is interesting ... i don't know how good (or bad?) are the images this camera's sensor makes ... but i do know how great are the medium format 40MP, 44x33mm CCD digital sensor Kodak made for the Pentax 645D ... it's a gem! a real gem!

@bartoszgonzalez1345 2 ай бұрын

14n is not the last one, there was Kodak DCS Pro with better sensor and some upgrades. I still use the 14n as it is an excellent sensor for colour.

@Mr50mmish 2 ай бұрын

Haha did you know there were a few lenses where the dcs 14n's chin actually prevents it from being mounted? I remember when I had this. I think it was a nikon ultra wide or a f2.8 zoom but the chin made mounting impossible!

@alessandrosignorini9556 2 ай бұрын

About the battery, have you considered opening the body and replace the cells?

@ryablow 2 ай бұрын

I'm thinking your other f80 bodied digital is a fujifilm s2 pro

@myblackripleydog7452 2 ай бұрын

The shutter sound is very close to the N80 which I own.

@tyoberg 2 ай бұрын

Do the DCS420. That thing is a wild and weird beast.

@telkirton 2 ай бұрын

Had the Kodak 14N (Nikon) wish I had kept it now with the latest software now days, the images would be excellent.

@spakecdk 2 ай бұрын

I have done this before, you can swap the cells inside the battery to make it new

@seanb480 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the Nikon D2 and this Kodak are essentially the same? Not sure if you own the D2 but would love to see a comparison.

@jbp6759 2 ай бұрын

"Which was my desk" 😂

@martinsand5411 2 ай бұрын

Try snapping a few pics with an IR filter, you’ll probably see some cool results

@kerc 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to know your thoughts on later Kodaks like the Z8612IS. And are the lenses in those really Schneider-Kreuznach?

@NormanF62 2 ай бұрын

If you mean they’re made in Germany, no. You’re buying a Kodak, Samsung or Practika camera for the historical prestige of the lens and not where they made. In Germany, they stopped all lens production at the end of the 1980s.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

The ultimate clunk!

@kerc 2 ай бұрын

@@snappiness I don't know if this is good or bad. 😂😂😂

@kerc 2 ай бұрын

@@NormanF62 Panasonic makes Leica lenses with Leica's controls and approval. Is that the case with the Kodaks, or is it just a name they're using?

@Moonrakerd 2 ай бұрын

Congrats, i have one as well with memory upgrade nx or something, horrible body stupid firmware and really nice picture in the sun :))

@xray111xxx 2 ай бұрын

Kodak what a crazy company. Growing up with them. Also competing with them when I was at Xerox. I kept saying sure Kodak was in trouble even back then. Xerox turned out just as poorly by the way. I dig these artifacts of time long gone. Do I want one as a paper weight? Maybe, but a Nikon F, or a old Canon A1 or something. The Kodak DCS unless I got it for free almost, maybe. But otherwise what a mess Kodak was in. Film and Office solutions were their thing. Like anything else, Kodak had their time. I am okay with that. Nothing is forever. Besides, the memories with the film growing up along with the frustration they have, but yeah. To be forever young.

@rexypoooo 2 ай бұрын

I wake up every day and wonder if I should just buy a DCS 560 on the Bay

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

It would be an adventure to embark on :)

@deathspawn54 2 ай бұрын

I could have swore you already posted this video?!?!?

@deathspawn54 2 ай бұрын

NVM different camera lol

@classic.cameras 2 ай бұрын

That "halation" affect looks like a strange inner reflection on the sensor. I am racking my brain trying to recall which other cameras I have seen it on but I've seen them on older cameras.

@shang-hsienyang1284 2 ай бұрын

Sony a7

@hnapierala 2 ай бұрын

Great work! Was your daughter's photo from 2:56 taken with a nikkor 50mm 1.8? The bokeh resembles my pancake 50mm 1.8 (japan version) which is my favourite lens ever. It even beats Pentax 43mm limited in my books and I own both of them. I also highly recommend Canon 50mm 1.8 LTM. It has more leica glow to it than leica lenses themselves. Cheers!

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the D version of the 50 f1.8 - good catch!

@practicalphotography1235 2 ай бұрын

Used this decaded ago. It was great for its era

@tc227 Ай бұрын

Apparently the "halation" effect isn't just on 14n. In Kristoffer Trolle's DCS Pro Back review, I see the same effect on two photos. Really curious what that is. BTW does your DCS 760 show any "halation"?

@thomasel9171 2 ай бұрын

If you could recommend a mid price level lens to use for this camera, i got one recently and am trying to find a good lens to test it out. Thanks!

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

I like my Nikon D 50mm f1.8 on it. That's pretty cheap.

@thomasel9171 2 ай бұрын

@@snappiness thanks, appreciate the response 🙏

@jawats 2 ай бұрын

"Heavy clunk..." Next up, buys a Pentax 67 or 6x7, because *clunk!* Great video, per usual.

@Bleats_Sinodai Ай бұрын

The voice memo sounds EXACTLY like a Half-Life 1 voice line lmao

@neoaksa 2 ай бұрын

This camera provides unique color tone with its built-in flash, which is sort of like film way better than Canon 5D or any CCD I experienced before.

@mikegarwood8680 2 ай бұрын

Now that you have some Nikon glass, get yourself a low-mileage D700 (if you can find one). That sensor is truly magical.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

That's what I keep hearing ;)

@bundo13 2 ай бұрын

whoa that halation at 6:12 is very film like, I'm not even sure how that happens on a digital sensor? Splashing off the IR filter or something?

@bundo13 2 ай бұрын

Oh, I should have kept watching haha. The only thing I can think of is if there's an IR filter in front of the sensor and it's getting an internal reflection or something?

@charleshwang01 27 күн бұрын

I own Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n for 14 years and recently found the IR cut filter on sensor was broken due to life end…The battery inside can be replaced by special model from China, our local battery expert help me to replace it. The filter can also be replaced but cost a lot,I am considering to fix it or not…

@gatblau1 2 ай бұрын

I still like using my 10mp Sony A100 and get good photos out of it. These old cameras are still usable.

@owenauer3406 2 ай бұрын

I see new batteries advertised on Ebay

@Lawman212 2 ай бұрын

This camera had particularly noticeable noise reduction, even at 400 iso. It looks like someone took a painter's palette knife and made little short smears of all the detail in the picture. It was one of the more affordable digital cameras in its day, but that smearing of detail ruled it out for me.

@tonykeltsflorida 2 ай бұрын

I wonder why they didn't have an ISO dial like the SLR film cameras that were around the same time.

@NormanF62 2 ай бұрын

Kodak discontinued it in favour of everyone’s favourite bridge camera - the P880 which was compact and more versatile for what people where looking to do.

@vaughanbbrean71 2 ай бұрын

Love the P880, I have 2 and paid £20 and £22 for them ! they are genuinely 100% still good cameras today, I use mine often and get great results with that 24-140 manual zoom lens, the sensor produces a special look that everybody likes and the lens is sharp, it is also a great size and a nice looking camera, I think still my all time favourite

@parkermusselman9824 2 ай бұрын

You think we don't see the Nikonos lens in the background. We'll we do. I'm glad I'm not the only one to have adapted that lens to a Fuji.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Nice! I made my own adapter, were able to find an official adapter or did you make your own?

@parkermusselman9824 2 ай бұрын

@@snappinessI printed mine. Should have shared it somewhere...

@derekcoe9633 2 ай бұрын

Quite ‘filmic’ for a cmos!

@Abesteroni 2 ай бұрын

Totally guessing it's the Fuji S5 Pro

@slr7075 2 ай бұрын

Next video is covering Nikon's first full frame DSLR, the Nikon D3 released in 2007.

@Fernsehenpfanger 2 ай бұрын

When wants combo body, full frame and "like a film colors" I recommend for buy Canon 1Ds first model - the color from camera is amazing warm. Canon 5d looks after so standart and ordinary-boring.)))

@JeffreyJohnsonC 2 ай бұрын

Sweet. Unfortunate about the battery.

@SayaAmirulSyamim 2 ай бұрын

Im my photography journey, I just only recently realized that I value ergonomics more than any other things. Always wanted a Nikon Zfc, but holding it is horrendous. It is handsome but not for me I guess.

@laplantamichay 2 ай бұрын

hey dude! i'm surprised u haven't thought abt this before, but since most of the cameras u have use 7.4v, u can replace those lithium cells!, since they're probably using regular 18650 i don't think it'd cost u much since it's an easy job, n i'm sure any technician could do it for u lmao

@onemanband3579 2 ай бұрын

I've just found one of these for sale online in Germany for 550 euros. Might be a sweet thing to own, but not for that money.

@simval84 2 ай бұрын

How much processing did you do on the photos? Or do they look like that right out of camera? Because I find the colors really reminiscent of Kodak film like Gold and Portra, with this warm, golden hue especially on the skin. Kodak had the color science down, like Fujifilm... Shame they had little talent for designing hardware so the camera manufacturers easily beat them there. Fuji managed to catch up, Kodak didn't.

@snappiness 2 ай бұрын

Most of the images have at least some sort of exposure touch ups and some definitely were warmed up in post. I didn't do any other color adjustments though as far as adjusting particular channels.