This format is like when Dankpods does a lucky Nugg dip. Love this format.

My pentax super program has jammed before I kinda just slowly brushed my finger along the shutter blades and it released the jam so yeah I'd try it.

I like that styling too, I've been trying to hunt down a Maxxum 7000 just because it looks cool lmao

Well I recall when it was launched. It was really a disappointment being fully automatic. The T70 then was different.

Yes, I also like that styling..., I call it '1980's Angular'. You can also see it in car design of that period. For example... Mitsubishi/Colt Starion, Nissan Silvia, Morris Ital (UK), Austin Ambassador (UK). i bought a Canon T70 almost immediately on its first release in 1983/4. Still love the design of these.

Iv got one myself with a larger lens, under appreciated film camera for sure

Those are good tips - I hadn't heard of a universal charger before. Would be super helpful!

I have a Hama universal charger and I find it shuts off before the battery is fully charged so I have to let the battery cool for 15 minutes and put it on charge again. I might need to do this 2 or 3 times.

@@geoffreypiltz271 this is because it has no way of monitoring the temperature of the battery that would rise towards the end of the charging cycle as internal resistance increases. It only has a single charging phase, rather than two distinct phases as you'd have with an OEM charger. What you're doing to let it cool and put it back on will get more power into the battery, but it is also extremely dangerous - if you don't notice the temperature rising too high and take it off charge, the battery could swell, making it unusable at best, and at worst, causing it to burst and catch fire.

I bought one of those. It was awkward to use and a dedicated charger is best. But if you can no longer get a charger, it is a good solution.

Good tip! I'm ordering a charger for it since it's the same as the other Sony. Hopefully one of them works 👍

Can't sell pink cameras in the UK. Girly.

I have a pink Sony Cybershot DSC-W230 that i grabbed off the scrap pile.

Yes I've seen them for 200 bucks in working condition

I haven't shot with CHDK in a long time, great idea! Already waiting on a charger for it. Seemed worth the chance.

@@snappiness I have a collection of the Powershot ultracompacts, and the titanium build with OVF, 1/1.7" sensor, IS, and a decent resolution gives this one a head above the rest imho. Then shooting raw with CHDK and its a golden experience! Btw, I wrote a full article in June on chdk if you need a refresher with installation in 35mmc. Enjoy!

Awesome! Good to hear. I've held onto it to try and shoot. You were happy with the lens and everything?

the Z3 had a very good Minolta GT APO lens. It only has a 1/2.5" sensor, so chromatic aberration esp. purple fringing should be abysmal, but thanks to the apochromatic coating, it's well controlled. It's sharp enough, rendering is nice and I find the colours beautiful. The zoom range was 35mm-420mm, so 12x rather than the 10x of the Z2, and it has the benefit of Minolta's AS anti-shake system (sensor not lens based), and as far as I remember the Z2 didn't have that, but otherwise, they should be very similar. At release, some said the Z2 had better image quality, but after firmware releases, the Z3 maybe achieved parity. It's not fast but today's standards, but general operational speed was good at the time. The EVF was a huge benefit over the dim screens on the back of most compacts or bridge cameras, but I think it was only 96k dots! Still, 100% better than not having an EVF at all. I used bracketing to deal with the low dynamic range when I needed a few more EV - it was great to have that back then. In general, casting the mind back to the early to mid 2000s, and looking at it in that context, it was a bit of a rocketship.

Cool! I am waiting for the charger to come for it - hopefully it turns out like most of the rest have so far!

Thank you! 😃

I agree! There are loads of great SLRs for cheap with great cheap optics as well. Just gotta look past what the crowd seems to be chasing at any given time..

I plan to! Thanks

I'm enjoying it so far! The lens is very sharp, colors are nice, and it's very quick and snappy for it's age.

I have the F30, I do not use it anymore, but recently I have revisited some some of my old images from the F30, when I had them through new software the images look great, later I will go and resize them in Gigapixel for large prints. The F10 to F31d has a very good sensor, the Lens are very good though not wide enough for my taste and the screen are difficult to see in bright sunlight. When F30 was new it was the best compact digital Camera you could get !

That's a good tip!

I'd like to know as well!

That's really helpful feedback, thank you! And thanks for watching :)

@@snappiness I would also appreciate it! You could probably put it next to the camera name or do a little +$10 under the total before you go to the next camera. This was a fun video and it was interesting seeing how much some of those older digital cameras are actually worth. I wonder who buys some of them though, like what are they using a $15 digital camera from 2004 for??

I didn't show it in the video, but I did get a little docking station they connect to, which looks like it has ports for the computer/charging/printer. I think it was a solid idea on Kodaks part to make that whole process an easy home process.

@@snappiness I have a casio camera with docking and mp3 player, those days were wild hehe.

Might as well! :D

I have used chdk before on my other Canon point and shoots, but haven't loaded it up on this one yet. Good idea! It really is a beautiful camera. I did end up buying a third party battery and both the newer canons are working great!

Did you end up developing that film in the final SLR?

So many fun ones, and sent the rest to good homes!

Made it myself out of fence boards my neighbor was throwing away! Thanks!

yes, it does fly, i remember not seeing these.

I've only played with 1/4th of them so far. Ordered batteries for the rest, sold a few to cover the cost for the box and then some. Looking forward to playing with the rest :)

That's what I've heard. Not too worried since I essentially got it for free. Will still be fun to play with.

I've noticed this as well! Annoying to order the old SD non sdhc cards separately and pay all that extra for a little thing. Same with xD and those Sony duos.

Thanks Frank, I bought chargers for all the ones that were missing. So far everything is working! I've been shooting the F11 on and off the past few weeks and have been really loving it.

@@snappiness the f11 is capable of really good pictures. Iso 200 for everything with -1/3 exp works best all around even with flash. The f10/11 have a stronger flash than f30 but fuji dropped the s/s from 1/100 on f10 to 1/60 on f11 so you dont get the extra power its capable of. Even in shutter priority at 1/100 its not as bright as f10. I think that was a mistake

Awesome Jeff, thanks for joining the fun over here :)

I have the F717 as well! And the 828. And the R1 :) Haha, it's a cool series of cameras.

I plan to for that exact reason :) plus, it's not even worth paying the shipping to send to someone, haha.

Good sleuthing! One step closer to finding the origin of these cameras! :D

@@snappiness I live 9 minutes from manayunk brewing company (the same place) lol

Hahaha, I never noticed that before 🤣

Glad you enjoyed it! 😀

It's super fun 😄

They come up a lot here, just not always for a good price or good stuff. I use those auto bid sniper tools and sometimes get lucky with one going under the radar and for a low price.

I wanna know that to

That's a better way of putting it :)

Check the voltage on the contacts... some will have over 100 V and can destroy a digital camera circuit.

Could very well be! I was excited that they all work so far. There's a few left I am waiting on getting chargers for. I assumed most of them would be dead and maybe a few would work. Got pretty lucky there.