I was just going through some old camera receipts and came across my receipt for my first digital SLR: The Canon EOS D60.
I purchased it in April,2002 for $2,050. It was/is a 6 megapixel camera, 3 fps and a max ISO of 1,000.
It was a good camera for its time and I still use it today on occasion for infrared photography. (I changed the glass filter over the sensor for IR photography.)
It's amazing how technology has advanced over the past 8 years!
I agree.
I started with digital with a 10D. Compared to what my current 7D can do (for 700 Euros less money), the progress is amazing. With the 10D, ISO 400 was already bad. Now everybody expects cameras to work
very well at least up to 1.600. I wonder where we will be in 5 years.
I also remember then paying 349 Euros for a 1 GB card (which was very, very slow). I still use it sometimes.
I too, started with a 10D and am amazed at how fast things have changed. Adjusting for inflation the cameras are better and cheaper than ever. However, film bodies used to last forever. Now, every 4 years or so the technology improvement is so great that upgrading becomes more important if you really need to stay current and competitive.
How far have we come? In 1991 one of the first DSLR's was a modified Nikon F3 that had external storage -a whopping 1.3MP - hooked to the camera via a cable... and costs $30,000!!
My first digital camera was a Sony Mavica. It used 31/2 inch floppies. it could fit ten images on each floppy. My kids used to fight on vacation whose turn it was to use it. I remember thinking at the time that I wasn't going to buy another digital camera until I could buy one that was reliable and could use all my Canon lenses.My next Digital camera was the Canon 10D:o
I still have a 10D:(... Now I am having trouble finding good coal to keep it going. Good to hear that the next camera I buy is going to be a quantum leap forward...
Don,
You made me laugh with that one. I just bought a 50D last year and that was only because my 10D started having a lot of error 99 issues. Otherwise I might be out looking for coal too.
I shifted to EOS 10D from a EOS 1V. However, first digital camera is Sony Mavica. I think it was 0.9 MP. Still can't believe that I used to often click at ISO 100 in the 10D. The other day, after a long time, I once again used the ISO 100 while testing the Mark IV. Technology changes fast.
Hi Chris
Glad I bought a smile to your face... Thats the name of the game..
Did you find a big difference going from the 10D to the 50D? Could I expect to see noticeable improvments between the two, ie faster/more accurate focusing, better image quality and lower noise? Its time to move past the 10D but I am torn between the 50D (what I can afford) 7D and a 1D3 or a 1D4 (What I really want..)
DON
Last edited by Don Railton; 02-22-2010 at 06:54 PM.
Reason: duplicated my Name..
Don,
When I look at the Shots I took with the 10D I am honestly surprised how good IQ was already .. okay only 6 MP but at low ISO the camera was doing a pretty good job http://www.hofmann-photography.de/ht...r_waxbill.html or what do you think?
The things I didn't like was slow AF, shutter-delay, finder, buffer,... Yes the 50D is by far the better camera as one would expect.
Thanks for the reply. I am heartened by your comments that the 10D has slower AF than the later cameras. This is my biggest problem and I cannot seem to get a sharp image with BIF, and after many attempts I am convinced that it is due mainly to slow/imprecise focusing of the Camera. I have Arties CD and follow his suggestions and I do sometimes get a few acceptable shots but its difficult with a very low keeper rate. I have shots where the bird fills the frame almost completely, exposure is correct, bird position is good but the image is really soft and disapointing. The IQ of the same setup with stationary birds is very good. Seems the 10D might be a good camera for....hmmmm, maybe trading in?
The first digital SLR I used was a Canon D2000 purchased by my employer in June of 1998. It was a modified EOS-1 with a 2.0 MP CCD. The first one I purchased for my own use was a D30, followed by the D60, 10D, 20D, 30D, and now 7D.. I skipped the 50D. It's been a fun ride!
I had a Kodak which took something like 640 by 480 - all memory was internal - and hooked up to the serail port of a computer.
My first dslr was a Canon 10D. Our school bought a Sony so that each teacher could easily use the camera by inserting his/her own floppy instead of waiting for the previous user to download the images.
A trip down memory lane
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