Vintage Digital Cameras

[33dollars]

We as photographers. Well not me as such, I'm a hack of a snapper. Have the chance to sample the old school digital cameras of the past.
Last night I used a Ricoh GX with flash & a Ricoh GX8 for star trails.
I found the GX is still useable while the GX8 has had a hiding with a shot counter to match. It shows in the dead pixels.
All these old digital cameras are useable to a degree. Just gotta find that degree.


The others shots are from a Ricoh GX. With a lot less on the shot counter.

Well happy shooting to jou all & all the best to you & your family's in 2012.
P

 

[Athena]

I quite like the first shot - great job!

 

[lensman]

Phil,

I rather like the star trails shot, must bring my GX8 out of retirement & have a go

David

 

[Genster]

Great photos Phil.
The first one is my favorite.

 

[Orol]

Phil, also for me the first photo wins here. The sky has interesting colour tones in it. What night time was it shot?

Peter

 

[Gab]

Great set of picture, Phil. I agree that the first is on the others...

 

[33dollars]

Thanks every one for your interest in my images.
Some of the shots (GX) I found interesting as the were shot at 1600ISO & look useable.

The first shot is a composite of 27 images shot at 200 ISO f2.5 for 30 seconds. A shot every 90 seconds.
That would explain the little dots on the outta diameter of the star trails.
Then the sun up & added some blue.
90 seconds between shots was required because of on board processing & write speed for this old digital.
The GX & GX8 will only accept an SD card. So write speeds are slow. This is why i went with 90 seconds between shots

The 27 images were put into a piece of free software called Startrails by Achim Schaller.
It is available from http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html.

If you have clear night sky & a full battery, give it a go.
These shots have just been a test before i get out to the country & have a go with a faster card & camera combo.
Even better would be an AC adapter with a big capacity card.
Just remember to keep the aperture wide & no longer than 30secs max. Ya don't want to cook your sensor.