Unless you are a photographer, I bet you have not thought about digital cameras for years. If you are like most people, your phone is photographing all the photos you want. What may surprise you (or perhaps not given to this article) is that digital cameras become popular again. Manufacturers like Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fujilm and others are or update old models with modern features or release Complete new models. The market used also exploded, with people abducting the “digicams” that were popular in the 2000s.
Even if you have beautiful memories of your first digital camera, you may be confused about where this trend comes from. After all, the convenience of photographing your phone is certainly better than a special device, right? Well, it turns out that convenience is not necessarily the main point of sale. In fact, there are different reasons. Five, in fact. So, yes, maybe that desired camera from your younger days that collects dust in your closet is again popular. Maybe it's even worth a little money. Here's why.
1. It is a retro
Sony Cybershot around 2005. Yes, this camera (and photography of it) is 20 years old. As my bones decay the dust …
“What's old is new again,” the saying is as old as it is. Each generation is fascinated by the technology and culture that preceded it. People reach a certain age and are interested in things their parents knew and did at that age. Take a look at the interest in things such as Vinyl records, Tape for cartridge, Movie cameras And Instant cameras Over the past few years.
Has both humor and Hot nostalgia To have them from the “older” people who carry around the pocket point and the shooting they had in their youth.
2. It is special
Start: A much younger version of the author, as photographed by the “Vintage” Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 with its “ancient” 10.1 megapixel CCD sensor (not shown).
Photographing your phone, once novelty, is now secular. Of course, it catches a moment, but for many, the photo itself is not special. The moment and memory it causes can be, but the highly processed image is not. Removing a camera, waiting to turn on and make the moment for Taking this specific photo add to its specialty.
3 are not on the phone
For the utility to the pixels, place that strip over your head.
I noticed this when I began to return to the movie after I looked at the Pentax 17. Having your phone out and in your hand, supposedly in order to take pictures, it inevitably leads to deterrence. “Oh, I just got a message.” “Oh, I need to check my is -with/weak/teams real quickly.” To have a device used only for photography, keep your phone in your pocket or bag, out of sight and for a few celebrities, out of mind. (The same can be said for MP3 players.)
It is also worth considering that young people who drive very recent cameras sales have grown up with their parents (of course, I'm from that generation) always on their phones. Talk to the younger General Z or older General Alpha; Many do not want to be online. They have grown online and know better than someone as scary there, ah, here. They want to create a space that is not on the Internet, and it's just for them and their friends. To be “More at the moment.
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4. Pictures can be better – or at least different
Canon Powershot around 2007.
Most modern phones can take amazing photos. This is despite having relatively small image sensors and very small lenses. Much of their image quality comes from extensive and impressive image processing. However, it leads to phone pictures, often having a “look”.
Digital cameras are quite diverse and range from old-school points and shoots to digital SLR with a full frame and everything in between. It is possible to get better photos from the digital camera, although it is not convinced. What is easier and more likely to take pictures that look different from the pictures shot on the phone.
The photos may not be so good, but it's a great deal. Someone who wants a “perfect” photo can make it on their phone. If they want something styled or different, it's hard to win starting with a camera that creates that result just making its poor, prehistoric best. Yes, you can add a filter to the editing so that your phone blow looks more vintage “Y2K”. However, there is something better (and with “better”, I absolutely think objectively worse) for photos of early digital cameras to achieve that aesthetic.
5. Tiktok
Titel's trends often lead the pop culture discourse. That is Not greatBut that's what it is. Guess whatever Popular on Titel?
Titel's popularity then spreads to others and at the end of many online (guilty) population. Lete let you make your own judgments, but it is definitely something and much of the resurrection of this former or at least dying technology. Well … yes?
Save that CoolPix, save that cyber-estro
Every days he enters a photo.
In the short term, this increase in popularity seriously limits the availability of certain popular cameras. Hopefully, this finds their way into the hands of people who will actually use and, even better, get into a photo. (Many people buy records and do not own a turntable.) It's an expensive hobby, but the one I love and that I would like to see more people enjoy. In the long run, it is probably a boon for photographers for photography, as we will see more of these new, or at least refreshed, models of very large manufacturers.
So look at that drawer you never see or in the deep corners of your closet. Maybe your old “digicam” is still there, covered with dust and filled with long forgotten photos. If you do not want to be hip and trendy with your cool retro camera, there is always eBay.
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