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Gear Talk => Camera Talk => Topic started by: Lorne on May 25, 2016, 05:59:21

Title: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Lorne on May 25, 2016, 05:59:21: TCS take a Kodak NC2000e out in the field and show just how far digital cameras have come over the past 20 years. I've had no experience with any digital cameras from that era - my first was the then new D200 in 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BwQ9jS1xKc
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: pluton on May 25, 2016, 08:32:02: The D200 was my introduction to the Digital Age as well.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 08:44:42: Thanks for the reminder.

I had used several different compact digital cameras before buying my first DSLR which was D2H. Thanks to the strong bashing D2H received, the second hand price was unbelievably low for the then highest-end DSLR, I could afford one.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on May 25, 2016, 10:06:44: I used the DCS 410 in the late '90s. That digital behemoth was based on an F90X if memory serves so should be comparable to the NC2000 in the US.

An article written by me at the time on the future of photography opened thus, "In the silent winter forest, only the low hum of the microdrive spinning up reminds us of the presence of humans ...". The DCS 410 used Kodak microdrives (akin to double thickness CF-cards) with a whopping 340 MB capacity.

Here I am, captured shooting the DCS 410 with the 200/2 Nikkor AIS.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Erik Lund on May 25, 2016, 11:31:32: Would be fun to read that article Bjørn ;)

Very nice capture of the set up!
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 14:34:43: Quote from: Erik Lund on May 25, 2016, 11:31:32
Would be fun to read that article Bjørn ;)

Very nice capture of the set up!

That's where the solid tripod collar shines. :D
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 15:14:53: "Western Germany"!!!
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 15:16:15: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 15:14:53
"Western Germany"!!!

Bjørn the anarchist wouldn't care! :D
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 15:17:03: Quote from: Akira on May 25, 2016, 15:16:15
Bjørn the anarchist wouldn't care! :D

Sign of the times.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 15:21:35: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on May 25, 2016, 15:17:03
Sign of the times.

I know. I lived in West Germany for two semesters.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on May 25, 2016, 15:51:00: The tripod head is a Sachtler - and they may for all I care be situated in Germany west or whatnot. The big white 'S' logo is more important.

I've been using Sachtler tripods for the last 35 years ever since I realised a Gitzo never could do what I demanded from it.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: bjornthun on May 25, 2016, 16:39:21: The video from TCS is actually enjoyable and gives a perspective.

Bjørn R. wrote:
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"In the silent winter forest, only the low hum of the microdrive spinning up reminds us of the presence of humans ..."

There were actually spinning miniature hard drives in the CF cards back then. I had entirely forgotten about that. :o

Luckily there were memory chip technology when I got my first digital camera, the D70.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: Akira on May 25, 2016, 16:48:02: The now obsolete type III was the thickest format of the CF card, and the HDD CF cards were Type III, IIRC.
Title: Re: Kodak NC2000e
Post by: wesstl on May 25, 2016, 18:37:37: Back at that time I worked for a company that sold and rented high-end photography equipment so I was fortunate to get to use all of the early digital cams/hybrids. When the original D1 was released it was a revelation. Never had there been a camera with that performance at that price. I believe it was $5000 US; the Kodak cams were 3-4 times that.