@@gusatvoschiavon The newest iteration is 1400 pounds or 1805 dollars and came out in 2019. It's just a 1 inch sensor point and shoot with bad autofocus. I don't think it was worth that price at launch and especially in todays camera landscape, I think that can earn it the title of ancient. It costs more than a ricoh griii !!! But the young female tiktok/instagram market will buy it over the ricoh any day cause of the flash. That's my point, ricoh needs to add a flash and also a zoom model.
I have a Coolpix A with me almost every day and always with me when traveling. The build quality and above all image quality is crazy for the size and age.
I've owned it for 10 years and it is such a great camera. The images that it delivers are just killer. Oddly enough I'm starting to see weird glitch lines in the LCD on occasion but it's still chugging along.
Heck yes, tiny camera! (10:12 made me cackle.) I super appreciate your stands vis-à-vis mom & dad cameras and their capabilities, photography is for everyone!
Ive been wanting one of these since day 1. Actually this is the very first camera that started my interest in street and every day life photography thanks to the official video that I can´t seem to find now.
Picked up one of these about 8 months ago on a whim. Saw it at a camera store used for $300 CAD. Not without its quirks but, love the build and image quality. Mine also has dust on the sensor. Doesn’t really bother me. Been watching your channel for years, always appreciate your philosophy and viewpoints. Great videos dude.
I got mine about a year ago for about $160 in my country currency. The body was pretty beat up with a lot of scratches, and the LCD had some vignetting. It was hard to get used to at first, but now it's become my go-to camera. I've taken about 40,000 photos with it. Love it!
Have you tried to pit a wacoom cleaner on the lens to suck the dust out from the sensor? I know some people do it on the LX100 cuz dust is a problem on that one.
Nikon was floundering, making these cameras a few years ago. The market didn't bite and Nikon almost died. Now it has a cult following! People are fickle. Support current cameras.
I don't know how people are getting build issues or dust in their GR3, mine has been through saint Lucia and pocket carry and I've not had any of them issues at all.
I rarely comment on videos, but I really like your video. I have a Nikon P7000 and its a excellent camera and honestly its even replacing my Olympus M4/3 for simplicity, size and performance
The he Sony rx100 has really good speed in autofocus. I managed to track a running dog on the beach running towards me and nail 90% of the shots. So it is average sony speed.
@@A1ko_ yeah it's the best autofocus that you can get in a compact camera. That's why I also recommend the Sony to my friends that is considering getting Canon G7 X Mark II.
This camera is competitor to Ricoh GR II or Pentax MX-1, Sony RX100 or Lumix lx100 in terms of build quality, sensor size, optics and ergonomic, but not the Ricoh GR III. Great camera overall, but it’s rare nowadays. GR II even easier to find now (in decent condition)
Got this Camera for many years, the main problem is, that you're getting a lot of dust very quickly on your sensor and its almost impossible to remove that stuff without disassemble it and clean it.
cool pix, Dee! i also love having a small camera i can take w me everywhere to document everyday life. i feel like w social media and seeing all the cool new gear that comes out nowadays it's easy to forget about the basics...
I remember when this came out, several photo magazines declared the lens to be terrific. Popular Photography Magazine said that the 18.5mm lens was the equal or better to the full frame 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor. I gave it serious consideration, but my eyesight precludes me from using a rear LCD, so I went with the Contemporary Fujifilm X100.
Nikon has an optical viewfinder for the Coolpix A (Nikon DF-CP1). Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find nowadays but it was worth it to me because I can't stand LCDs on cameras.
Yup, love my black one. Didnt succeed cuz it was same or more $$$ as their APS-C DSLRs. Also, they named it Coolpix, which had always been their amateur plastic P&S line. So nobody took it seriously. Shoot NEF and youve got a great image!
I have some of the best highest mega pixel camera at my disposal, but I have the most fun using my GR3 and a $30.00 Pentax point and shoot film camera...go figure. Absolutely HATE shooting on cell phone, they are for screen shots and photos of receipts...F cell phones, if I had my way I'd go back to flip phone
@@chromaticvisuelle I've no doubt, but I really dislike the experience of shooting with a phone, I always prefer using a camera. That being said a good photo is a good photo regardless of medium taken.
Dude, you require additional assistance if you don’t know? First time using the internet? Then you are not going anywhere. Listen, carefully. Use younger people to help you, for gods sake, search it locally then broaden the search wider, I found 7 available all within walking distance. But I live in the area where we have more shooters per capita. NYC, NJ. north east. It’s a buyers market here.
I found my "sweet spot" just around a NEX-6 a while ago, got some 25-27mm manual focus lenses for it, the Pergear 25/1.7 is a keeper I think, it's an ugly lens compared to the TTartisan ones, but it's brighter and sharper, and all of them are very pocketable. Went with the old NEX instead of the new A6xxx series cause it's got a bigger viewfinder and I'm oldschool like that, I can't teach myself into using the back screen of a camera. The lens was around 60 quid, camera was under 200 cause the screen is scratched a lot.
oh, what i love those youtubers which found a device/camera/whatever at a bargain price, put it on title, but then tell viewers that actually, in normal times, those will cost 4-5X more.
Man ! I've been looking left and right for that camera to be affordable, and sadly it never war for me. At 200€, I would have bought one, but the cheapest I've seen were always in the 500€ range, which is stright up not an affordable pricerange for me. What I ended up getting for a small camera tha I can fit in my pocket is that I got a Lumix LX5 for 110€. Not the same kind of sensor at all, not the same lens either, but hey it's small and it gets the job done all the same. Bonus points for the lens that goes up to 90mm, the f/2 aperture at 24mm and the optional EVF. That more that makes out for the lower performanc you get on that 1/1.7" CCD 10MP sensor (which, if you're in decent light still gives you very decent image quality I might add)
@@DeeRosa Relax...you're the reason I picked up this camera. I just find it odd that the camera I have now has scratches in the exact same positions near back screen as shown in this video(7:49). Even down to the Kiwi TA-NKAS AP310 thumb grip.
It depends in which is your favorite focal length, and if you truly want the compactness of the coolpix or if you prefer a larger bod to accomodate a viewfinder and bigger controls.
Making YT videos about cameras DOES inflate their value. Saying that a camera is valuable to a large audience, esp giving a range (and such a wide one) of value, will effect the economy. I get it - you shouldn’t get hate for doing what you do, because you don’t directly determine selling or buying price. But you also can’t blame viewers for the impact we all KNOW YT hype has on prices.
@@mynameisnotcory I got mine on offer up 🤷🏻♂️ I’ve heard of others getting them off Facebook marketplace. There was a $300 on Fred Miranda. I don’t buy from MPB or EBay or places like that where they mark things up dramatically. I just purchased a Leica M5 for $800 off of offer up 🤷🏻♂️ the deals are there when they’re there. I can help people out to find this stuff but results vary.
I don't know. A Fuji X-E3 with an 18mm/F2 is almost indistinguishable in size and has a much more modern focusing system. May not win the sharpness war though.
5:22 actually shifting the blame to us is unfair, we don't set the prices, is sellers fueled by hype of guys that I imagine take advantage of influencers hyping products in shortage and collectibles, part in which are you I imagine; I don't say you shouldn't do these videos, whatever the world works there always will be somebody trying to get a profit and even that person isn't necessarily a monster, although certainly I feel it for those that like are hoping nobody mentions the cameras in their saved searches he he. Said that I appreciate your mention of Daido Moriyama, I think he mentioned that Westerners get too fixated in cameras as devices.
YO,, saw a DIY on How to get dirt off sensor (may work for this situation) ,, If you can (send me a message I will Tell You) :) n I Agree about phone Cam Snobs !!!!!! Best of all to You !!! L L Nikon :) :) :)
@@sanjayp2683 I did. Then I told you that I did but you won’t. In the first two minutes. Then I made fun of those like you who would type stuff like this out of pure hissy fit anger. In the first few minutes. lol.
@@DeeRosa You're not doing the video any justice I'm afraid. What folks will do is instantly search eBay, mpb and used market places for your so called $200 purchase and be bitterly disappointed. You should declare an average of show evidence on how much you paid! At the moment I don't believe you! Sorry
thanks for making the prices of these cameras go up, what an A hole. Why don't you make videos about taking photos instead of pushing for gear acquisition ?
@@DeeRosa sorry i just didn't watch the video, i tuned out when you started babbling about gear. Really wish you went out and took more photos instead.
@@ti2809 you clicked and are commenting on a gear video because that’s what you like. Don’t pretend. We can see your watch analytics lmao. Don’t engage with non gear videos. You’re the hypocrite.
@@DeeRosa Suureeeee you can see my analytics that i like gear videos, i didn't know you also worked for google. btw youtube suggests this stuff when you have an interest in photography and not because you're interested in gear. If you like photography it doesn't just show you paulie B but any gear swill like your channel as well. One of the few downsides of the youtube algorithm unfortunately.
@@ti2809 yes the downside is you have to click on the video and watch through it and leave multiple comments so that TH-cam continues to promote gear videos to you because of your habit of obsession with them. Totally the algorithms fault lol
Canon, Sony and Nikon are really missing out by not making a ricoh griii type thing. Instagram girlies are paying top dollar for the ancient gx7.
I got my G7X II for free, and now my friend really regrets giving it to me 😂😂
ANCIENT????? were you born in like 2015?
@@gusatvoschiavon The newest iteration is 1400 pounds or 1805 dollars and came out in 2019. It's just a 1 inch sensor point and shoot with bad autofocus. I don't think it was worth that price at launch and especially in todays camera landscape, I think that can earn it the title of ancient.
It costs more than a ricoh griii !!! But the young female tiktok/instagram market will buy it over the ricoh any day cause of the flash.
That's my point, ricoh needs to add a flash and also a zoom model.
I have a Coolpix A with me almost every day and always with me when traveling.
The build quality and above all image quality is crazy for the size and age.
Colours are really lovely - looks like a nice camera to journal things
@@chopinho65 it’s just exactly that!
I've owned it for 10 years and it is such a great camera. The images that it delivers are just killer. Oddly enough I'm starting to see weird glitch lines in the LCD on occasion but it's still chugging along.
Heck yes, tiny camera! (10:12 made me cackle.) I super appreciate your stands vis-à-vis mom & dad cameras and their capabilities, photography is for everyone!
I bought this brand new one a long time ago, and I am now using it again. Thanks for the video!
Ive been wanting one of these since day 1. Actually this is the very first camera that started my interest in street and every day life photography thanks to the official video that I can´t seem to find now.
EASILY the best camera review i've seen ... well presented, great philosophical message and dept of information.
Been looking for one for a while now. Can’t believe you found it that cheap.
Picked up one of these about 8 months ago on a whim. Saw it at a camera store used for $300 CAD. Not without its quirks but, love the build and image quality.
Mine also has dust on the sensor. Doesn’t really bother me.
Been watching your channel for years, always appreciate your philosophy and viewpoints. Great videos dude.
I got mine about a year ago for about $160 in my country currency. The body was pretty beat up with a lot of scratches, and the LCD had some vignetting. It was hard to get used to at first, but now it's become my go-to camera. I've taken about 40,000 photos with it. Love it!
Have you tried to pit a wacoom cleaner on the lens to suck the dust out from the sensor? I know some people do it on the LX100 cuz dust is a problem on that one.
Nikon was floundering, making these cameras a few years ago. The market didn't bite and Nikon almost died. Now it has a cult following! People are fickle. Support current cameras.
did you add the black leather grip?
Bought a black one yesterday, new old stock with just 70 shutter counts plus the original df- cp1 view finder for 400 dollar.
I don't know how people are getting build issues or dust in their GR3, mine has been through saint Lucia and pocket carry and I've not had any of them issues at all.
I rarely comment on videos, but I really like your video. I have a Nikon P7000 and its a excellent camera and honestly its even replacing my Olympus M4/3 for simplicity, size and performance
The he Sony rx100 has really good speed in autofocus. I managed to track a running dog on the beach running towards me and nail 90% of the shots. So it is average sony speed.
From what I’ve heard others say - it doesn’t but 🤷🏻♂️
rx100 IV and above have the best af in class lol (premium point and shoot)
@@A1ko_ yeah it's the best autofocus that you can get in a compact camera. That's why I also recommend the Sony to my friends that is considering getting Canon G7 X Mark II.
This camera is competitor to Ricoh GR II or Pentax MX-1, Sony RX100 or Lumix lx100 in terms of build quality, sensor size, optics and ergonomic, but not the Ricoh GR III. Great camera overall, but it’s rare nowadays. GR II even easier to find now (in decent condition)
But wich one is coooler nikon or Ricoh?
@@АндрійПозняков-н2ф Ricoh GR definitely better.
Got this Camera for many years, the main problem is, that you're getting a lot of dust very quickly on your sensor and its almost impossible to remove that stuff without disassemble it and clean it.
cool pix, Dee! i also love having a small camera i can take w me everywhere to document everyday life. i feel like w social media and seeing all the cool new gear that comes out nowadays it's easy to forget about the basics...
I use a Pen F for daily use on monochrome settings and is such a nice micro four thirds camera! I prefer something like that over a big FF chunky boy
I remember when this came out, several photo magazines declared the lens to be terrific. Popular Photography Magazine said that the 18.5mm lens was the equal or better to the full frame 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor.
I gave it serious consideration, but my eyesight precludes me from using a rear LCD, so I went with the Contemporary Fujifilm X100.
Nikon has an optical viewfinder for the Coolpix A (Nikon DF-CP1). Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find nowadays but it was worth it to me because I can't stand LCDs on cameras.
I had one. This sensor is a classic and the lens is very sharp. They are ridiculous money now.
is this your favorite EDC?
I remember hesitating with the GR back then but image quality and positive film color of ricoh are far better
Got the X70 for ≈$200. Excellent daily driver
Hi there you lost the rubber pad in the back just like I did. Yesterday I cleaned the glue with light nail remover.
Looks better
I like you color style. Any tips on how to get that look you produce?
Yup, love my black one. Didnt succeed cuz it was same or more $$$ as their APS-C DSLRs. Also, they named it Coolpix, which had always been their amateur plastic P&S line. So nobody took it seriously. Shoot NEF and youve got a great image!
MY BEST CAM EVER!!!! LITTLE GIANT
The fastest AF camera is for me always the Nikon F5. Works great on my metal Nikon AF-D prime lenses. 9 out of 10 i use the Nikon AF 28mm f/1.4D lens.
Which camera is that at 2:53? Looks like my N75! Great review!
I had one of these briefly in 2015 but ended up returning it because of dust spots. Wishing I hadn’t right now. It was otherwise a great camera
I agree on using your phone as an everyday camera. Not fun.
Great images Dee.
I wish they would release a new one!
How did you edit these
I have some of the best highest mega pixel camera at my disposal, but I have the most fun using my GR3 and a $30.00 Pentax point and shoot film camera...go figure. Absolutely HATE shooting on cell phone, they are for screen shots and photos of receipts...F cell phones, if I had my way I'd go back to flip phone
Hahaha, can relate to so many points here. Bring back the Nokia bricks😅
I got amazing street photography with a phone. Don't hate so badly
@@chromaticvisuelle I've no doubt, but I really dislike the experience of shooting with a phone, I always prefer using a camera. That being said a good photo is a good photo regardless of medium taken.
I would love this camera but here in Canada it goes for $800+
Where in the world are you seeing this for $100. I'm seeing $400 all over the place.
@@SeanMcGown I literally mention this multiple times in the video and the average prices in the first two minutes…
@@DeeRosa but he only watched for 15seconds and checked ebay, he forgot this wasn't a TH-cam short... 😅
Get help.
Dude, you require additional assistance if you don’t know? First time using the internet? Then you are not going anywhere. Listen, carefully. Use younger people to help you, for gods sake, search it locally then broaden the search wider, I found 7 available all within walking distance. But I live in the area where we have more shooters per capita. NYC, NJ. north east. It’s a buyers market here.
Why are you all being so toxic to this guy, jfc
I found my "sweet spot" just around a NEX-6 a while ago, got some 25-27mm manual focus lenses for it, the Pergear 25/1.7 is a keeper I think, it's an ugly lens compared to the TTartisan ones, but it's brighter and sharper, and all of them are very pocketable. Went with the old NEX instead of the new A6xxx series cause it's got a bigger viewfinder and I'm oldschool like that, I can't teach myself into using the back screen of a camera. The lens was around 60 quid, camera was under 200 cause the screen is scratched a lot.
Nikon coolpixА vs iphone 14 pro?
Dee Rosa, before you upload photo, do you edit photo in Lightroom, do you use presets ?
I edit them. I do a reverse cine curve and work with the color sliders and wheels.
i've had a cpa for a couple of years now and can cosign all this
Where's this made ?
Did you just switch to 4k uploads? The image quality in this video is noticeably better than your previous uploads I’m used to
@@israelisaclown running a Red Komodo now as my commercial video camera.
So now we get this fancy video.
@@DeeRosa looks great!
Start up time and snapshot feature
oh, what i love those youtubers which found a device/camera/whatever at a bargain price, put it on title, but then tell viewers that actually, in normal times, those will cost 4-5X more.
Womp womp.
The $100 camera that’s actually $500. Don’t need to watch any further!
Thank you
Man ! I've been looking left and right for that camera to be affordable, and sadly it never war for me. At 200€, I would have bought one, but the cheapest I've seen were always in the 500€ range, which is stright up not an affordable pricerange for me.
What I ended up getting for a small camera tha I can fit in my pocket is that I got a Lumix LX5 for 110€. Not the same kind of sensor at all, not the same lens either, but hey it's small and it gets the job done all the same. Bonus points for the lens that goes up to 90mm, the f/2 aperture at 24mm and the optional EVF. That more that makes out for the lower performanc you get on that 1/1.7" CCD 10MP sensor (which, if you're in decent light still gives you very decent image quality I might add)
Just found one under 300. I think I am counted lucky.
@@hunterluo hell yeah brother.
We in this thang 🔥🔥🔥
images are🔥🔥🔥i like the term beat cam
Welp this was nice secret while it lasted
@@Optykz you weren’t gonna buy it… and if you have one already why did it need to be a secret? Weird.
It’s crazy, that you sold this camera
@@RonDurosier I actually have it away to my friend Doriyan so he could give it to one of my students. Don’t make shit up.
@@DeeRosa Relax...you're the reason I picked up this camera. I just find it odd that the camera I have now has scratches in the exact same positions near back screen as shown in this video(7:49). Even down to the Kiwi TA-NKAS AP310 thumb grip.
Nice slick camera. I will keep my eyes open. You cant have too many cameras lol!
You got that right!
x100s or this? price same
It depends in which is your favorite focal length, and if you truly want the compactness of the coolpix or if you prefer a larger bod to accomodate a viewfinder and bigger controls.
No, YOU take amazing images.
10:12 😂😂😂😂😂
Making YT videos about cameras DOES inflate their value. Saying that a camera is valuable to a large audience, esp giving a range (and such a wide one) of value, will effect the economy. I get it - you shouldn’t get hate for doing what you do, because you don’t directly determine selling or buying price. But you also can’t blame viewers for the impact we all KNOW YT hype has on prices.
This is like the 3rd video ive seen where people say the camera is selling for 100-150…where
Edit: the past
@@mynameisnotcory I got mine on offer up 🤷🏻♂️ I’ve heard of others getting them off Facebook marketplace. There was a $300 on Fred Miranda.
I don’t buy from MPB or EBay or places like that where they mark things up dramatically. I just purchased a Leica M5 for $800 off of offer up 🤷🏻♂️ the deals are there when they’re there.
I can help people out to find this stuff but results vary.
this dude super preachy anger issues too
Why didn't you just keep your Ricoh GR III?
@@dennismartinez-k3x two of them broke.
@@DeeRosa Wait, how? Your fault or equipment failure?
@@dennismartinez-k3x my fault? No dude. Equipment failure. They have reported issues with the back dials.
Relax Dee, have some tea.
@@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter I’m trying to figure out what your pfp is
which brings us to the elephant in the room,
what are those GRiii fanboys smoking!!
I don't know. A Fuji X-E3 with an 18mm/F2 is almost indistinguishable in size and has a much more modern focusing system. May not win the sharpness war though.
Good choice.
5:22 actually shifting the blame to us is unfair, we don't set the prices, is sellers fueled by hype of guys that I imagine take advantage of influencers hyping products in shortage and collectibles, part in which are you I imagine; I don't say you shouldn't do these videos, whatever the world works there always will be somebody trying to get a profit and even that person isn't necessarily a monster, although certainly I feel it for those that like are hoping nobody mentions the cameras in their saved searches he he. Said that I appreciate your mention of Daido Moriyama, I think he mentioned that Westerners get too fixated in cameras as devices.
LOL $808-1000 CAD on ebay. I pass.
YO,, saw a DIY on How to get dirt off sensor (may work for this situation) ,, If you can (send me a message I will Tell You) :) n I Agree about phone Cam Snobs !!!!!! Best of all to You !!! L L Nikon :) :) :)
Coolpix A lens is too bad
Why?
@@findefuchs I guess Nikon planned next Coolpix A II with better lens.
I'm sorry but this is just clickbait type video because you can never buy this camera for $200
@@sanjayp2683 I did. Then I told you that I did but you won’t. In the first two minutes. Then I made fun of those like you who would type stuff like this out of pure hissy fit anger. In the first few minutes. lol.
@@DeeRosa 1 in how many on eBay maybe...
@@sanjayp2683 I don’t buy off eBay lmao.
@@DeeRosa You're not doing the video any justice I'm afraid. What folks will do is instantly search eBay, mpb and used market places for your so called $200 purchase and be bitterly disappointed. You should declare an average of show evidence on how much you paid! At the moment I don't believe you! Sorry
@@sanjayp2683 lmao it’s in the video which makes this hissy fit even crazier.
Use your phone.
Yup this, Dee must have shrek hands cause an iphone would totally output much better photos than this point and shoot.
@ti2809 No smartphone can yet reach the image quality of the APS-C sensor of the Coolpix A. Not at all.
thanks for making the prices of these cameras go up, what an A hole. Why don't you make videos about taking photos instead of pushing for gear acquisition ?
@@ti2809 you were never going to buy this camera - there’s two whole section in this video addressing you and your crying.
@@DeeRosa sorry i just didn't watch the video, i tuned out when you started babbling about gear. Really wish you went out and took more photos instead.
@@ti2809 you clicked and are commenting on a gear video because that’s what you like. Don’t pretend. We can see your watch analytics lmao. Don’t engage with non gear videos. You’re the hypocrite.
@@DeeRosa Suureeeee you can see my analytics that i like gear videos, i didn't know you also worked for google. btw youtube suggests this stuff when you have an interest in photography and not because you're interested in gear. If you like photography it doesn't just show you paulie B but any gear swill like your channel as well. One of the few downsides of the youtube algorithm unfortunately.
@@ti2809 yes the downside is you have to click on the video and watch through it and leave multiple comments so that TH-cam continues to promote gear videos to you because of your habit of obsession with them.
Totally the algorithms fault lol
Ugh your so cute. 🩵
Also, the Texas Hammer shirt made me LOL 😂