Those photos are great. It just shows, it’s the photographer not the equipment. As someone who has only been doing photography since lockdown I really loved this video, Gary. Thanks for showing what’s possible without taking out a mortgage. Much appreciated.👍
Gary, I don't know where to begin. I took up photography at age 70. That was two years ago. I bought the best entry level camera I could afford at the time, a Canon SL3. I watched TH-cam video after video to learn how to get away from auto and to better understand light and composition. I am still watching and learning and having a blast. Lately, I have been having a back and forth as to whether to upgrade my camera. And then I look at my images on my computer and I see that when I did everything correctly, within the limitations of my camera, I have images that are sharp and beautiful. When I went beyond the camera's capabilities the images were soft, too much noise, etc. This video has opened my eyes to the fact that maybe I am putting too much emphasis on the camera and not enough on utilizing what I have learned. Maybe I should be considering upgrading my lenses instead of my camera. Great video. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Keep us abreast of your editing process and if the age and limitations of the camera made you adjust or change how you would have normally done your editing. Thank you.
This is such a great project Gary. There's so much snobbery with tech that it's easy to overlook the most important element in photography, you, the photographer. It will be very interesting to see how things work out!
I've been saying for a long time on YT that the craze for more megapixels, etc etc are over blown. I still use a 10MP Olympus and the images are as good as my E-M5ii when I see it on a 4K monitor. Really glad that we have someone like you to bust the myth of having the need for more and more MP cameras. Thank you!
I remember a line from a movie that I saw some time ago in which an actor said, " It's the singer not the song!". You have proven this quote to be accurate once again. Nice work. Thanks for this video.
Absolutely love this idea and looking forward to seeing how you get on. A few years ago my daughter started joining me on my photography trips and to begin I got her a simple point and shoot camera (she was only 9 at the time) it was alot of fun pushing the tiny camera beyond its limits even holding nd filters in front of it to produce a long exposure. With a little know how any camera can produce a good photo.
Very enjoyable, thank you. As an amateur, this helps reign my spending in and stop thinking 'a better camera will give me better images' when you totally show me up with a £19 camera!
I've lost faith in my photography and was thinking of giving up as all the vloggers have great kit and I'd never get a decent pro looking shot, but you've done this on an early digital camera, man you've woken this 68 year old up and given me a kick up the jacksy to get my act together. THANK YOU so much for a superb idea and video really looking forward to getting my gear out again. Regard Ed
Hi Gary, what a cracking video. Like a lot of amateur photographers I often read up on all the latest offerings from the camera manufacturers and occasionally in my quest to capture the best image possible I question my choice of M4T camera - V - Full Frame etc. As you have said so many times before "its not about the equipment" and how true that is, it's far more about the photographers skills each and every time. This video is a classic and demonstrates - that technique and a good understanding of camera craft coupled with compositional skills is far more important than always having the very latest and greatest camera available. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and look forward to seeing others in this series. Best Regards Keith
I am quite impressed with the cameras dynamic range from 17 years ago. The images you captured look wonderful. It truly is the photographer and their vision and ability that create stunning images. I am looking forward to the rest of your series. This has been an inspiration to me. Thank you!
Great idea we do get wrapped up with buying the latest gear when you have shown what can be achieved with a camera under £20. Look forward to the series..
Thanks Gary. I was struggling for ideas of what to watch until I saw your Instagram post for this interesting project. Cameras like this can still produce great looking images, as you have you shown. I'm looking forward to the Street Photography video.
It’s great to see that old cameras still make good images and you reminded me of my first canon camera, it only took from memory 8 shots at 3mp and I thought they was great back in the day. Thanks for doing this Gary and I can’t wait for the next episode 👍🏽
Love the new challenge with old technology. Just remembered have a 17 year old Canon camera in the cupboard, guess what, thats where its going to stay. Well at least for now. As folks before me have said, its the photographer that counts and not just the equipment, great images. Keep posting please.
Tell you what I think? I’ll tell you…. I think it shows the stark reality of good composition and knowing what you want to capture is not reliant on fifty squillion full-frame megapixels and an overdraft. Here it is - interesting images from a person with an old and cheap’ camera body without a good live view screen or a histogram preview, never mind all the other fancy stuff we can do these days like focus stacking in camera. Great stuff, looking forward to more of this.
Good to see you in my neck of the woods. Good experiment and the pictures already are starting to prove the gear doesn't matter too much. I started late to this game, so my first DSLR was a little Canon 200d with the kit lens, when everyone else was using 5dm4s and D850s. Some of the looks I got were entertaining.
Great vlog Gary, so welcomed to see a pro not afraid of showing that older tech is acceptable to people who may be starting out on a budget, or simply want a retro camera. I loved my old 300D, the 10D, the lovely 20D, and the 40D, most today, would be spurned by so many. However, the images captured in Raw format, still produce, with care taken, perfectly acceptable images to many. Yes, the screens are small, and yes, I could go on, but for £9 quid, it's a steal. Now, where's my 20D hiding away.... Thanks for the share, really enjoyed it.
Those shots are beautiful from that old obsolete camera! Also give some credit to todays software! I have enjoyed redoing old photos with the latest software! I still have some old digital cameras and still enjoy what can be done with the photos of yesteryear! Amazing results! Keep up the the great work Gary!
Used to have one at work and the walls were littered with A4 prints from it and they all looked gorgeous and faithful to the subject captured.. Nice one Gary👍
Awesome. I love such reviews; especially at a time when a lot of photography Gurus become ambassadors for the newer camera brands and try telling aspiring photographers that good photography is possible only if one picks up the latest (expensive of course) camera gear!! Your videos are simple and inspiring. This one proves that photography fundamentals are more important than equipment. Thank you very much.
Very fun idea! I used to do a little golf tournament with friends where we would have to go to a thrift store to buy our clubs, and had a $30 limit. Then play a course. It was really a lot of fun.
My biggest surprise, I guess, was that the camera worked. The image quality was no surprise at all. Going back further than this (13 years before) I has a Kodak DCS on loan. I think is was a DSC200, but 1992 was a VERY long time ago. I remember a photography trip to Brighton where I was scared out of my wits that I would damage or lose this mega-expensive 1.5megapixel camera. I remember it being worth £10k It was blooming amazing, but, naturally, I remained a film shooter with my Minolta SLRs. As the end of the century arrived, the best I could afford was a compact digital camera which I bought just before my wedding and I have many memorable photographs of our honeymoon from it. Many compact digitals went though my hands in the following years as I reviewed them for various magazines and when we sold our house a moved, I invested in an Olympus E10 which was on another level entirely. I progressed to a Fuji S2 Pro which just blew everything out of the water up to that point and then to a D90 for lens compatibility from there on. At no point in this journey did I ever look at one of these cameras and say, wow, that's awful (well, some of the review cameras may have got panned, I really don't recall) but nothing I have ever spent money on in the digital world has deflated me in terms of image quality. There's always been something that's made me realise how the tech was progressing and despite this body being 17 year old tech, back when it was produced, it would have been one of the best bits of Canon equipment for the money (despite it looking like someone's just come out of Halfords with a can of "silver" spray paint). The part I am not sure of is where we go from here. Huge Megapixel counts are becoming meaningless as we don't have the eyesight to really appreciate it. The only main benefit to 100mp and above cameras is the ability to enlarge further and that's VERY specialist in a world where so much content is consumed in 5 inches (ohhh errr). The next generations of cameras must surely build upon the AI capabilities for exposure, focus, bracketing, DoF and more. A similar video in 10 years from now may be VERY different.
I once read that a competent photographer can take a great picture with whatever they use to capture the image.... If it's good enough for Messrs Gough and Heaton then it's £19 of anybody's money well spent. Great shots👍
It just goes to show, its not the sauce pan but the cook that creates good results. Beautiful amazing images from old tech and equipment. Had an 8mp Olympus CW80Z something and still amaze myself by the quality of images it produced. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to seeing mor videos like this.
From the images in the video you took, the old girl did a great job especially at £19.. However if it decides to set itself on fire, please don't claim on your insurance and BBQ a burger with it instead. LOL! Seriously though I'm looking forward to this new adventure, already we can all see that older tec is not dead. Keep it up Garry, and as always thanks for your work. M.
Wow! Beautiful results and they really surprised me. It just goes to show what a basic camera can produce in the hands of a master craftsman. I am still using my 14 year old Canon EOS 5D Mark II, purchased new in 2008. While I do not have the histogram until after the shot is taken I do have the joys of live view and 21 million pixels, along with movie mode. It still produces images used as double page spreads and even a cover in magazines. I think this is going to be a fascinating series.
Enjoyed this video. I think it proves the point that it is not all about having the latest equipment in order to take good images. I got my first DSLR in 2006 and it was a toss up between the 350D and the new 30D. I went for the 30D as it felt more comfortable in my hands, but my daughter had a 350D and she really loved it. I still have the 30D in the cupboard, and I think I took more images on that than I did on any subsequent upgrades in camera that I have had since.
The photos are amazing. This shows the quality of the images greatly reflects the experience and knowledge of the photographer. I think you could make perfect fine art photos with a pin hole camera. Well done!
Hat off to you Gary ! As always you deliver quality content and great images. I wouldn't have the patience to use an old camera knowing there is better technology, yet last year I did really enjoyed using a 35mm film camera, it was a really good challenge. Diolch 👍
Gary, much respect mate, in these days of latest / greatest you have shown us all 'hands down' that the photographer and not his/her equipment is the vital element ! Cant wait till next instalment .. many thanks mate ! All the best Mike
Makes me want to dig out my Canon 10D. I still have it somewhere but it needs the right level of skill as well so it would be a real challenge. A refreshing approach Gary and very stimulating. Looking forward to your future videos.
As the old saying goes "Any camera will take a good photograph, it is the person behind the camera that counts". Looking forward to the following videos.
Great stuff Gary, proves that photography is for everyone if you are on a limited budget you can still produce some quality images. Also it's great how simply you explain the art with sharing your settings and adjustments. Another first class video thanks mate. 👍
Gary, it just goes to show that we don't need camera's that are thousands of pounds, it won't make us better photographers, very impressed with the results! I recently did a video on my old Nikon which was 13 years old and I was surprised by the results. Awesome video and looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.
I Admin a beginner/intermediate photography group on Facebook and the subject of camera upgrades is a regular one so I will be sharing this video in Group. When the subject comes up my advice has always been the same: 1. Update your skills, you are the most important part of any image. 2. Update your lenses, they are the eyes of the camera. 3. Update your camera body only after the other 2 has been done.
Excellent Challenge and Serie!! Love what you are doing. Did the same a year ago with a Nikon D200, and just like you got discouraged at locations with the poor LCD display. But back at home on the computer screen was blown away with the resolution.
I bought the 350d new at the time. Shot around the clock a few times with models. succeeded by the 40d. And now the 7dMK2. (which unfortunately is gathering dust) But the 350d (and 40d) still works and is regularly used by my mother for the birds in the garden. The technology is 17 years later, but we had a lot of fun with it at the time.
Absolutely brilliant Gary. What a great idea. The quality of the image's after editing them are brilliant considering the camera is 17 year's old. I am really looking forward to seeing your next video.
What a great challenge so looking forward to the rest of the tasks you have set yourself, awesome results from number 1 Gary. I’m using a Nikon 7200 and can’t see the histogram till after taking the shot as well, something you learn to live with.
Its all about your skills and knowledge and how to use what you have. Well done, showing that you don't need to spend a lot of money on gear. Just learn to use what you have and you can produce beautiful images. Best wishes to you..
80 % of the photo is the skill of photographer. You are a great photographer! Very nice video. We tend to get the newest and greatest gear. At the end of the day, the best gear is the one you own and use. Anyone can get into the hobby. Plenty of old good cameras out there.
I think we are going to see that if the camera holds up for the whole series the pictures will be great, since you obviously know what you're doing with a camera. My first digital camera was a Canon 30D, then a 600D and I later had a 7D Mk1 and a 100D. The results were always as good as my average skills at the time. I discovered with those cameras and the Olympus OMD models I've been using in recent years that the number of pixels doesn't matter a jot (excuse the pun). A good picture is a good picture and it doesn't matter what camera you use. Glad to see you go to Blackpool a fair bit. I live a bit further inland but I'll be out when the weather improves trying out some of your ideas. I'm looking forward to this series. 👍👍👍👍
Great shots, Gary!! It's really all down to who's taking the pics, not the gear. An 8MP camera will give anyone, today, perfectly good pics. I still use an old Canon PowerShot A460, and that's only 5MP. I print perfectly good 8x10 pics with it. For the net, it's still overkill considering how social media butchers pics.
When I got my first DSLR in 2006 (Konica Minolta 7D) - this was the first thing I did with it, I was excited and had to try out long exposures to see IF there was a difference between my ISO 50 film images vs ISO 50 Digital. Happy to say, there was no 'real' difference other than waiting a week for the film to be developed vs instant on the back of the DSLR screen and a computer of course. That camera holds up to today's cameras, even though it was 6MP or 8MP in RAW. Simple tech always makes better images IF you've the creative mind to take advantage of it. Well done Gary for doing this and showing it ain't about how many MPs your camera has, it's how you use it to it's full capabilities and knowing how to achieve the look you want, be it with film or Digital and using your own style .... IMO. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Genius Gary, your skills as an accomplished and experienced photographer always (without fail) shine through! Unfortunately TH-cam is full of photographers who claim to be very experienced old hands yet it's obvious many of the rookie mistakes they repeatedly make tell the truth and reveal that in many cases they are not actually as experienced as they claim. Thankfully for those of us with real experience it's quite easy to distinguish the wannabes from those with real skill, knowledge and experience. Not so easy for newbies and unfortunately many of them seem to worship those who in reality are virtual newbies themselves, lol. Rant over. Looking forward to seeing your future projects and films here on the tube! cheers.
Great photos Gary. Its amazing to see how much the Dynamic Range in cameras has improved over the years. Your 5D would have created a much richer palette of colors. Overall I am impressed, Keep shooting.
This series will really illustrate the point of the question; what is the best camera? Why it’s the one that you own of course! You’ve also given me great inspiration to deeply explore Fairy lake near Honey Harbour on Georgian Bay in Northern Ontario. It’s a small lake on a small island that is located in the greater Georgian Bay. Previous visits have always been with another couple so there’s little opportunity to explore. I’ll have load the kayak and head there selfishly on my own after the winter thaw.
Great experiment and Great pictures Gary! Looking forward to the next episodes. By the way if you run out af space with all of that "new" gear I might be willing to help you get rid of that 5D4 :D
Fantastic images and the perfect demonstration of composition, knowledge and technique trumping gear all the time. With all the effort the camera manufacturers put into promoting the newest latest cameras your video serves as a valuable reminder that the gear we have now is absolutely superb. I've been using the D850 for 2/3 years and will continue to do so. Really looking forward to this series of videos. Great work Gary 👍
Judging by those excellent photos you took with the 350D, I'm really looking forward to following your progress as you put it through its paces. Diolch Gary👍
Fantastic video Gary, a time machine to the past with really interesting observations bringing home the improvements since. Love the cost challenge, which shows how a good photographer can achieve great results with cheap equipment; a bit like a stellar musician would always get something from a battered instrument. Always loved your video from a few years ago when you’d bought gear off Ebay, really reassuring for a tight budget 👍🏻. Many thanks, David.
Well Gary, many folk have said... its shows its down to the photographer... you.... but the main question is "how do you feel about those pictures.???" I'd love to know your thoughts....as lets face it... isn't it all about taking shots that you find interesting and pleasurable... as for the series... wonderful idea and one I can see "flying"... really looking forward to seeing how you go on with it and fingers crossed it will still be working at the end... then... why not pass it on to a youngster just starting out.... thanks for the really interesting video... looking forward to the next one... Yoki...
What a great idea and challenge Gary. I will watch with interest. Its great to see that you want to push yourself and old technology in our hi tech world. Which we totally take for granted.
Just shows that expensive gear is not the most important requirement in photography - great shots! I had the forerunner to this, my first move into digital photography was the 300D after trading up from my Pentax P50.
Awesome shots Gary. I know where you're coming from. I'm an R5 owner. But 9 days ago, I bought me a Canon 60D. Not as extremely De-Teched as you. But looking through a viewfinder and composing a shot before "Camera on" is something that i've very much missed. Congrats on the Old tech theme. So so very interesting.
remember when i first started i always wanted the highest megapix camera but my bro said you dont needs it you great great shoots with like a 5 megapix camera and you just showed that you dont needs to keep up with the jones great work gary
I had one of these. Got it for a friend to learn on. The fact is that when you compare it with todays cameras, it seems like crap in many ways. But, this camera has all the function ability that many of todays leading photographers used back in the day when they were making their names in photography. Like you said, the screen was crappy and small, but the thing was, that when you loaded the files into the camera onto a computer with a monitor that could show the true resolution of the sensor, you were pleasantly surprised. So if you got past that, you can do with it. So I gave him that camera, and he had only ever used an iPhone before, and told him it was more than good enough to learn the basics of all the settings on. He likes it, and if he can shoot good images with that, then he can do so on anything. This just gives him a low cost way to see if he would get interested in photography, and not have to pay high sums of money in case he found he didn’t want to do more in the end than point and shoot. It was a good idea of you to show what you can do with the most basic equipment , and I wish more would do it.
Great vlog Gary I’m looking forward to the rest of your Great images from a super location 👍👍👍 I purchased a Canon 20D and lens for £20 back in September and have been surprised by the results.
Great images Gary. I am not surprised, because it is a Canon Camera. In those years they had excellent cameras. This series of videos is going to be very interesting, Gary. 👍👍👍
Love the results and it it again proofs that you do not need to spend thousands to be able to take stunning photo’s. I bought an cheap old 1DmkIII recently for motorsports and wow is it producing some cracking shots!
Great shots Garry, I’ve just purchased a DSLR 14 years after my previous purchase, although I may put my camera down for a few years. Your video has just confirmed that the operator is in charge (well at the moment they are) , when it comes to capturing the moment. It would be interesting to see what photographers of different levels could do with the same camera and locations at the same time. Anyway , thanks again for a great video.
Love the idea of this series. Great starting video. Shows what shots can still be gained on older gear. Be interested to see what the images look like with budget filters as well. How do you think the images will look in print? Will they lack detail when blown up. Thanks
This is awesome. I bought a used 2011 Olympus XZ-2 pocket camera and I am really impressed with the printed 8x10 photos. I’ve been thinking about buying a FF old camera. I can’t wait to see your series with this camera.
Brilliant! A great idea and outstanding images. As others have said, it's not the gear that gets results, it's the photographer. I predict that when it comes to making large prints the results will be equally as impressive. I have a 36 inches x 24 inches print on my wall from my old 12MP Canon 5D (2005) - a camera that I still occasionally use - and it looks great. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
I very much look forward to following the series you have devised. Stunning photos as always, just proves it's the photographer not the gear that makes the photo.
Awesome stuff Gary. I have an old 20D / 1DMk3 / 1000D and they more than meet my expectations as an advanced amateur. I print mainly up to A4 and prints are very good. The 20D pre-dates the 350D by 1 year but the 20D is much better build quality and you could pick one up for £20-30. For those just starting out I'd always recommend a used bargain as their first entry to photography. PS: Well done to Canon - the quality of their gear is fab!!!
In 2005 I was still mostly doing film photography! My digital cameras had a very annoying shutter lag. So it wasn’t until the 7.1 mp Olympus SP-510UZ came in 2006 that I went completely over to digital. And I didn’t buy a DSLR until 2012 when I got the 18 mp Canon Eos 550D. Which I still keep because it has a fully operational version of the Black Lantern “firmware” (running from the SD-card) which offers a few functions that even my newer cameras don’t (70D, 90D).
Really really enjoyed that Gary! Who was it that said, 'the best camera is the one you have to hand' (or something like that! Lol!) I suppose the draw back with this little fella will be if you were to print larger images only having 8mp but hey ho! Looking forward to the next one! All the best
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This was my first DSLR 🥰
Mine too, still got it.
Mine too. I got some fantastic shots from it. Also some duds but that was down to me :)
Fair dinkum... you will be watching with interest. Great to see you guys follow each other
Cheers Thomas 👍👍
MY first DSLR as well. Stopped working a couple of months ago. With some attention and work still a good camera.
It just goes to prove its the photographer that counts and not just the gear, great shots Gary, love your videos. Thanks
Those photos are great. It just shows, it’s the photographer not the equipment. As someone who has only been doing photography since lockdown I really loved this video, Gary. Thanks for showing what’s possible without taking out a mortgage. Much appreciated.👍
Gary, I don't know where to begin. I took up photography at age 70. That was two years ago. I bought the best entry level camera I could afford at the time, a Canon SL3. I watched TH-cam video after video to learn how to get away from auto and to better understand light and composition. I am still watching and learning and having a blast. Lately, I have been having a back and forth as to whether to upgrade my camera. And then I look at my images on my computer and I see that when I did everything correctly, within the limitations of my camera, I have images that are sharp and beautiful. When I went beyond the camera's capabilities the images were soft, too much noise, etc. This video has opened my eyes to the fact that maybe I am putting too much emphasis on the camera and not enough on utilizing what I have learned. Maybe I should be considering upgrading my lenses instead of my camera. Great video. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Keep us abreast of your editing process and if the age and limitations of the camera made you adjust or change how you would have normally done your editing. Thank you.
"It's amazing how quickly your confidence is shattered" make me LOL. I have had similar experiences trying to use some cameras from 2006 recently.
This is such a great project Gary. There's so much snobbery with tech that it's easy to overlook the most important element in photography, you, the photographer. It will be very interesting to see how things work out!
I've been saying for a long time on YT that the craze for more megapixels, etc etc are over blown. I still use a 10MP Olympus and the images are as good as my E-M5ii when I see it on a 4K monitor. Really glad that we have someone like you to bust the myth of having the need for more and more MP cameras. Thank you!
I remember a line from a movie that I saw some time ago in which an actor said, " It's the singer not the song!". You have proven this quote to be accurate once again. Nice work. Thanks for this video.
Absolutely love this idea and looking forward to seeing how you get on.
A few years ago my daughter started joining me on my photography trips and to begin I got her a simple point and shoot camera (she was only 9 at the time) it was alot of fun pushing the tiny camera beyond its limits even holding nd filters in front of it to produce a long exposure.
With a little know how any camera can produce a good photo.
Welcome back Mr gough, proves my point doesnt matter what camera you have its always about the photographer, brill shots Gary
It' really great to start experimenting without mountain high expectations and to get a nice surprise at the end of the day. Love it!
Cheers 👍👍
Very enjoyable, thank you. As an amateur, this helps reign my spending in and stop thinking 'a better camera will give me better images' when you totally show me up with a £19 camera!
I've lost faith in my photography and was thinking of giving up as all the vloggers have great kit and I'd never get a decent pro looking shot, but you've done this on an early digital camera, man you've woken this 68 year old up and given me a kick up the jacksy to get my act together.
THANK YOU so much for a superb idea and video really looking forward to getting my gear out again.
Regard Ed
Hi Gary, what a cracking video. Like a lot of amateur photographers I often read up on all the latest offerings from the camera manufacturers and occasionally in my quest to capture the best image possible I question my choice of M4T camera - V - Full Frame etc.
As you have said so many times before "its not about the equipment" and how true that is, it's far more about the photographers skills each and every time. This video is a classic and demonstrates - that technique and a good understanding of camera craft coupled with compositional skills is far more important than always having the very latest and greatest camera available. Thoroughly enjoyed this video and look forward to seeing others in this series.
Best Regards
Keith
I am quite impressed with the cameras dynamic range from 17 years ago. The images you captured look wonderful. It truly is the photographer and their vision and ability that create stunning images. I am looking forward to the rest of your series. This has been an inspiration to me. Thank you!
Great idea we do get wrapped up with buying the latest gear when you have shown what can be achieved with a camera under £20. Look forward to the series..
Cheers Philip 👍👍
Excellent. Video. Just proves that the latest kit is nice to have but anyone can have a play no matter their budget. Thank you.
My point exactly 👍👍
Thanks Gary. I was struggling for ideas of what to watch until I saw your Instagram post for this interesting project. Cameras like this can still produce great looking images, as you have you shown. I'm looking forward to the Street Photography video.
WOW !! Images look great for old Tech. I was not expecting them to turn out as sharp as they are.
Great video. It proves that it's what's behind the camera (i.e., the photographer) that makes a great image. Looking forward to the coming vids...
It’s great to see that old cameras still make good images and you reminded me of my first canon camera, it only took from memory 8 shots at 3mp and I thought they was great back in the day. Thanks for doing this Gary and I can’t wait for the next episode 👍🏽
Cheers Steve 👍👍
Cracking shots Gary. As someone has already said, it's not the gear that makes the photo it's the photographer. Excellent video, thanks.
Excellent video Gary and fantastic images too. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series 👍
Those photos are absolutely amazing, back to basics at its best!!
Love the new challenge with old technology. Just remembered have a 17 year old Canon camera in the cupboard, guess what, thats where its going to stay. Well at least for now. As folks before me have said, its the photographer that counts and not just the equipment, great images. Keep posting please.
Tell you what I think? I’ll tell you…. I think it shows the stark reality of good composition and knowing what you want to capture is not reliant on fifty squillion full-frame megapixels and an overdraft. Here it is - interesting images from a person with an old and cheap’ camera body without a good live view screen or a histogram preview, never mind all the other fancy stuff we can do these days like focus stacking in camera. Great stuff, looking forward to more of this.
Thanks Lindsey
Fun! The photos looked Fantastic! I’m eagerly awaiting the next video in this series.
Good to see you in my neck of the woods. Good experiment and the pictures already are starting to prove the gear doesn't matter too much. I started late to this game, so my first DSLR was a little Canon 200d with the kit lens, when everyone else was using 5dm4s and D850s. Some of the looks I got were entertaining.
I had a few looks too when people saw me using the cheap camera 😁😁
Quality stuff Gary love the concept of this and the upcoming vids. Can’t wait to watch 👍
Well done Gary. I don't think I'll rush out to buy one, but it proves a point; you're a good photographer and the shots are impressive. 👍😊
Great vlog Gary, so welcomed to see a pro not afraid of showing that older tech is acceptable to people who may be starting out on a budget, or simply want a retro camera. I loved my old 300D, the 10D, the lovely 20D, and the 40D, most today, would be spurned by so many. However, the images captured in Raw format, still produce, with care taken, perfectly acceptable images to many. Yes, the screens are small, and yes, I could go on, but for £9 quid, it's a steal. Now, where's my 20D hiding away.... Thanks for the share, really enjoyed it.
Brilliant, I was surprised haw got they looked. Loved the sunset image.
Looking forward to the rest of the series. 👍
those pictures came out beautiful. this is real proof you don´t fancy equipment to take beautiful shots. can´t wait te see the next vlog.
Great idea Gary and i can't wait for the next chapter in this series. You paid 19 quid, careful bud, you're almost a Yorkshireman.
Those shots are beautiful from that old obsolete camera! Also give some credit to todays software! I have enjoyed redoing old photos with the latest software! I still have some old digital cameras and still enjoy what can be done with the photos of yesteryear! Amazing results! Keep up the the great work Gary!
Used to have one at work and the walls were littered with A4 prints from it and they all looked gorgeous and faithful to the subject captured.. Nice one Gary👍
Awesome. I love such reviews; especially at a time when a lot of photography Gurus become ambassadors for the newer camera brands and try telling aspiring photographers that good photography is possible only if one picks up the latest (expensive of course) camera gear!!
Your videos are simple and inspiring. This one proves that photography fundamentals are more important than equipment. Thank you very much.
Great video, love the images. Really looking forward to seeing the future videos, especially how printing turns out with a low pixel camera.
Images were great Gary it really speaks volumes about the photographer rather than the equipment always learn more about the equipment your using
Super project and great pictures. Thank you for some great sensible and inspirational videos.
Cheers Simon 👍👍
Very fun idea! I used to do a little golf tournament with friends where we would have to go to a thrift store to buy our clubs, and had a $30 limit. Then play a course. It was really a lot of fun.
Cracking idea. I might just pinch that idea 😁😁 👍👍
My biggest surprise, I guess, was that the camera worked. The image quality was no surprise at all. Going back further than this (13 years before) I has a Kodak DCS on loan. I think is was a DSC200, but 1992 was a VERY long time ago. I remember a photography trip to Brighton where I was scared out of my wits that I would damage or lose this mega-expensive 1.5megapixel camera. I remember it being worth £10k
It was blooming amazing, but, naturally, I remained a film shooter with my Minolta SLRs. As the end of the century arrived, the best I could afford was a compact digital camera which I bought just before my wedding and I have many memorable photographs of our honeymoon from it. Many compact digitals went though my hands in the following years as I reviewed them for various magazines and when we sold our house a moved, I invested in an Olympus E10 which was on another level entirely. I progressed to a Fuji S2 Pro which just blew everything out of the water up to that point and then to a D90 for lens compatibility from there on. At no point in this journey did I ever look at one of these cameras and say, wow, that's awful (well, some of the review cameras may have got panned, I really don't recall) but nothing I have ever spent money on in the digital world has deflated me in terms of image quality. There's always been something that's made me realise how the tech was progressing and despite this body being 17 year old tech, back when it was produced, it would have been one of the best bits of Canon equipment for the money (despite it looking like someone's just come out of Halfords with a can of "silver" spray paint).
The part I am not sure of is where we go from here. Huge Megapixel counts are becoming meaningless as we don't have the eyesight to really appreciate it. The only main benefit to 100mp and above cameras is the ability to enlarge further and that's VERY specialist in a world where so much content is consumed in 5 inches (ohhh errr). The next generations of cameras must surely build upon the AI capabilities for exposure, focus, bracketing, DoF and more. A similar video in 10 years from now may be VERY different.
A great read Andrew, cheers. I get what you're saying ref AI though. It's all about us using our brains less and less and that's a shame!
I once read that a competent photographer can take a great picture with whatever they use to capture the image....
If it's good enough for Messrs Gough and Heaton then it's £19 of anybody's money well spent.
Great shots👍
Very kind of you to say. Cheers 👍👍
It just goes to show, its not the sauce pan but the cook that creates good results. Beautiful amazing images from old tech and equipment. Had an 8mp Olympus CW80Z something and still amaze myself by the quality of images it produced. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to seeing mor videos like this.
A great idea and great shots! Looking fwd to what's to come...!
Hi Gary
fun with your new toy ;-) Image are more than pretty decent ... as gear does not change experience !
Well done !
From the images in the video you took, the old girl did a great job especially at £19.. However if it decides to set itself on fire, please don't claim on your insurance and BBQ a burger with it instead. LOL!
Seriously though I'm looking forward to this new adventure, already we can all see that older tec is not dead.
Keep it up Garry, and as always thanks for your work.
M.
Wow! Beautiful results and they really surprised me. It just goes to show what a basic camera can produce in the hands of a master craftsman. I am still using my 14 year old Canon EOS 5D Mark II, purchased new in 2008. While I do not have the histogram until after the shot is taken I do have the joys of live view and 21 million pixels, along with movie mode. It still produces images used as double page spreads and even a cover in magazines. I think this is going to be a fascinating series.
Enjoyed this video. I think it proves the point that it is not all about having the latest equipment in order to take good images. I got my first DSLR in 2006 and it was a toss up between the 350D and the new 30D. I went for the 30D as it felt more comfortable in my hands, but my daughter had a 350D and she really loved it. I still have the 30D in the cupboard, and I think I took more images on that than I did on any subsequent upgrades in camera that I have had since.
The photos are amazing. This shows the quality of the images greatly reflects the experience and knowledge of the photographer. I think you could make perfect fine art photos with a pin hole camera. Well done!
Hat off to you Gary ! As always you deliver quality content and great images.
I wouldn't have the patience to use an old camera knowing there is better technology, yet last year I did really enjoyed using a 35mm film camera, it was a really good challenge.
Diolch 👍
Cheers Alex 👍👍
Gary, much respect mate, in these days of latest / greatest you have shown us all 'hands down' that the photographer and not his/her equipment is the vital element ! Cant wait till next instalment .. many thanks mate ! All the best Mike
Makes me want to dig out my Canon 10D. I still have it somewhere but it needs the right level of skill as well so it would be a real challenge. A refreshing approach Gary and very stimulating. Looking forward to your future videos.
As the old saying goes "Any camera will take a good photograph, it is the person behind the camera that counts". Looking forward to the following videos.
Great stuff Gary looking forward to the series, from what l can see the shots look ok !
Great stuff Gary, proves that photography is for everyone if you are on a limited budget you can still produce some quality images. Also it's great how simply you explain the art with sharing your settings and adjustments. Another first class video thanks mate. 👍
It was nice to see someone else using my tripod, albeit with a more sophisticated head! Lovely photos.
Gary, it just goes to show that we don't need camera's that are thousands of pounds, it won't make us better photographers, very impressed with the results! I recently did a video on my old Nikon which was 13 years old and I was surprised by the results. Awesome video and looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.
Hahaha I can't wait for the rest of this series, you naughty man, just goes to show you don't necessarily need
the latest and greatest.
Great video and great shots Gary, love the concept, just goes to show it's not what you have, it's what you do with it that counts.
I Admin a beginner/intermediate photography group on Facebook and the subject of camera upgrades is a regular one so I will be sharing this video in Group.
When the subject comes up my advice has always been the same:
1. Update your skills, you are the most important part of any image.
2. Update your lenses, they are the eyes of the camera.
3. Update your camera body only after the other 2 has been done.
Thanks for sharing! Cheers as always John 👍👍
Excellent Challenge and Serie!! Love what you are doing. Did the same a year ago with a Nikon D200, and just like you got discouraged at locations with the poor LCD display. But back at home on the computer screen was blown away with the resolution.
I bought the 350d new at the time. Shot around the clock a few times with models. succeeded by the 40d. And now the 7dMK2. (which unfortunately is gathering dust) But the 350d (and 40d) still works and is regularly used by my mother for the birds in the garden. The technology is 17 years later, but we had a lot of fun with it at the time.
Absolutely brilliant Gary.
What a great idea.
The quality of the image's after editing them are brilliant considering the camera is 17 year's old.
I am really looking forward to seeing your next video.
What a great challenge so looking forward to the rest of the tasks you have set yourself, awesome results from number 1 Gary.
I’m using a Nikon 7200 and can’t see the histogram till after taking the shot as well, something you learn to live with.
Cheers Ross 👍👍
Its all about your skills and knowledge and how to use what you have. Well done, showing that you don't need to spend a lot of money on gear. Just learn to use what you have and you can produce beautiful images. Best wishes to you..
80 % of the photo is the skill of photographer. You are a great photographer! Very nice video. We tend to get the newest and greatest gear. At the end of the day, the best gear is the one you own and use. Anyone can get into the hobby. Plenty of old good cameras out there.
I think we are going to see that if the camera holds up for the whole series the pictures will be great, since you obviously know what you're doing with a camera. My first digital camera was a Canon 30D, then a 600D and I later had a 7D Mk1 and a 100D. The results were always as good as my average skills at the time. I discovered with those cameras and the Olympus OMD models I've been using in recent years that the number of pixels doesn't matter a jot (excuse the pun). A good picture is a good picture and it doesn't matter what camera you use. Glad to see you go to Blackpool a fair bit. I live a bit further inland but I'll be out when the weather improves trying out some of your ideas. I'm looking forward to this series. 👍👍👍👍
Great shots, Gary!! It's really all down to who's taking the pics, not the gear. An 8MP camera will give anyone, today, perfectly good pics. I still use an old Canon PowerShot A460, and that's only 5MP. I print perfectly good 8x10 pics with it. For the net, it's still overkill considering how social media butchers pics.
When I got my first DSLR in 2006 (Konica Minolta 7D) - this was the first thing I did with it, I was excited and had to try out long exposures to see IF there was a difference between my ISO 50 film images vs ISO 50 Digital. Happy to say, there was no 'real' difference other than waiting a week for the film to be developed vs instant on the back of the DSLR screen and a computer of course. That camera holds up to today's cameras, even though it was 6MP or 8MP in RAW. Simple tech always makes better images IF you've the creative mind to take advantage of it. Well done Gary for doing this and showing it ain't about how many MPs your camera has, it's how you use it to it's full capabilities and knowing how to achieve the look you want, be it with film or Digital and using your own style .... IMO. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Excellent video. I think your photos have shown that we all tend to suffer from gear acquisition syndrome. Thanks for sharing!
Genius Gary, your skills as an accomplished and experienced photographer always (without fail) shine through! Unfortunately TH-cam is full of photographers who claim to be very experienced old hands yet it's obvious many of the rookie mistakes they repeatedly make tell the truth and reveal that in many cases they are not actually as experienced as they claim. Thankfully for those of us with real experience it's quite easy to distinguish the wannabes from those with real skill, knowledge and experience. Not so easy for newbies and unfortunately many of them seem to worship those who in reality are virtual newbies themselves, lol. Rant over. Looking forward to seeing your future projects and films here on the tube! cheers.
Great photos Gary. Its amazing to see how much the Dynamic Range in cameras has improved over the years. Your 5D would have created a much richer palette of colors. Overall I am impressed, Keep shooting.
This series will really illustrate the point of the question; what is the best camera? Why it’s the one that you own of course! You’ve also given me great inspiration to deeply explore Fairy lake near Honey Harbour on Georgian Bay in Northern Ontario. It’s a small lake on a small island that is located in the greater Georgian Bay. Previous visits have always been with another couple so there’s little opportunity to explore. I’ll have load the kayak and head there selfishly on my own after the winter thaw.
Great experiment and Great pictures Gary! Looking forward to the next episodes. By the way if you run out af space with all of that "new" gear I might be willing to help you get rid of that 5D4 :D
Well done! It’s a poor tradesmen who blames his tools. You proved you’re a good tradesmen! Very inspiring series.
Fantastic images and the perfect demonstration of composition, knowledge and technique trumping gear all the time. With all the effort the camera manufacturers put into promoting the newest latest cameras your video serves as a valuable reminder that the gear we have now is absolutely superb. I've been using the D850 for 2/3 years and will continue to do so. Really looking forward to this series of videos. Great work Gary 👍
Judging by those excellent photos you took with the 350D, I'm really looking forward to following your progress as you put it through its paces. Diolch Gary👍
Fantastic video Gary, a time machine to the past with really interesting observations bringing home the improvements since. Love the cost challenge, which shows how a good photographer can achieve great results with cheap equipment; a bit like a stellar musician would always get something from a battered instrument. Always loved your video from a few years ago when you’d bought gear off Ebay, really reassuring for a tight budget 👍🏻. Many thanks, David.
Well Gary, many folk have said... its shows its down to the photographer... you.... but the main question is "how do you feel about those pictures.???" I'd love to know your thoughts....as lets face it... isn't it all about taking shots that you find interesting and pleasurable... as for the series... wonderful idea and one I can see "flying"... really looking forward to seeing how you go on with it and fingers crossed it will still be working at the end... then... why not pass it on to a youngster just starting out.... thanks for the really interesting video... looking forward to the next one... Yoki...
What a great idea and challenge Gary. I will watch with interest. Its great to see that you want to push yourself and old technology in our hi tech world. Which we totally take for granted.
Beautiful photos and it goes to show it's not the gear that matters but the person behind the camera and the time to look for around
Just shows that expensive gear is not the most important requirement in photography - great shots! I had the forerunner to this, my first move into digital photography was the 300D after trading up from my Pentax P50.
Cheers Steve 👍
Awesome shots Gary. I know where you're coming from. I'm an R5 owner. But 9 days ago, I bought me a Canon 60D. Not as extremely De-Teched as you. But looking through a viewfinder and composing a shot before "Camera on" is something that i've very much missed. Congrats on the Old tech theme. So so very interesting.
remember when i first started i always wanted the highest megapix camera but my bro said you dont needs it you great great shoots with like a 5 megapix camera and you just showed that you dont needs to keep up with the jones great work gary
I had one of these. Got it for a friend to learn on. The fact is that when you compare it with todays cameras, it seems like crap in many ways. But, this camera has all the function ability that many of todays leading photographers used back in the day when they were making their names in photography. Like you said, the screen was crappy and small, but the thing was, that when you loaded the files into the camera onto a computer with a monitor that could show the true resolution of the sensor, you were pleasantly surprised. So if you got past that, you can do with it. So I gave him that camera, and he had only ever used an iPhone before, and told him it was more than good enough to learn the basics of all the settings on. He likes it, and if he can shoot good images with that, then he can do so on anything. This just gives him a low cost way to see if he would get interested in photography, and not have to pay high sums of money in case he found he didn’t want to do more in the end than point and shoot. It was a good idea of you to show what you can do with the most basic equipment , and I wish more would do it.
Great vlog Gary I’m looking forward to the rest of your Great images from a super location 👍👍👍
I purchased a Canon 20D and lens for £20 back in September and have been surprised by the results.
Great images Gary. I am not surprised, because it is a Canon Camera. In those years they had excellent cameras. This series of videos is going to be very interesting, Gary. 👍👍👍
Love the results and it it again proofs that you do not need to spend thousands to be able to take stunning photo’s. I bought an cheap old 1DmkIII recently for motorsports and wow is it producing some cracking shots!
Cheers Gary, you just made me think why did I spend all that money buying my camera when I could have got one for £19.99 🙈🤣🤣🤣
Great images 👍
Great shots Garry,
I’ve just purchased a DSLR 14 years after my previous purchase, although I may put my camera down for a few years.
Your video has just confirmed that the operator is in charge (well at the moment they are) , when it comes to capturing the moment.
It would be interesting to see what photographers of different levels could do with the same camera and locations at the same time.
Anyway , thanks again for a great video.
Love the idea of this series. Great starting video. Shows what shots can still be gained on older gear. Be interested to see what the images look like with budget filters as well. How do you think the images will look in print? Will they lack detail when blown up. Thanks
This is awesome. I bought a used 2011 Olympus XZ-2 pocket camera and I am really impressed with the printed 8x10 photos. I’ve been thinking about buying a FF old camera. I can’t wait to see your series with this camera.
Brilliant! A great idea and outstanding images. As others have said, it's not the gear that gets results, it's the photographer. I predict that when it comes to making large prints the results will be equally as impressive. I have a 36 inches x 24 inches print on my wall from my old 12MP Canon 5D (2005) - a camera that I still occasionally use - and it looks great. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
I very much look forward to following the series you have devised. Stunning photos as always, just proves it's the photographer not the gear that makes the photo.
Awesome stuff Gary. I have an old 20D / 1DMk3 / 1000D and they more than meet my expectations as an advanced amateur. I print mainly up to A4 and prints are very good. The 20D pre-dates the 350D by 1 year but the 20D is much better build quality and you could pick one up for £20-30. For those just starting out I'd always recommend a used bargain as their first entry to photography. PS: Well done to Canon - the quality of their gear is fab!!!
Interesting video Gary. Really enjoyed watching this. Considering the quality of the camera I think you pulled it off nicely. Thanks for sharing
Great shots, I love the pier and sunset image. Can I ask was there alot of post production time wise, or was it a slight tweak here and there?
In 2005 I was still mostly doing film photography! My digital cameras had a very annoying shutter lag. So it wasn’t until the 7.1 mp Olympus SP-510UZ came in 2006 that I went completely over to digital. And I didn’t buy a DSLR until 2012 when I got the 18 mp Canon Eos 550D. Which I still keep because it has a fully operational version of the Black Lantern “firmware” (running from the SD-card) which offers a few functions that even my newer cameras don’t (70D, 90D).
Really really enjoyed that Gary! Who was it that said, 'the best camera is the one you have to hand' (or something like that! Lol!) I suppose the draw back with this little fella will be if you were to print larger images only having 8mp but hey ho! Looking forward to the next one! All the best
I'll cover that in a later video Andy 👍👍