Of course you don't need if you don't use high iso values and don't want to print photos. If you make a crop with 4 megapixels it will look much worse than one with 20.
Never did need the latest, greatest gear. I have a 45 year Nikon F2 that is still in good working order. The metering is a little flaky due to the internal parts in the prism head. It has taken excellent pictures for me. And I was using film which is not as sharp and full of grain. But that was the beauty of using film. B&W film makes great images from a series of dots.
@@Aneliuse No way! My Samsung Galaxy S24 Extreme Pro Limited Camera Edition captures 100 petapixels at 5760 fps on its ultra advanced 1/2.3" AI sensor. Samsung told me so!
I used to shoot weddings with a 4 megapixel Canon (1D) and never had a problem. If you shot with filling the frame in mind, you could do the same thing with the same camera today.
that 1D is a beautiful camera and that CCD sensor is my all time favourite sensor. I had one from 2004-2007, which I sold to upgrade to a 1DIIn and regretted it. I had the opportunity to get a minty 1D back in April 2022 for AUD $400 with only 5k shots on the shutter and jumped at it.
My 1st camera was a 1.1mp Nikon that my grandfather gave me, I used that thing for 10 years and some of my best photos from my childhood are from that camera. I love that Nikon used the F mount forever so with this body you have an almost unlimited list of lenses you can use. When it comes to snow I have to close the apriture, you get more in focus but the photos are not blown out.
I'm holding onto my my D1H, D200, D700 and Df forever. You just got me bitten with the D2H bug! They're all old cameras but they still create amazing pictures.
I just got a D700, my first FF digital camera, and quite like it so far. Tbh, as much as I love the D200, I replaced it with a D300 just for the selectable settings banks. Higher ISO is nice too.
Have a D800 love that , D200 still and D90 which is my studio workhorse . Lot of D lenses 80-200 F2.8 , 85mm, 50mm, 28mm, 24ai , Helios , 24-70 F2.8 and just got Z5 with ZF Adaptor. before the D200 had a D70
Although this camera was top notch in its day, it is now in the realm of hobbiest photography. That's where I am. I have a 5 megapixel Sony, and a 10 Megapixel Nikon. Both can take great photos in the right conditions. I only post to social media and a few casual wildlife and photography sites. Since most such photos are consumed on tiny phone, tablet or laptop screens, under those circumstances, they can look quite good. Large 4K desktop screens are still in the minority for content consumption in my opinion, so these old but well built low mpxl cameras still have something to give us, and are a great place to start if someone on a budget wants to step into the camera world from phones.
I recently broke out my Powershot SD1100is...8mp and started taking some pix. Its got dents and is all scratched up. It's a PnS I got around 2008-2010. Took a lot of pix with it back in the day. I was amazed at the photo quality. It's not my 5D Mark IV, but it still takes great pix. I also still have the Nikon EL-2 35mm film camera and 50mm Nikkor lens I picked up when I was stationed in Okinawa in 1977. I haven't used it in several years but it still gets the job done. Love seeing these old cameras in action.
I had the D2Hs. I loved it. I still regret selling it. The image quality from that little sensor was truly amazing. I have a 30" print made from it that looks great.
For a Photography channel, i love the editing style of this content. You've also re-inspired me to pull out the Canon 1D classic and slap on the old 600/4 to it for this autumn season.
the old Manuel lenses still work grate with new body's i have two a 50mm and a 200mm just not sure where i put the 200mm i know i pack it away but the question is where but either way they still grade lense today if you ask me.
Thanks for the video! It was fun to watch. Also funny how clear the difference was between the Tokina and Nikon lens. Good glass makes the biggest difference. I used to shoot on an older D5000, and it looked fine.
I still have one of these and it works great! The images look surprisingly good, as long as I shoot in raw. The green-magenta balance is pretty bad right out of the camera, and varies a lot from shot to shot. But Adobe camera raw works great for taking care of that issue. I took this up to Colorado in the mountains about 5 years ago and took some beautiful pictures of my girlfriend in the snow with an old Nikkor 70-210 f/4 AF lens (‘86-‘88). Those old screw-driven autofocus lenses work great with this body and I got fantastic results! The only thing I’ve had to replace so far is the batteries, and I found some cheap knockoffs from eBay that do the job. Great work you did on your photos here! Everything looks great. But I really love the pics you took of the owls and the ducks!
It's crazy how good these cameras really were back then and seeing how good they still are today. You're definitely going to be limited in low light but in good light, a 4 megapixel Nikon DSLR is still quite good 20 years later, especially now where most things are consumed on Facebook and Instagram anyway.
Shooting today with my old Olympus E-1 with some good Zuiko lenses. Beautiful colors, indestructible body. At the kind of photos I take, slow ISO and 5 mpix are Enough for me.
I hear ya - I have just grabbed an old, old Pentax DSLR from 2003 (100% functional, and for peanuts) - it's 6.1MP. I have a good lens on it, and the results are still beautiful up until sizes way, way larger than I'll never need.
Older cameras are such a amazing bunch of quality products. I use Pentax K10D and thats a whopping 10,2 megapixel camera with a solid well made CCD sensor. Planning to buy good old K100D Super which belongs to the famous 6 megapixel club. I am always glad when i see someone using a older digital or film camera as i know those guys know that you dont need the latest mirrorless camera to take amazing pics.
I still have my original D200 and shoot it occasionally, and it's true that your really don't need much to have fun and make great images. Especially if just shooting for yourself or posting on social media, really any digital camera from the last 15 years or whatever is fully capable and good enough.
I have 2 cameras a Nikon Z6 for work, and a Fujifilm S5Pro (a Nikon D200 with Fuji guts). I find myself coming back to the S5Pro a lot just because of how each image feels straight out of camera; each time I offload images I just fall in love with the S5Pro's even more. It's slow and clunky, definitely has it's quirks as a camera overall, but you get use to it and appreciate the photography experience!
Beer is great for foreground interest. I often spend too long focusing on it - that's a personal thing, I guess. The newest gear I own is 15 years old, and it wasn't even good then. Does the job when you have become intimate with it! Stunning pics!
Yes, my favorite tools are the ones I can use without having to consciously think about it. My "good" equipment is 15 years old and just does the job consistently.
Love this. Wouldn't be for me as I rely on cropping a lot, but that's why I'm an analog photographer shooting on equally cheap gear. It's so wholesome to see what amazing things you can actually do for pennies.
Absolutely possible. When it was released many professionals used it daily to create stunning photos that were displayed everywhere-from wall art and posters to books and commercial prints. Megapixels aren't the only factor in image quality. Those early cameras showed that skill and creativity matter far more than just specs! I still shoot paid jobs on a 1DX Mark1, nobody ever complained about the quality of the photos... the pixel peeper disease is an illness that only affects photographers LOL
Still grab my D500 to this day, even though I've moved on to mirrorless. It just can't be beat for wildlife shoots or even slowing down for some manual focus goodness.
Regretted trading in my D500 just because I yearned for full-frame. The DX format has its pros and I think Nikon should develop their APS line to include a D500 in mirrorless form
It amazes me the cost of old gear, I love all my nikon gear. The ergonomics of my F5 is dreamy. People can get all the enthusiast cameras all day and attachable battery grips but there is a different feel with the pro line of gear that is amazing.
I remember going from a 0.3 megapixel Casio QV-700 to a 1.3 megapixel Sony DSC-S30, and then a Sony DSC-T1... and then finally into a 6 megapixel Nikon D40, *which was a legendary beast*. Man... I have 40 mega pickles now. What a world.
What a beautiful landscape. You are a very good photographer. Thank you for your wonderfoul pictures and Video. I use a no longer young Nikon d 700, only with fixed focal lenght lenses. I am very happy with it. The only disadvantage is the heavy weight. The advantage, the camera and lenses are good and cheap compared to new Generation cameras. Greetings from germany.
I have a 8mp canon 20d, and with a manual focus zeiss lens it takes surprisingly nice photos. Once you bypass the bad autofocus on those old cameras, they are surprisingly good for a $20-30 camera.
It's not that completely bad. I shoot occasionally using Canon 20D, and most of the time with either a Canon's kit lens 18-55 (newer version), or Canon EF-S 24mm „pancake”. In both cases one could be surprised with IQ. Canon 20D has rather poor „JPG engine” - but if you set both „Contrast” and „Sharpness” sliders completely to right end (and use „Red Filter” setting), you can get nice monochrome JPGs SOOC too.
@@boredboiseboy my point was: its AF isn't „bad beyond use”. It's not that spectacular - these old Nikon cameras have better AF than old Canons (exception: Canon 1D of all „marks”) - but if Canon camera is paired with Canon lens one can use AF as well. Up to 10% losses, not more. Tested on my Canon 20D and Canon 300D.
Just got onto your new page, Jimmy. A question as my son and I do more of the same type of photography...we have a Rebel XTI, any suggestions about a lens for animal photography?
Does it need a clock battery? It's mostly a thing of the past now, but see the 'clock' flashing. Wonder if that would fix your metering issue too, keeping in mind cameras were metering off clock batteries way before digital was a thing. So who knows, but maybe a quirk of age, that it fpr whatever reason needs a clock battery to meter?
Have you set up the non-cpu lens data in the shooting menu? I am sure I have an equivalent Tokina 70-210 lens on my D200 and it works fine (dirt cheap lens and pretty good at the long end to). If not then set it up in the menus to tell the camera what the lens aperture is and use the aperture ring on the lens. If the lens has the right attachment then it should meter. The sensor on the D2 series is a weird type of CMOS and the colours were so good that Nikon released picture controls to copy them on the D3/D700/D300.
That is always my theory - a good operator/craftsman can use any tool to create great things. I bought my D700 in 2010 and still using it with great photos. I don't have any other newer cameras other than my older Nikon film cameras and the D700. Cheers
@@j_taylor I can tell you from my experience (I started film photography 1979) that the D700 is not only a great camera but images SOOC are closest to my film prints. Surely nowdays you all film simulations in fuji etc but this camera never disappoints. My son's friend lend me his ZF and that is an absolute masterclass but I am still very satisfied with the D700. You can make it work - there are lots of resources on the internet to help you .
What about AF? I bought a D70 some time ago but the AF misses too much shots even in single central point. It only work for slow paced portraits or something like that, but for my dogs, for birds or sport isn't the right camera at all.
The D70 was a beginners camera, the AF performance vs the professional bodies of the time was night and day though they aren't as good as current professional gear. D70 vs D2H would be similar to 350D vs 1Dmk2. Entry-level bodies would struggle with a f/5.6 lens as light-levels started to decline and would be hit&miss indoors at f/4.
The D50 is a great camera! I used its slightly older sibling the D70 for years until finding a cheap D200. The D50 body is just the right size sometimes.
A question occurs to me... I have a Nikon D40 that I bought new in 2009 and I adored it for a long time (100,000 shots at least). Got a few lenses and a nice LowePro carrier for them all too, over the years. The original rechargeable battery failed after about 3 years, then bought another and another in due course... Haven't used the camera in ages, but now I am wondering - even if I do want to use it again - can I still get new batteries for this thing? And if so, for how long? Does battery availability worry you at all? Would love to know your opinion. Cheers, from the UK.
Good video. My first digital camera was a 2mp Olympus. Next was a 6mp Fuji S20 Pro; it failed. Then an Oly C50-50-z that would rain batteries overnight. Then... A 2005 Nikon D50. I'm on my second D50 now and it's still a good camera for photography in good light. I vary between an 18-55, 18-140, a 35mm and a 50mm and they all produce good results. From just 6 mp. But it won't do 8 frames per second. :-)
How taking your shot right on spot is a new idea? I always thought that cropping your images is wasting your camera resolution. Nice shots and a great video!
Indeed, before my D2hs/D2xs, I used and still have my D70s. The sound of the D70s, it's like feather. I dunno how to describe it. It's less pronounced than the other DSLRs (maybe the D100 or D50 has the same shutter mechanism, I don't know).
@@delowanfocus Yes D70 also has a native flash sync speed of 500th second the highest flash sync of any DSLR or non leaf shutter camera on market because of the low noise CCD sensor
after being mugged once at a knife point when I was younger ( thiefs only wanted my lowepro bag although I had quite a bit of cash on me ), nowadays I also do more lowkey approach. Nikon D3, few older prime lenses. If stuff gets stolen it's not the end of the world. Easier to live and take great photos in this kind of way.
I noticed that in similar D2h, d2x, d100 the skin tone has a greenish-grayish tint, unlike the newer d40, where the white balance is more accurate and the colors are more pronounced and transparent.
I have. 2 Pentax DSLR cameras a Pentax *istDL 6 megapixel camera from 2005 and a Pentax K100D from 2006 both cameras work fine and I use them my Tamron llens 28-200 and 75-300 both are autofocus lens . my Pentax 16 -50 2.8 star lens I use on my newer Pentax cameras works fine on these cameras. With the firmware update I can use SDHC cards and the cameras use AA batteries so I don't have to worry about special batteries
A few years ago I bought a canon, and a nikon dslr. They were both $45 each. Back then they cost $900.00 each They are both 5 mega pixels. The photos come out very beautiful. The best photos I have shot with have been with low mega pixel cameras. I had another camera that was 3 megapixels. Those photos also came out very beautiful. It's never the gear. It's the photographer.😊
I had a second hand Canon 350D for years, now have a Canon 70D, but some of my best photos were taken on the 350D. The biggest two improvements are the bigger, articulated screen and the much bigger ISO range.
Just killed my 64mpixel smartphone! kkkk Off course! The sensor, the optics, all is better in DSLR! Loads of megapixles are uselles if the size of sensor is small!
I was actually going to buy a Canon rebel or a Sony a4000 because they had them for $100. My friend said to just spend the extra money and get something newer and I'll be happier. I bought a Sony a6100 as my very first Real camera and i absolutely LOVE this thing. I don't even know why i spent the money on this phone 😅 i don't even want to take picture with it anymore, i just reach for the Sony.
I can't afford something like the 10k Canon RX so all my photography is done with a 16 year old Canon 50D. I wanted one when they first came out in 2008 but they cost 5-6k! I also use an old Canon L series 17-40mm lens and 50mm lens. Also great to see the wild horses as well, we have them here in Australia and they are known as Brumbies.
The only biggest problem with these old cameras is if you buy one and the battery doesn’t hold and for some reason they don’t make those batteries anymore it’s a headache to deal with it as far as the look of the photos they’re amazing look that you can’t get anymore like the photo of that rusted car with the composition the sunset the exposure .. it’s beautiful.. you can’t get a photo like that with modern cameras
I have been using my old D40x CCD camera. Still gets the shots. I prefer the vintage Nikons like my D4, D700. Got these cheap in great shape. Fun cameras.
Nikon cameras require automatic focus electronic lenses for aperture and shutter priority modes. The meter depends on being able to read what the aperture on the lens is set to.
One thing that I agree with you is if you are just starting out in photography or are moving onto DSLR cameras from bridge cameras it is best to buy an older DSLR on the second hand market that is fairly cheap when I started back up with photography I started with bridge cameras because they come complete with big zoom lenses but later on I decided to get a cheap DSLR because for some photos I wanted to take control of the shutter speed which is something that you can't do with bridge cameras they tend to pick their own shutter speed based on how you set up the camera within us predefined settings and ended up getting a 16 year old 10 mega pixel camera outfit for around 80 pound from a pawn shop but as soon as 64 GB SD cards become the standard minimum size available it will render all the older cameras obsolete as they can't read a 64 GB card and most of the functions won't work on the cameras without an SD card
This is how planned obsolescence has captured people into spending an absolute fortunate every couple of years. My digital cameras are 8-10 years old, still perform great, and now I am going all "old skool" getting myself an Olympus OM4Ti (an unused condition one from Japan, as I want it to last). It's all about the photos, not the machine
I dug out my twenty year old "bought it new" Nikon D200 and my Nikon 17-55 DX f/2.8, bought a fresh set of batteries for $20 and will be putting it through it's paces.
I still shoot with my 7D. It's a tank. Sure, it is heavy and big, and iso above 1600 gets really noisy - but 95 % of the time the limiting factor is me, not the camera.
I've gone back to my old Fuji S5 pro more times than I can mention. Why? Because it's just beautiful. It gives so much and it's exquisitely made. It's the camera I always recommend to everyone. I love my mirrorless Fujis, but the S5 pro is pure magic. Get one 👌🏻
Still got mine...still running ! And... the battery is still running !!! Nikon back then was the best. Nowadays : got a Z6II, the LCD screen broke after 2 months. What happened to this brand ????
Those older Pro level bodies will outlast most of the bodies today. I still shoot with D4 bodies and they will probably last me until I retire. They have paid for themselves many times over.
Great video! But I noticed some activities that might be worth rethinking. Things like walking off the path, feeding wildlife, or flying drones can be harmful to the environment and are often not allowed and frowned upon. It's always good to double-check the local rules and be respectful of the environment. It's good to help preserve these beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy and animals to continue thriving in. Wishing you a Merry Christmas from Ontario!
You know Mike, just like the elk and grizzly bears out here, us humans are from this planet too. I roam, hunt, and play in the Rockies. This is not like Onterrible out here. This is not some grimmy city park jammed packed with people pooping in it. This is 1000s of miles of wilderness in all directions, no cell signal, not a park. We are animals from this planet, and some of us are at home in the woods, unlike most people out there who are totally detached from reality. Your path is a concrete sidewalk. Mine is not.
Also the ability to shoot high ISO. My Canon R6 Mk 2 shoots useable photos straight out of camera with no noise reduction at 12500iso. My 2016 80D was limited to 1600 max
The metering is most likely ok, the problem is behind the camera. For metering the D2 needs an Ai/S compatible lens with the notch for aperture value transfer. Without it the camera doesn't know what aperture is selected.
Just goes to prove, you don’t need the latest up to date expensive gear to take brilliant photographs
Considering most new smartphones render at 4-6megapixels (effectively) its understandable that an old camera still work
Of course you don't need if you don't use high iso values and don't want to print photos. If you make a crop with 4 megapixels it will look much worse than one with 20.
as someone who shoots on an older frame aswell canon 1d ii i stand by this
Never did need the latest, greatest gear. I have a 45 year Nikon F2 that is still in good working order. The metering is a little flaky due to the internal parts in the prism head. It has taken excellent pictures for me. And I was using film which is not as sharp and full of grain. But that was the beauty of using film. B&W film makes great images from a series of dots.
@@Aneliuse No way! My Samsung Galaxy S24 Extreme Pro Limited Camera Edition captures 100 petapixels at 5760 fps on its ultra advanced 1/2.3" AI sensor. Samsung told me so!
I used to shoot weddings with a 4 megapixel Canon (1D) and never had a problem. If you shot with filling the frame in mind, you could do the same thing with the same camera today.
That's great. It's just frustrating when no one on the internet listens and they often get fixated on the mp count.
Ditto. I used to shoot with the 6mp Canon 300D and had much success.
@@rephaelreyes8552 Blame marketing people.
7D is so good, 100 bucks used with 1 lens or 2. Best bang for the buck, for 150 you got 4 lenses with the 7D and a extra battery, battery grip etc
that 1D is a beautiful camera and that CCD sensor is my all time favourite sensor. I had one from 2004-2007, which I sold to upgrade to a 1DIIn and regretted it. I had the opportunity to get a minty 1D back in April 2022 for AUD $400 with only 5k shots on the shutter and jumped at it.
those photos with the owls are amazing. the lesser amount of sharpness and details actually makes this photo more authentic to me, in a way
Thank you very much! It was a great outing.
Those 4runner and D2H probably gonna goes for another 20.000 yrs and outlast the humanity
As someone once said, remember that every great photograph you have seen in your life was taken with a camera worse than your camera.
Wow, great line 👍👍
Not true, some old cam are built like tank
My 1st camera was a 1.1mp Nikon that my grandfather gave me, I used that thing for 10 years and some of my best photos from my childhood are from that camera.
I love that Nikon used the F mount forever so with this body you have an almost unlimited list of lenses you can use.
When it comes to snow I have to close the apriture, you get more in focus but the photos are not blown out.
Proof! It's not the camera, it's the photographer!
I'm holding onto my my D1H, D200, D700 and Df forever. You just got me bitten with the D2H bug! They're all old cameras but they still create amazing pictures.
Wow, great lineup there! Love that D200 with the CCD sensor 👌
I just got a D700, my first FF digital camera, and quite like it so far.
Tbh, as much as I love the D200, I replaced it with a D300 just for the selectable settings banks. Higher ISO is nice too.
Have a D800 love that , D200 still and D90 which is my studio workhorse . Lot of D lenses 80-200 F2.8 , 85mm, 50mm, 28mm, 24ai , Helios , 24-70 F2.8 and just got Z5 with ZF Adaptor. before the D200 had a D70
I worked for AP and used this D2H got many front pages and got first pics out from the Tsunami
Although this camera was top notch in its day, it is now in the realm of hobbiest photography. That's where I am. I have a 5 megapixel Sony, and a 10 Megapixel Nikon. Both can take great photos in the right conditions. I only post to social media and a few casual wildlife and photography sites. Since most such photos are consumed on tiny phone, tablet or laptop screens, under those circumstances, they can look quite good. Large 4K desktop screens are still in the minority for content consumption in my opinion, so these old but well built low mpxl cameras still have something to give us, and are a great place to start if someone on a budget wants to step into the camera world from phones.
So true! I do event photography and pictures don't go past linkedin posts..So my D3 is still quite competetive.
Cool to see how it still looks better than smartphone pics xD
I love this snowy landscape - could being all day there! That's what i love the most, snow, or foggy landscapes.
I enjoyed watching this video! Make more videos where you show off old, professional top-end cameras.
Thank you very much for the comment. It is much appreciated. More to come for sure 👍
I recently broke out my Powershot SD1100is...8mp and started taking some pix. Its got dents and is all scratched up. It's a PnS I got around 2008-2010. Took a lot of pix with it back in the day. I was amazed at the photo quality. It's not my 5D Mark IV, but it still takes great pix. I also still have the Nikon EL-2 35mm film camera and 50mm Nikkor lens I picked up when I was stationed in Okinawa in 1977. I haven't used it in several years but it still gets the job done. Love seeing these old cameras in action.
I had the D2Hs. I loved it. I still regret selling it. The image quality from that little sensor was truly amazing. I have a 30" print made from it that looks great.
I'm not surprised. 4Mpx is still more detail than 2K, and a lot of cinemas project in 2K.
@@Biosynchroand 1080p we're watching TH-cam in is only about 2mp.
For a Photography channel, i love the editing style of this content.
You've also re-inspired me to pull out the Canon 1D classic and slap on the old 600/4 to it for this autumn season.
Incredible video! Some people are just exceptional photographers, no matter what tools they have at their disposal
Thank you very much 😊
You are incredible. With manual focus and a body from 2003 with 4MP you managed to do something amazing. I congratulate you
Wow, thanks for the awesome comment. It's much appreciated 😀 . Have a wonderful day! 🍻🤠
the old Manuel lenses still work grate with new body's i have two a 50mm and a 200mm just not sure where i put the 200mm i know i pack it away but the question is where but either way they still grade lense today if you ask me.
Thanks for the video! It was fun to watch. Also funny how clear the difference was between the Tokina and Nikon lens. Good glass makes the biggest difference. I used to shoot on an older D5000, and it looked fine.
I still have one of these and it works great! The images look surprisingly good, as long as I shoot in raw. The green-magenta balance is pretty bad right out of the camera, and varies a lot from shot to shot. But Adobe camera raw works great for taking care of that issue.
I took this up to Colorado in the mountains about 5 years ago and took some beautiful pictures of my girlfriend in the snow with an old Nikkor 70-210 f/4 AF lens (‘86-‘88). Those old screw-driven autofocus lenses work great with this body and I got fantastic results!
The only thing I’ve had to replace so far is the batteries, and I found some cheap knockoffs from eBay that do the job.
Great work you did on your photos here! Everything looks great. But I really love the pics you took of the owls and the ducks!
It's crazy how good these cameras really were back then and seeing how good they still are today. You're definitely going to be limited in low light but in good light, a 4 megapixel Nikon DSLR is still quite good 20 years later, especially now where most things are consumed on Facebook and Instagram anyway.
Totally agree with you! Instagram resolution is 1080 x 1080. 👍
Shooting today with my old Olympus E-1 with some good Zuiko lenses. Beautiful colors, indestructible body. At the kind of photos I take, slow ISO and 5 mpix are Enough for me.
I hear ya - I have just grabbed an old, old Pentax DSLR from 2003 (100% functional, and for peanuts) - it's 6.1MP. I have a good lens on it, and the results are still beautiful up until sizes way, way larger than I'll never need.
Great content! Please do more of these purchase of old gear and test videos.
Interesting how they still good
Older cameras are such a amazing bunch of quality products.
I use Pentax K10D and thats a whopping 10,2 megapixel camera with a solid well made CCD sensor. Planning to buy good old K100D Super which belongs to the famous 6 megapixel club.
I am always glad when i see someone using a older digital or film camera as i know those guys know that you dont need the latest mirrorless camera to take amazing pics.
I use a D80, got it used as a gift. I love it. Wouldn't want anything else!
I still have my original D200 and shoot it occasionally, and it's true that your really don't need much to have fun and make great images. Especially if just shooting for yourself or posting on social media, really any digital camera from the last 15 years or whatever is fully capable and good enough.
I have 2 cameras a Nikon Z6 for work, and a Fujifilm S5Pro (a Nikon D200 with Fuji guts). I find myself coming back to the S5Pro a lot just because of how each image feels straight out of camera; each time I offload images I just fall in love with the S5Pro's even more. It's slow and clunky, definitely has it's quirks as a camera overall, but you get use to it and appreciate the photography experience!
Still better than self-proclaimed 'camera' smartphones
Man I wish i had that scenery on my back door. Tend to shoot slightly wider as the landscape isnt as vast. Some really nice shots
Thank you, much appreciated 😊.
360 degrees of that. But at the moment, it's -20 ❄️
Just came across your channel. Love it. Making me homesick with this video in particular
Wow, thank you very much 😊
Wow! Amazing shots with manual everything!!! It’s not the camera, it’s the person behind the camera🤘
Thank you very much 😊
Beautiful country! I'll make sure to keep an eye out for stud piles
I can't believe how good your pictures look with just 4 mega-pixels
Thank you!
Beer is great for foreground interest. I often spend too long focusing on it - that's a personal thing, I guess.
The newest gear I own is 15 years old, and it wasn't even good then. Does the job when you have become intimate with it!
Stunning pics!
Thank you 🙏.
Yes, my favorite tools are the ones I can use without having to consciously think about it.
My "good" equipment is 15 years old and just does the job consistently.
Love this. Wouldn't be for me as I rely on cropping a lot, but that's why I'm an analog photographer shooting on equally cheap gear. It's so wholesome to see what amazing things you can actually do for pennies.
Absolutely possible. When it was released many professionals used it daily to create stunning photos that were displayed everywhere-from wall art and posters to books and commercial prints. Megapixels aren't the only factor in image quality. Those early cameras showed that skill and creativity matter far more than just specs!
I still shoot paid jobs on a 1DX Mark1, nobody ever complained about the quality of the photos... the pixel peeper disease is an illness that only affects photographers LOL
Agreed! No doubt, the pixel peeping was started by the camera manufacturer. So everybody keeps buying the latest and allegedly greatest camera gear 👍
What a great reality check! I'm still loving my D500 even though I bought the Zf in the summer. Great shots... great video.Thanks!
D500 is my current goal but not for a few years, I'm enjoying my D3100!
Still grab my D500 to this day, even though I've moved on to mirrorless. It just can't be beat for wildlife shoots or even slowing down for some manual focus goodness.
Regretted trading in my D500 just because I yearned for full-frame. The DX format has its pros and I think Nikon should develop their APS line to include a D500 in mirrorless form
@@psoon04286 a baby Z9 would be nice. Just like when they launched D5 with D500.
Still enjoying my D300s. Just gorgeous. Would never ever sell it.
It amazes me the cost of old gear, I love all my nikon gear. The ergonomics of my F5 is dreamy. People can get all the enthusiast cameras all day and attachable battery grips but there is a different feel with the pro line of gear that is amazing.
Top notch equipment that is for sure 👌
You can acomplish almost any photographic issignment with something like D2x, D300, D700. Everything above - marketing!
I couldn’t agree more. 👍
The D2hs is still my daily camera. In fact i have two of them. They are becoming rare to get by, in excellent condition...
For me it's the D2x that blew me away. Similar to D2h, I can see the same tonality and distinctive white balance. Amazing pieces of gear!
Yeah the 12mp would help these days with 4k monitors and such. Also jumped up from the weird JFET to more typical CMOS.
I remember going from a 0.3 megapixel Casio QV-700 to a 1.3 megapixel Sony DSC-S30, and then a Sony DSC-T1... and then finally into a 6 megapixel Nikon D40, *which was a legendary beast*. Man... I have 40 mega pickles now. What a world.
What a beautiful landscape. You are a very good photographer. Thank you for your wonderfoul pictures and Video. I use a no longer young Nikon d 700, only with fixed focal lenght lenses. I am very happy with it. The only disadvantage is the heavy weight. The advantage, the camera and lenses are good and cheap compared to new Generation cameras. Greetings from germany.
Thank you very much! Appreciated 😊.
The D700 is the perfect camera, I need one! They are awesome. Thanks again, and enjoy your day 🍻
I have a 8mp canon 20d, and with a manual focus zeiss lens it takes surprisingly nice photos. Once you bypass the bad autofocus on those old cameras, they are surprisingly good for a $20-30 camera.
It's not that completely bad. I shoot occasionally using Canon 20D, and most of the time with either a Canon's kit lens 18-55 (newer version), or Canon EF-S 24mm „pancake”. In both cases one could be surprised with IQ.
Canon 20D has rather poor „JPG engine” - but if you set both „Contrast” and „Sharpness” sliders completely to right end (and use „Red Filter” setting), you can get nice monochrome JPGs SOOC too.
@beholder2012 I still have a 20d, it was my first camera. With a Zeiss 35mm manual focus lens it takes really nice photos😁
@@boredboiseboy my point was: its AF isn't „bad beyond use”. It's not that spectacular - these old Nikon cameras have better AF than old Canons (exception: Canon 1D of all „marks”) - but if Canon camera is paired with Canon lens one can use AF as well. Up to 10% losses, not more. Tested on my Canon 20D and Canon 300D.
My D1 still works too.
Thx for the inspiration and great shots.
Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated 🙏. Have an awesome weekend 🍻
Just got onto your new page, Jimmy. A question as my son and I do more of the same type of photography...we have a Rebel XTI, any suggestions about a lens for animal photography?
Hi Craig 👋. Maybe start off with a 75 - 300mm zoom. Prices go up fast from there.
Does it need a clock battery?
It's mostly a thing of the past now, but see the 'clock' flashing. Wonder if that would fix your metering issue too, keeping in mind cameras were metering off clock batteries way before digital was a thing. So who knows, but maybe a quirk of age, that it fpr whatever reason needs a clock battery to meter?
Good idea, I'll check on that. Thanks for your input 👍👍
Have you set up the non-cpu lens data in the shooting menu? I am sure I have an equivalent Tokina 70-210 lens on my D200 and it works fine (dirt cheap lens and pretty good at the long end to). If not then set it up in the menus to tell the camera what the lens aperture is and use the aperture ring on the lens. If the lens has the right attachment then it should meter.
The sensor on the D2 series is a weird type of CMOS and the colours were so good that Nikon released picture controls to copy them on the D3/D700/D300.
D2H or does this also apply to d2x?
@TechnicsYTB The colours were from the D2X. Not sure if the ones on the D2H were the same.
That's why I still have my D800 📷👍
That is always my theory - a good operator/craftsman can use any tool to create great things.
I bought my D700 in 2010 and still using it with great photos. I don't have any other newer cameras other than my older Nikon film cameras and the D700.
Cheers
There's something about the D700 (and the D3) IQ that makes it special.
@@buckleyrobinson7415 I have to agree with that.
I just got a D700, still adjusting from crop sensor. Glad to hear that it's still well regarded.
@@j_taylor I can tell you from my experience (I started film photography 1979) that the D700 is not only a great camera but images SOOC are closest to my film prints. Surely nowdays you all film simulations in fuji etc but this camera never disappoints. My son's friend lend me his ZF and that is an absolute masterclass but I am still very satisfied with the D700.
You can make it work - there are lots of resources on the internet to help you .
bought a d200 and d300 for almost the same money. perfect even today for what they are
What about AF? I bought a D70 some time ago but the AF misses too much shots even in single central point. It only work for slow paced portraits or something like that, but for my dogs, for birds or sport isn't the right camera at all.
The D70 was a beginners camera, the AF performance vs the professional bodies of the time was night and day though they aren't as good as current professional gear. D70 vs D2H would be similar to 350D vs 1Dmk2. Entry-level bodies would struggle with a f/5.6 lens as light-levels started to decline and would be hit&miss indoors at f/4.
I still use my twenty year old Nikon D50 from time to time and perfectly happy with the amount of pixels!
The D50 is a great camera! I used its slightly older sibling the D70 for years until finding a cheap D200. The D50 body is just the right size sometimes.
A question occurs to me... I have a Nikon D40 that I bought new in 2009 and I adored it for a long time (100,000 shots at least). Got a few lenses and a nice LowePro carrier for them all too, over the years. The original rechargeable battery failed after about 3 years, then bought another and another in due course... Haven't used the camera in ages, but now I am wondering - even if I do want to use it again - can I still get new batteries for this thing? And if so, for how long? Does battery availability worry you at all? Would love to know your opinion. Cheers, from the UK.
Those are great cameras, and the CCD sensor is awesome 👌. You can buy 3rd party batteries from Amazon, and they work well.
I love your style man, fucking fantastic photographs especially of those great grey owls! Peace x
Wow, thank you VERY much!! 😊
Have a fantastic weekend 🍻
I am currently have a D2Hs. LCD just went bad last year. But the shutter still strong.
13:26 sir, What is the name of this music
Hi, im not sure what it is. It was kind of a random pick because the original music I was using suddenly wasn't available.
The only thing is...if you shoot nowadays for publication, I'd say you need something at least 20-24mp to make most editors happy with the file size.
Good video. My first digital camera was a 2mp Olympus. Next was a 6mp Fuji S20 Pro; it failed. Then an Oly C50-50-z that would rain batteries overnight. Then... A 2005 Nikon D50. I'm on my second D50 now and it's still a good camera for photography in good light. I vary between an 18-55, 18-140, a 35mm and a 50mm and they all produce good results. From just 6 mp. But it won't do 8 frames per second. :-)
Of course, it's the photographer, not the camera. Skill, knowledge and creativity are what take great photos
How taking your shot right on spot is a new idea? I always thought that cropping your images is wasting your camera resolution. Nice shots and a great video!
for social networks, resolution is not so important
Awesome ❤❤❤❤.. it's such an amazing inspiration for photography
Thank you! Much appreciated 🙏 ☺️.
You don,t need a 45mp , mirrorless, or latest greatest, still using the Nikon DX D70 still works fine .
Indeed, before my D2hs/D2xs, I used and still have my D70s. The sound of the D70s, it's like feather. I dunno how to describe it. It's less pronounced than the other DSLRs (maybe the D100 or D50 has the same shutter mechanism, I don't know).
@@delowanfocus Yes D70 also has a native flash sync speed of 500th second the highest flash sync of any DSLR or non leaf shutter camera on market because of the low noise CCD sensor
ive just bought Nikon D200 for 100 bucks, love that dslr. After this boy, my nikon z30 feels like a toy)
after being mugged once at a knife point when I was younger ( thiefs only wanted my lowepro bag although I had quite a bit of cash on me ), nowadays I also do more lowkey approach. Nikon D3, few older prime lenses. If stuff gets stolen it's not the end of the world. Easier to live and take great photos in this kind of way.
I noticed that in similar D2h, d2x, d100 the skin tone has a greenish-grayish tint, unlike the newer d40, where the white balance is more accurate and the colors are more pronounced and transparent.
I have. 2 Pentax DSLR cameras a Pentax *istDL 6 megapixel camera from 2005 and a Pentax K100D from 2006 both cameras work fine and I use them my Tamron llens 28-200 and 75-300 both are autofocus lens . my Pentax 16 -50 2.8 star lens I use on my newer Pentax cameras works fine on these cameras. With the firmware update I can use SDHC cards and the cameras use AA batteries so I don't have to worry about special batteries
Good point about the AAs!
beautiful owls! i find it hard to frame when i use such a long lens though but i have to practice on that
Thank you! Practicing is fun, enjoy! 🍻
Fun! I just bought a full-frame, 15 year old Nikon D700 for $200 on KEH. Loving it.
Congrats! Those are awesome cameras, and it's on my short list for sure. Have fun with the new toy 👌👍🍻
A few years ago I bought a canon, and a nikon dslr. They were both $45 each. Back then they cost $900.00 each They are both 5 mega pixels. The photos come out very beautiful. The best photos I have shot with have been with low mega pixel cameras. I had another camera that was 3 megapixels. Those photos also came out very beautiful. It's never the gear. It's the photographer.😊
I picked up a 10.2 megapixel CCD sensor Nikon D40x for $40 USD and it produces amazing images. Vintage Nikons are a great value for the money.
I agree 💯! The used market for digital slr cameras is at an all-time high 👍
I had a second hand Canon 350D for years, now have a Canon 70D, but some of my best photos were taken on the 350D. The biggest two improvements are the bigger, articulated screen and the much bigger ISO range.
Amazing photos!
Just killed all my excuses with my 11 mp canon camera😂
Lol, thank you! Have a great Friday 👍
Just killed my 64mpixel smartphone! kkkk Off course! The sensor, the optics, all is better in DSLR! Loads of megapixles are uselles if the size of sensor is small!
I was actually going to buy a Canon rebel or a Sony a4000 because they had them for $100. My friend said to just spend the extra money and get something newer and I'll be happier. I bought a Sony a6100 as my very first Real camera and i absolutely LOVE this thing. I don't even know why i spent the money on this phone 😅 i don't even want to take picture with it anymore, i just reach for the Sony.
I can't afford something like the 10k Canon RX so all my photography is done with a 16 year old Canon 50D. I wanted one when they first came out in 2008 but they cost 5-6k! I also use an old Canon L series 17-40mm lens and 50mm lens. Also great to see the wild horses as well, we have them here in Australia and they are known as Brumbies.
The only biggest problem with these old cameras is if you buy one and the battery doesn’t hold and for some reason they don’t make those batteries anymore it’s a headache to deal with it as far as the look of the photos they’re amazing look that you can’t get anymore like the photo of that rusted car with the composition the sunset the exposure .. it’s beautiful.. you can’t get a photo like that with modern cameras
You can get batteries for these old cameras on Amazon
@ yea they’re mostly third parties and I never use 3rd party battery on my camera(s)
I have been using my old D40x CCD camera. Still gets the shots. I prefer the vintage Nikons like my D4, D700. Got these cheap in great shape. Fun cameras.
Nikon cameras require automatic focus electronic lenses for aperture and shutter priority modes. The meter depends on being able to read what the aperture on the lens is set to.
One thing that I agree with you is if you are just starting out in photography or are moving onto DSLR cameras from bridge cameras it is best to buy an older DSLR on the second hand market that is fairly cheap when I started back up with photography I started with bridge cameras because they come complete with big zoom lenses but later on I decided to get a cheap DSLR because for some photos I wanted to take control of the shutter speed which is something that you can't do with bridge cameras they tend to pick their own shutter speed based on how you set up the camera within us predefined settings and ended up getting a 16 year old 10 mega pixel camera outfit for around 80 pound from a pawn shop but as soon as 64 GB SD cards become the standard minimum size available it will render all the older cameras obsolete as they can't read a 64 GB card and most of the functions won't work on the cameras without an SD card
The past few days I have been photographing with my old Leica Digilux 2 (build in 20030 with 5 megapixel! I had a lot of fun, I assure you!
This is how planned obsolescence has captured people into spending an absolute fortunate every couple of years. My digital cameras are 8-10 years old, still perform great, and now I am going all "old skool" getting myself an Olympus OM4Ti (an unused condition one from Japan, as I want it to last). It's all about the photos, not the machine
100 percent true👌. I've got a black OM4ti and love it. That, and a black OM2n, and OM1. Great fun. 👍
I dug out my twenty year old "bought it new" Nikon D200 and my Nikon 17-55 DX f/2.8, bought a fresh set of batteries for $20 and will be putting it through it's paces.
That is awesome! I recently bought one, very nice 👍
I LOVE the Nikon 300mm F/4. It's so sharp!
It's an awesome lens for sure! 👍
I still shoot with my 7D. It's a tank. Sure, it is heavy and big, and iso above 1600 gets really noisy - but 95 % of the time the limiting factor is me, not the camera.
I've gone back to my old Fuji S5 pro more times than I can mention. Why? Because it's just beautiful. It gives so much and it's exquisitely made. It's the camera I always recommend to everyone. I love my mirrorless Fujis, but the S5 pro is pure magic. Get one 👌🏻
Still got mine...still running ! And... the battery is still running !!!
Nikon back then was the best. Nowadays : got a Z6II, the LCD screen broke after 2 months. What happened to this brand ????
Those older Pro level bodies will outlast most of the bodies today. I still shoot with D4 bodies and they will probably last me until I retire. They have paid for themselves many times over.
Lord above I miss my Nikon D4S...like...I ACHE for it till this day!
what makes an image great is the composition, it was never the cameras specification.
Different cameras, lenses, kinds of film etc can impact the result ... But in the end, it's all about the light we are capturing :)
Hand feelding wild birds, gotta try that
Great video! But I noticed some activities that might be worth rethinking. Things like walking off the path, feeding wildlife, or flying drones can be harmful to the environment and are often not allowed and frowned upon. It's always good to double-check the local rules and be respectful of the environment. It's good to help preserve these beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy and animals to continue thriving in. Wishing you a Merry Christmas from Ontario!
You know Mike, just like the elk and grizzly bears out here, us humans are from this planet too. I roam, hunt, and play in the Rockies. This is not like Onterrible out here. This is not some grimmy city park jammed packed with people pooping in it. This is 1000s of miles of wilderness in all directions, no cell signal, not a park. We are animals from this planet, and some of us are at home in the woods, unlike most people out there who are totally detached from reality. Your path is a concrete sidewalk. Mine is not.
Totally agree - old gear can be fine - which begs the question, have the advances been all that big?
The autofocus tracking on mirrorless has been pretty amazing.
Image quality probably peaked by the time the A6000 came out but as for functionality, they have advanced considerably
Also the ability to shoot high ISO. My Canon R6 Mk 2 shoots useable photos straight out of camera with no noise reduction at 12500iso. My 2016 80D was limited to 1600 max
DR hasn't advanced much in the past ten years. But resolution, speed and ISO certainly have.
My main camera is a 12mp D3 with a nikon 2 touch 80-200mm 2.8 ....an absolute epic combo
Great combo for sure 👌🍻
The metering is most likely ok, the problem is behind the camera.
For metering the D2 needs an Ai/S compatible lens with the notch for aperture value transfer. Without it the camera doesn't know what aperture is selected.
Wait, but no. You oh so need the latest gear to take photos, no?! At least that's what a lot of TH-camrs keep telling me. Nice work!
Haha, thank you! There is no need for new gear at all. 👍
I wonder if you had auto ISO on. Can't recall but I think that camera has a auto ISO problem while in auto modes.
It is not the type of camera that gets good pictures, but it is the photographer behind the camera that counts.
I agree! I think most people buy gear because the manufacturer has tricked them into thinking they will be a better photographer with more FPS, lol
I use a D200, I love the camera so much, definitely better than my phone
After watching this I think I’ll dig out my old Nikon D200 and give it a second chance 😊
Haha, good for you! That D200 CCD sensor is awesome 👌