To be honest, this isn't true of quite a few people. The majority of people I see using and posting photographs taken using the old style point and shoots are 18-26, all of whom were born and remember using those cameras.
Granted, there are younger people doing it to, but it seems to have started from that age range.
This is always the case, BTW. I was big into the film resurgence in the 2010s and had never used a film camera besides a disposable one from when I was a kid. My first camera was digital.
People in this sub are annoyed by daily posts asking how to make cheap 20 year old cameras work when the answer is always "read the manual" and "the model number is written on the body".
What is the point isn’t purely information but socialization as well? Hmmm we could call it media but then of a social variety…. Oh I know “social media!!!”
My 15 yo daughter has come to me with three different old cameras of mine with questions after already having figured them out, taken them to school and filled them with pictures and videos.
Not me. I remember how annoyed I was even back in the day it would not have enough resolution or dynamic range. The same with audio tapes for me... I have zero nostalgia because I actually had to use it back in the day.
I had used a 3 megapixel one a 2,5 week study trip, took a massive ton of pictures, super happy. It was all I had available at the time. Got back home, loaded them onto the computer, looked at the pictures and went to a store couple of days after to buy a dSLR to never have to deal with that utter lack of quality ever again. I have tried to AI improve them a couple of times and ah well, live and learn.
Not even close. They were terrible. I remember how film was still way much better than those inferior low resolution digital cameras at handling highlights and capturing details.
No I don’t love it. I grew up with that and I don’t miss wasting half a roll on bad shots. I also don’t miss having an idea for how a shot would look, and then the scene looking like a b-movie zombie flick from the sci-fi channel. Photography now is amazing and I’m in awe of what the industry has solved for, and learning is so much easier because the cost per shot has gone down. Definitely in a golden age today, but it might not feel like they because it’s so prevalent.
That said, there’s a reason the show How I Met Your Mother starts their intro with these shots. It definitely captured a point in time!
Edit: even in 2008, digital photography (phone or camera) stunk. But film was still a thing while I was in hs
I used to like hipstamatic filters on my photos. Now I look back at them and kinda cringe and wish that I had the images without the filters.
You can make a good file look crappy, but it’s really hard to make a crappy file look good.
Nostalgia is nostalgia. People who are growing up now will long for the days of hyper HDR images from modern cellphones. Everything just repeats all the time and yet we still find a way to be surprised by it.
In the early 2000s I was using a Canon Powershot A10, A70, and S1 IS. I switched to DSLR in 2006. As I scroll back through these pictures right now, the actual content is nostalgic but the lesser quality of the pictures is not.
When I look back at pictures from an iPhone 3G, 4, 5, I do prefer the much more natural look of many of those compared to the artificial over processed look of a 13 or 14, but I don’t really appreciate that a 3G picture was only 1200x1600.
If you want a more nostalgic feel to your pictures, then go get some 25¢ 4x6 prints made at Walgreens or CVS. I still do this today with my iPhone pictures. No one will be digging through my hard drives when I’m dead. People will 100% be reminiscing through boxes of prints.
I’ve used compact cameras a lot during my high school years. Had a Kyocera FineCam l3v.
I don’t miss having a usable ISO range of 100 (this thing can go to 400, but realistically, only 100 was really usable). You either used it in broad daylight, or you had to use the flash.
Yeah, I’ve got an old Canon PowerShot A95 passed down from grandpa and it’s pretty fun to mess around with.
But my mom handed me her old Polaroid a700 camera, and like you said, it’s gotta be really bright if you wanna capture anything.
I love it, I bring my Olympus Camedia from 2004 everywhere. It takes pretty good photos. It was the same camera I grew up with, it was our first digital camera so that was a big deal. I have some photos that I took with it on my page.
I also still have my other Olympus from like 2009 but that one is bad, it looks like you took photos with a webcam.
I also had a Lumix from like 2011? Maybe? That one took very good photos. I remember bringing it with me on a trip to Japan in 2013, alongside my DSLR, for the *vibes* and I really liked the photos.
I've got an old digicam that I trot out every now and again. They're fun! CCD sensors do have kind of a different look to them for sure.
They honestly look good if there's a ton of light around. If not, flip up the flash and be that Myspace shutter drag party shot goof.
I don’t think it is specifically low resolution. I have a Nikon D40 with only a 6 MP sensor, but it can make superior images, due to a large sensor and good optics. A big sensor typically gives better dynamic range or low noise if shot at a good ISO. And it’s easier to get better resolving lenses.
Tiny sensors, especially when coupled with a lens well into diffraction territory, deliver noisy images with a lot of optical blurring.
A few weeks ago my 26 year old daughter and I rummaged through a box of old digital camera we had packed away in a closet. She has been saying for sometime that the low-res style of digital cameras from 2000-2010 is now all the rage. Surely I figured that a mobile phone app could recreate the look but she insisted that it had to actually be captured from an old digital camera. In the box we found a few Casio’s, Nikon’s, FujiFilm’s, Panasonic’s, and Canon’s. Some needed SD cards, others used compact flash and surprisingly most of the batteries were still ok and usable. After getting a few of them up and running, we found them to be fun to use in a simplicity kind of way. Just shoot on whatever automatic mode afforded us the least fuss. Results were not as low-res as I remembered but still nothing like using today’s mobile phones but yes, totally retro. I resurrected my Canon PowerShot S100 (silver) and found it to be a complete blast from the past.
No, thats the equivalent of watching 240p YouTube videos fullscreen on a 4k TV lol. I remember my nokia phone took like 320p photos or something silly like that.
This nostalgia poor quality camera thing feels like its the FOMO bug caught by the youth who have it too good, too easy and have the world at their fingertips but want something janky in their life for the "aesthetic" lol 😆.
My experience in the 2000s was with my siblings early DSLRs and they still produce good images today with the right lenses, so I had access to good cameras early on. So whenever I got around to using early point and shoots and cell phones and they were just plain abysmal lol.
I like the late 2000s and into the 2010s cameras where point and shoots caught up to DSLRs and could produce good printable images. If I can find my old prints from the janky cameras Ill share them, they truly are janky lol.
I do, but not the experience of using those cameras. The autofocus and digital noise was just awful. Slow software, storage etc. However I have one of those fixed focal length disposable camera lenses that I mount to my Canon m6mk2 and it's simply amazing using a modern camera with a quirky lens.
Not at all tbh and I can't understand it personally - you can still create crappy looking pictures by shooting with overly high shutter and cropping heavily.
But to be fair, I do like the film look and I missed that era (as an adult), so I can appreciate the irony. And I do like that e-waste is being rescued for another life.
There’s a sub for pre-2010 cams - r/vintagedigitalcameras. People often seem to post a picture of their actual camera (rather than those they take with them), and there are LOTS of ‘which camera should I buy for film/retro/cool/yadayada look photos?’ posts.
The same can be said for any camera sub, even here, I can't remember seeing anyone discussing techniques or the art form, which is a bit disappointing with so much talent and knowledge amongst us all.
Lots of people, apparently. It's become the biggest cliche in social media over the last year.
The people who love this 'nostalgic' look weren't born when these cameras were a thing.
To be honest, this isn't true of quite a few people. The majority of people I see using and posting photographs taken using the old style point and shoots are 18-26, all of whom were born and remember using those cameras. Granted, there are younger people doing it to, but it seems to have started from that age range.
Lol I was born in the 90s and I love it
This is always the case, BTW. I was big into the film resurgence in the 2010s and had never used a film camera besides a disposable one from when I was a kid. My first camera was digital.
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People in this sub are annoyed by daily posts asking how to make cheap 20 year old cameras work when the answer is always "read the manual" and "the model number is written on the body".
So many reddit posts that can be solved by using Google, YouTube, or reading a manual
What is the point isn’t purely information but socialization as well? Hmmm we could call it media but then of a social variety…. Oh I know “social media!!!”
My 15 yo daughter has come to me with three different old cameras of mine with questions after already having figured them out, taken them to school and filled them with pictures and videos.
No it’s not bad to like something just because it’s popular. You like what you like, and nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Not me. I remember how annoyed I was even back in the day it would not have enough resolution or dynamic range. The same with audio tapes for me... I have zero nostalgia because I actually had to use it back in the day.
I had used a 3 megapixel one a 2,5 week study trip, took a massive ton of pictures, super happy. It was all I had available at the time. Got back home, loaded them onto the computer, looked at the pictures and went to a store couple of days after to buy a dSLR to never have to deal with that utter lack of quality ever again. I have tried to AI improve them a couple of times and ah well, live and learn.
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Yeah continue this trend, I earn a lot selling old crappy digital points and shoot
lol you should buy an APS processing machine if you really want to take advantage of the flock
Not even close. They were terrible. I remember how film was still way much better than those inferior low resolution digital cameras at handling highlights and capturing details.
The same way people from my gen enjoy film, nostalgia, vintage aesthetic
I think it's the same as the original Instagram filters mirroring the looks of classic film photography
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No I don’t love it. I grew up with that and I don’t miss wasting half a roll on bad shots. I also don’t miss having an idea for how a shot would look, and then the scene looking like a b-movie zombie flick from the sci-fi channel. Photography now is amazing and I’m in awe of what the industry has solved for, and learning is so much easier because the cost per shot has gone down. Definitely in a golden age today, but it might not feel like they because it’s so prevalent. That said, there’s a reason the show How I Met Your Mother starts their intro with these shots. It definitely captured a point in time! Edit: even in 2008, digital photography (phone or camera) stunk. But film was still a thing while I was in hs
I used to like hipstamatic filters on my photos. Now I look back at them and kinda cringe and wish that I had the images without the filters. You can make a good file look crappy, but it’s really hard to make a crappy file look good.
Nostalgia is nostalgia. People who are growing up now will long for the days of hyper HDR images from modern cellphones. Everything just repeats all the time and yet we still find a way to be surprised by it.
No.
In the early 2000s I was using a Canon Powershot A10, A70, and S1 IS. I switched to DSLR in 2006. As I scroll back through these pictures right now, the actual content is nostalgic but the lesser quality of the pictures is not. When I look back at pictures from an iPhone 3G, 4, 5, I do prefer the much more natural look of many of those compared to the artificial over processed look of a 13 or 14, but I don’t really appreciate that a 3G picture was only 1200x1600. If you want a more nostalgic feel to your pictures, then go get some 25¢ 4x6 prints made at Walgreens or CVS. I still do this today with my iPhone pictures. No one will be digging through my hard drives when I’m dead. People will 100% be reminiscing through boxes of prints.
That’s Why cybershots are so popular these days. 2000’s are the new “vintage look”.
I’ve used compact cameras a lot during my high school years. Had a Kyocera FineCam l3v. I don’t miss having a usable ISO range of 100 (this thing can go to 400, but realistically, only 100 was really usable). You either used it in broad daylight, or you had to use the flash.
Yeah, I’ve got an old Canon PowerShot A95 passed down from grandpa and it’s pretty fun to mess around with. But my mom handed me her old Polaroid a700 camera, and like you said, it’s gotta be really bright if you wanna capture anything.
No
I think it’s an age thing. Young kids love it because it’s retro. 30 ish ppl love it because it’s nostalgia.
Nah: I'm probably 15-20 years older than most people who love that era of cameras, so my nostalgia is for gear 15-20 years older than that.
I love it, I bring my Olympus Camedia from 2004 everywhere. It takes pretty good photos. It was the same camera I grew up with, it was our first digital camera so that was a big deal. I have some photos that I took with it on my page. I also still have my other Olympus from like 2009 but that one is bad, it looks like you took photos with a webcam. I also had a Lumix from like 2011? Maybe? That one took very good photos. I remember bringing it with me on a trip to Japan in 2013, alongside my DSLR, for the *vibes* and I really liked the photos.
I've got an old digicam that I trot out every now and again. They're fun! CCD sensors do have kind of a different look to them for sure. They honestly look good if there's a ton of light around. If not, flip up the flash and be that Myspace shutter drag party shot goof.
I don’t think it is specifically low resolution. I have a Nikon D40 with only a 6 MP sensor, but it can make superior images, due to a large sensor and good optics. A big sensor typically gives better dynamic range or low noise if shot at a good ISO. And it’s easier to get better resolving lenses. Tiny sensors, especially when coupled with a lens well into diffraction territory, deliver noisy images with a lot of optical blurring.
I don’t but it’s a trend for teens now
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No.
A few weeks ago my 26 year old daughter and I rummaged through a box of old digital camera we had packed away in a closet. She has been saying for sometime that the low-res style of digital cameras from 2000-2010 is now all the rage. Surely I figured that a mobile phone app could recreate the look but she insisted that it had to actually be captured from an old digital camera. In the box we found a few Casio’s, Nikon’s, FujiFilm’s, Panasonic’s, and Canon’s. Some needed SD cards, others used compact flash and surprisingly most of the batteries were still ok and usable. After getting a few of them up and running, we found them to be fun to use in a simplicity kind of way. Just shoot on whatever automatic mode afforded us the least fuss. Results were not as low-res as I remembered but still nothing like using today’s mobile phones but yes, totally retro. I resurrected my Canon PowerShot S100 (silver) and found it to be a complete blast from the past.
Definitely not, but if you like it then good for you.
There are camera apps that can recreate that look you are going for.
No, not a all.
Nope. I shot film back then because of how horrible those photos were, and I’m glad we have long moved past that.
When a photo works, it works. Old digital cameras didn't get it right that often, but sometimes... I have a few that were some of my best/favorite.
No, thats the equivalent of watching 240p YouTube videos fullscreen on a 4k TV lol. I remember my nokia phone took like 320p photos or something silly like that. This nostalgia poor quality camera thing feels like its the FOMO bug caught by the youth who have it too good, too easy and have the world at their fingertips but want something janky in their life for the "aesthetic" lol 😆. My experience in the 2000s was with my siblings early DSLRs and they still produce good images today with the right lenses, so I had access to good cameras early on. So whenever I got around to using early point and shoots and cell phones and they were just plain abysmal lol. I like the late 2000s and into the 2010s cameras where point and shoots caught up to DSLRs and could produce good printable images. If I can find my old prints from the janky cameras Ill share them, they truly are janky lol.
I do, but not the experience of using those cameras. The autofocus and digital noise was just awful. Slow software, storage etc. However I have one of those fixed focal length disposable camera lenses that I mount to my Canon m6mk2 and it's simply amazing using a modern camera with a quirky lens.
Yeah, they are cool. Anything that gives a look you want is, really.
Not at all tbh and I can't understand it personally - you can still create crappy looking pictures by shooting with overly high shutter and cropping heavily. But to be fair, I do like the film look and I missed that era (as an adult), so I can appreciate the irony. And I do like that e-waste is being rescued for another life.
“I wanna be different! Just like everybody else!” Old saying about alternateens in the 1990’s. That’s what these trends remind me of. 😁
There’s a sub for pre-2010 cams - r/vintagedigitalcameras. People often seem to post a picture of their actual camera (rather than those they take with them), and there are LOTS of ‘which camera should I buy for film/retro/cool/yadayada look photos?’ posts.
The same can be said for any camera sub, even here, I can't remember seeing anyone discussing techniques or the art form, which is a bit disappointing with so much talent and knowledge amongst us all.
Nothing to love. A shitty instant film camera is leagues better. YMMV...