Revisiting Classic Fixed-Lens Cameras From Decades Past | The PetaPixel Podcast
Some of the hottest cameras on the market today haven’t been made in years, so this week The PetaPixel Podcast team goes back in time to go fixed-lens camera shopping!
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Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I look at what compact, fixed-lens, digital cameras are available on the used market and each pick a camera we would like to revisit (or in the case of Jordan and I, try for the first time). The market for fixed-lens cameras is extremely active, meaning what is listed for sale one week might be gone the next. So we have to act fast! Once we’ve made our selections, we will shoot with them for a couple of months before rendering our verdicts on an upcoming full episode of our YouTube show. Let’s get to shopping!
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In This Episode:
- 00:00 – Intro
- 15:52 – Synology requires “certified” SSDs for its new NAS and, suprirse, they cost 5x as much
- 19:10 – The NPPA is in trouble
- 21:40 – OM System is considering in-camera AI upscaling to address resolution complaints
- 30:13 – Apple patents a new image sensor with 20 stops of dynamic range
- 34:43 – Cameras and lenses are in danger of getting even more expensive
- 37:23 – If you could go back and use any fixed lens digital camera from the past, which would it be?
- 1:00:01 – A brief film aside…
- 1:05:56 – What have you been up to?
- 1:09:11 – Tech support
