What’s behind the digital camera revival TikTok trend? - BBC News
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2023
- Digital cameras from the early 2000s are being revived by many young people because of a growing trend online.
TikTok videos with the hashtag #digitalcamera have amassed more than 220 million views on the platform over the past year.
Meanwhile, search traffic for old camera kit on online marketplaces like eBay and Etsy is on the rise.
Two TikTok users explain why they’re using digital cameras again.
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"it looks like memories... "
Really sums it up.
Late and early 2000s cameras shoot way different images than iphones, they look like childhood memories and not like photos
It's bcs the sensor technology were different
My whole childhood up until I was 16 was recorded with these digicams and even tapes! The blurry output, when you look back at it, gives a more genuine nostalgia feel. Like when I look back at old pics of me as a kid or pics with my friends, it really does feel like a distant thing from the past and it makes the memory more endearing to me. On top of that, the way people would just shoot these at random back then, cos we didn't worry about wasting film anymore, we got more candid, and relaxed shots. It was more fun and relaxed shooting back then, especially since most of them were hand-me-downs from our parents or relatives. There's not much of a pressure to take a perfect shot. The cameras that are out nowadays really are perfect in a sense that even beginners like me can take professional looking pictures. The pressure to make every image look like a magazine picture to match the price can really be felt when you hold the newer models now. Then, when you take pictures of family and friends, they tend to shrink and become awkward the moment they see a professional looking camera pointed at them. When I took my digicam out and took pics of people, or even just a phone, people don't feel pressured because these are small. Phones are great too, but with phones you get immediately tempted to post it on social media and you end up losing connection to your surroundings even for a brief moment. That, and if you like to take a lot of photos, it does fill up your phone memory especially if you have games installed in your phone.
It's just nice to have a dedicated device for capturing moments without taking yourself out of the moment. That's how I feel with these...it really is from a simpler time when physical human moments mattered more than online ones....
People may laugh but my whole channel is dedicated to this love of older digital cameras because there is something to them.
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@@12gauge_shawtyy 😻🙏🌟
Nobody cool laughs. I was a teen in the 00s when everyone had these cameras. There's always something to love in old technology. I like collecting cassette tapes from the 80s and playing them on an 80s boom box. It's the only way to hear music the way people actually heard it in the 80s. It adds color. Not all that different from people using tube amps to listen to music.
Childhood? I made a pin hole camera at school in the 1960’s using B/W film 😮😮😮
Well then ur old good for you.
This is EXACTLY like the old trend when the Millennials decided that Polaroid and instant printer out cameras and film was a thing 10 or more years ago. This is just another version of that with newer tech for a newer generation. This all goes back to people trying to relive their past and what they precieved as the happy parts of their lives (their pre-teen years). This isn't anything new. The next generation will be using smartphones from 2010 in 2030 and the news will make a big deal of it. We call these people HIPSTERS btw.. I don't see the point in using old visual gear since companies spend billions in R&D to improve tech and yet people want to live in the past with inferior tech.
So what?
New tech is overpriced garbage that breaks easily
"i dont see the point" a cool looking tangible device with real buttons and has obe purpose made u type an essay 😭
The reason behind the rise of nostalgia is that there is nothing good to look out for in the future. With climate change and the rise of authoritarian regimes, the future seems to be screwed and people retreat to the sanctuary of memories and nostalgia
There is NO raise in nostalgia. It's ALWAYS happened in EVERY generation.
The last time it happened was with Millennials and their Poloroid and instant print cameras. Before that it was Gen X and their medium format film cameras. You need to learn more about history before you can see the future. This happens at EVERY generation where once people hit their 20's they want to live how they saw their parents or older siblings lived so once they grew up and have money they buy old junk to pretend to be living 20 years previously. This is EXACTLY why fashions and trends recycle and it's always around 20 years from the past. When I was growing up in the 90's , the 70's was big (prime example was "that's 70's show") and the type of music and fashion in the 90's reflected it with influences from 70's .. just listen to 90's music and you'll see the styling and sampling from 70's music.
You're miserable
i have 8 cameras and no phone im still alive lol...love my cannon powershot the most...
Digital cameras never left us. We've been using HD cameras for three decades.
"you kinda have to decide 'oh this is a moment that i actually want to preserve or remember'"
[produce aisle at grocery store]
Ban TikTok please.
im sorry that you were forced to use tiktok 🙏🙏🙏
What about all the other stupid shit?
Just delete the apps.
Digital cameras are good
Are you still using tiktok? Looking at tits?
Tit tok?
I love the look of older cameras. I use a dslr that phones don’t have the technology yet. Just this year only the mp match my camera.
If it's got anything to do with Tik Tok its normally Narcissistic Nonsense
For the first time in history, the world has been connected and able to communicate to people from all over the globe. We get to share our unique selves, relative to the the world wide web that is the entire globe. In a lot of ways, yes people do go out of their way to show who they are; because it's a tool to connect and communicate with like minded people, or to have a have open discussions with people who don't hold our expierences, and to learn and grow as a whole; all based on gathering new information from unique perspectives and forming a worldview based on the whole, instead of just the self. That honestly sounds pretty selfless to me, not really narcissistic. It's just the drive for our social species to communicate, especially after isolation during COVID-19. A lot of them are kids, they missed their class mates; in fact they missed their high school years sitting in a desk. They'll never get that time back. It's a crucial time in our human expierence; a right of passage. The fact that we have platforms that connect us, it helps us grow together. If you choose not to partake in what is now being argued by government as an official public communication space; it's your right but it's also your decision not to grow and participate in the age of global connectivity.
In a nutshell
How is liking old cameras narcissistic? You sound so stupid.
@@Freezy226 Just old people refusing to grow with technology that has in fact become a second brain and an extension of ourselves. Literally, unevolved people.
@@imatsoup1437 I’m a bit confused about whose opinion you agree with.
My condolences to those affected by this
condolences to those using tiktok
Yeah we have better tech in smart phones and dslr’s 😂
@@MiVidaBellisima its not about the tech its about the photography feeling
@@MiVidaBellisimaUr missing the point. Its not about what kind of technology is better. It’s about the way the pictures feel.
Stupid comment
"You can peel my Nikon DSLR from my cold, dead fingers."
Only after you have used it as a weapon to sort out the zombie apocalypse. D610 FOREVER!
D700 here, and I'll use it until it falls to bits in my hand. Then I'll have it rebuilt and use it again.
I actually love those digital cameras I grew up with (and film cameras). But sadly those things break after a while and now I can't find any cameras that give the same effect, cause they all are more modern now.
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I have a 2012 Samsung ES-90, and I use it weekly for stills and macros. Still beautiful shots
Is this how hipsters sounded to bother people when they got really into 35mm? Because…😅
I wonder how many would deal well with shooting film and darkroom enlargers and printing? I don't miss those days but I appreciate having learned those methods.
if they had to/wanted to they'd learn wouldn't they? I learned it, but there's virtually no point in utilizing those methods today given their costs and limitations. Right? Part of why these digicams are blowing up is the price of film. You can buy one of these lil cameras that produce the quality of a point and shoot (kind of) for the same price as a couple of rolls of film including development. So yeah, what's your point? To feel superior? How well do you think you would fare shooting plates? (probably rather well, but you get my point.)
I don't get your point. You appear to repeat mine then end with an attempted insult. @@TheDavveponken
@@DenisCalligraphy My apologies. I understood your comment to be stand-off-ish and of one-up-manship - as if "these fad chasing digicam amateurists" wouldn't hold their own at "real photography", i.e. the fully encompassing darkroom experience. But it appears I was mistaken. Sorry about that. You often hear that around photography and I find it rather boorish.
Thank you I am a full user and supporter of digital media now. I spoke of my student days in the darkroom processing film. Note that I wrote I don't miss those days @@TheDavveponken
@@DenisCalligraphy I must have been tired. Again, apologies.
"It looks like memories" She explained it perfectly.
Phone cameras are literally digital cameras
Smartphones are like fast food
They dont have optical zoom, same as the color grading
@@user-ly5ev6hx8eyeah I agree there are a lot of Stark differences between your phone's camera and a dedicated digicam
Imagine these kids discovering disposable cameras.
That's also a fad. My daughter has been buying them - I thought she was after a certain look - it turns out 'all the kidz' are doing it these days.
They've discovered it but it's very expensive
They have and made it more expensive for everyone.
Stupidity I imagine.
Changed my mind to pretentious too
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I really miss my fixed focus digital camera.
Why are people in the comments so mad? 💀
Use your phone camera, set to 1-3 megapixels, overexpose +1 stop and your white balance to cloudy, voila you will have a similar results. Or just use older android phones.
only real usefull thing in these digicams is real optical zoom
Everything has become so photo worthy
Anything for the gram. Literally ANYTHING.
as a Holga camera user, this is the funniest thing ever
I still have my Sony digital camera from 2009. If there is a genuine trend for these things I can't see it lasting. Technology has moved so far forward that everything is sooo much easier with a phone.
@@darthB2A31 You can only look cool examining this old tech online. Try walking down the street with a sharpe view cam and see how cool you look.
Keep it.. in 2030, the new hipster generation will pay big bucks for it as it will be the new trend to use cams from 2010ish. This happens EVERY generation. The last time it happened was with Poloroids and instant print cameras around 10 years ago. This is why instant print cameras became a thing.. since Poloroid film was getting harder to find.
@New Moon Convenience! Yes that's where the magic is. For example, iphones are more than adequate to do most things well. Even though there maybe far superior tech for each market segment (Headphones, pictures ect), its good enough that you don't need to spend the extra money.
@@miketran4289 Hit and miss, for most cases old tech is just old tech. Usb connections keep evolving, how would you even connect it to start off.
It depends on the use case. Phones are really good for casual photography and wide angle shots. But they can't really replace DSLRs or mirrorless cameras for things like macro photography, wildlife, etc. I still have my ancient Nikon D40 from 2006 which I mostly use with old manual lenses and despite only having a 6 mpix sensor, one can achieve results that would be very hard to replicate with a phone camera.
They're romanticizing digital point and shoots the way people talked about film cameras disappearing two decades ago. I used to follow youtubers over ten years ago that mostly covered strange digital consumer niche cameras such as Superheadz or digital holga and talked the same way.
I dug up one of my old cameras and started using them again. I love it.
How is it bad quality? Most of those photos came out great.
I agree!
Lmao zoomers discovered digital cams. Pls don't tell them about film cameras or we'll get a new generation of 2012 hipsters on our hands
Been shooting with a Fuji s5 Pro 6MP beast for literally decades. If you know, you know.
Probably the best skin tone color science ever.
Check out Canon 5D Classic
Such important news. Keep up the great work BBC
it's really important!
The Scottish guy really needs to look at a map sometime.
Why
Make sure you read the same script that was used for the 35mm film revival.
Wait till Gen-Zers discover Polaroid Cameras.
I'm a creative professional. I believe that a dedicated digital camera offers tried and tested tech and there is some privacy since the tech & content is defined by our personal experiences and minimal AI involvement. Even though a smartphone may have a competitive edge and offers convenience, I still regard a dedicated digital camera with high status.
I do not miss taking bad photos thank you.
The photos aren’t even bad, they come out very pretty imo.
well well well, try using a high 8 and really get into the appreciation that it took to get to what we have today. Editing was a skill.
No one cares. 💀 Why couldn’t you just recommend using a high 8? Why did you have to give a sob story?
Most of The comments here are just dissing on younger gens current interests. But when other people collect old vynil records or old game consoles people dont seem to be bothered? Because aren't those two things share the same theme? Which is Nostalgia? Honestly im happy that they are looking for a way to capture memories in a more "genuine" way, none of those face tune and photoshop we often see on social media. I myself find it endearing that they want to learn to use older tech and appreciate it. And yet we still hear older gens belittling younger gens for "not knowing how to use old tech"
The World Economic Forum founder was speaking at a gathering in Dubai not so subtly titled the World Government Summit.
Schwab pointed to “fourth industrial revolution technologies,” and stated “Who masters those technologies - in some way - will be the master of the world.”
I put on too much eyeliner and take photos with a 15 year old camera, my ancestors would be proud 🤡
I have a nearly 50 year old Olympus om1 and I take photos on that 😂
@@chucky2316 that’s pretty cool, I found an old pentax film camera and it’s pretty nice
@@beamboi2775 they are I am love the mechanicals
@@chucky2316 film is pretty magical!
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Banging old cameras do work because sometimes the battery moves that prevents it from working
Should we tell them about......film?
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Got too expensive lately, these digicams are cheaper
Film is extremely overrated.
Imagine a world without TikTok, so peaceful, so calming
Whats ur point? Why is it such a problem that people like old cameras? It literally doesn’t affect you in any way.
Don't need to imagine as I lived through a time we didn't have social media in the 90s.
The world have never been peaceful.
Anything to be different......😔
I feel bad for people that use tiktok. And instagram but mainly tiktok. Oh well 🤷♂️
Im a photographer with a fuji and analog lens..and its sucks..i mean, not the technologyitself but a small powerful camera like the ricoh gr iii and sony xr are such a bless...i see a girl in asia who use a 12mp olympus and take WAY BETTER photos of portraits that the boring youtubers with high tech gear. So..its more about the people behind. If u suck its gonna matter the gear
*So this is an ad to sell digital cameras.*
Wait until they find 35mm camera
Someone should show them film......
Any person over ten years old on tik tok ,get a grip of yourself
Whats wrong with liking old cameras? How does what other people are doing affect you?
You definitely secretly use TikTok.
I’m guessing they want to take photos that aren’t sent the TikTok servers in Beijing for cybersecurity hack review/opportunity.
No 💀
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I wonder if it ever gets tiring trying to fit a certain aesthetic, to give off a certain feel, to follow a certain fad. We foĺlow because we feel alone; and more than uniting us being in constant connection alienates us.
Wait... when did digital cameras die off to begin with?
Isn't that what people use if not their phone?
They mean digital point and shoot cameras. The ones that died off with the mass adoption of the smartphone.
Aesthetic
Wtf- digital cameras are very much in use, I have over 100 videos on my UA-cam channel, taken from basic point- and- shoot cameras up through some high- end DSLR's. Cell phone camera technology has come a long way, but for features like microphone quality, the cell phone mic's can't touch the microphones on most of the more expensive digitals. Most of the videos on my YT channel have live music content, I bring cameras to concerts, music festivals, etc., I film street musicians, bands in bars and at open mics... I am able to use a tripod or a monopod to steady my shots using a digital camera, too, so the finished product isn't all over the place. Plus, digitals offer the option of attaching a directional mic, like a Rode, to use in crowd situations. And as for resolution, my Canon Powershot Elph 350 HS records at over 22mp.
Many old film cameras had priceless craftmanship on their lenses and the films had unique and ireplacable charcteristics. On the other hand all those point and shoots all had totally shitty digital sensors that the lowest tier of phone can now blow completely away. This "revival" has misplaced affections.
It doesn’t matter what “looks” better though or whatever sensors ur talking about. Its about the way the pictures make people feel. Ur missing the point.
I did wet photography in college during the point and shoot age and i still love film along with cheap digital photos cause it was fun and in the moment unlike today where we have to be perfect in photos and i think that's what Gen z is looking for when making the 2000s fads. They want to live in a time where being Internet perfect wasn't a thing. Problem is, it's a fad and they quickly move on to the next Y2K fad and still haven't made anything of their own that defines their generation.
Where are people buying these cameras and are they expensive ??
eBay, flea markets, and thrift shops mainly. This trends has actually caused a rise in the the prices of some models. The good news they are still pretty cheap because so many were made and are still surviving.
eBay is your friend.
Now i know I'm getting old. I recently threw a whole bunch of these old cameras from the 90s because they were pretty rubbish and inconvenient, especially now smart phones are about.
If your into photography buy a dslr no
Jesus Christ I'm old.
If they wanted to be proper old school and get photos which definitely come out not perfect they should buy a 35m anyway. and wait for the disappointment for receiving your pack of processed shots.
Who cares how they do it? Worry about yourself.
Film prices now are too expensive man
The process of developing your own film is the best thing I did in college.
Kids are using the old cameras because they are worse than current phone cameras?
Go figure.
A bit like listening to vinyl, technically inferior but it’s still fun.
More likely because their mobile screens are smashed & they can't afford to fix them!
It's all about the color science of the old digital cameras with ccd sensors that provide a cozy, good feeling and nostalgic look. Not necessarily sharp photos.
shut up oldhead
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She's so beautiful
I think it actually kind of makes sense. In an odd way
Wait till they discover the cameras which used to run on films like those of Kodak
It use to he a trend to use those before using the digicams.
Why do "influencers" exist? What good do they do in the world?
Whats so wrong with them buying old cameras? It literally doesn’t affect you at all.
@@Freezy226 I don't think you understood what I was saying. I was speaking in much broader terms.
@@jimloth6091 But you commented on this video. Which means this video had an influence on your comment. Did it not?
@@Freezy226 I made a general statement on the value of influencers, which I find minimal at best, damaging at worst. Whether they're hawking cameras or bubble gum is irrelevant to me - it's just someone else trying to either tell me what to do, or separate me from my money for rubbish I don't need. Why anyone listens to these people is beyond me.
@@jimloth6091 The purpose of influencers is to influence. No one is forcing you to be influenced. So, what other people do with their lives does not affect you at all.
As a photographer, I understand a little bit but don’t. I understand maybe going for a look but taking shots what don’t look good, that’s just lazy photography
Because a lot of people are sheep and easily duped into thinking a shitty old 1MP camera is so trendy they'll pay through the nose for them
My youth was a complete blur
Please, answer the question.
Reporting on crap like this reminds me of why I unsubscribed from BBC news
Schwab is obsessed with AI and other advanced technologies and has previously predicted that “What the Fourth Industrial Revolution will lead to is a fusion of our physical, our digital, and our biological identities.”
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what? bbc
People are Tds
Loose knots decided fold on local, churn new techie trend up. Get paid.
You must all have too much dosh at the moment
Tiktok is a great,fun,easy to use way of connecting with people & having a few laughs,a few cries ie having a life in general.
Instagram has usability issues though
TikTok is the bottom of the barrel. The lowest common denominator of visual story telling. 90% of it is copy/paste of others work, direct plagiarism, film or TV, CCTV, happy slaps, news, animal, dashcam or fail clips. It's the equivalent of cultural cancer, like reality TV. It's near Orwellian levels of mind-numbing.
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these look like some "old old 10 years old unsold Chinese products" being used to scam consumers !!!!
Pay per view= money
Ban Tik Tok
ugh gen z
jesus christ 396 comments on this channel alone.. bud get off youtube and inhale mother nature
What's the old saying, 'What's old is new again'. 🤷♂️
Don't tiktok, something something Chinese spies
Silly
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