I Bought Kodak's Final DSLR

I can't believe I was able to pick up and try this amazing piece of history in the Kodak DCS pro 14n. It was the second ever full-frame camera announced, third to be released, highest megapixel at the time and thousands of dollars cheaper than the Canon 1ds. Ultimately, you know what happened to Kodak digital, but it's just interesting to think what we would have today if they were still around. Because despite some weird battery issues today, this camera is great.
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[@soumikhossain-ym9ic]

ngl at this point i just wanna sit with the dude and hangout talk about and check out each others camera collection

[@tc227]

I'm guessing the other "F80" in the bag is a Fujifilm S2 or S3.

[@paulb37187]

I used to shoot with this camera professionally. The “Hailation” is caused by the light bouncing off the shiny magenta censor the of the rear element of the lens. Also this effect can be observed if you shoot with 16 ish mm lens you will actually see a magenta double image of clouds and things with a strong contrast. Try to shoot anything in +85 degree weather. You will get an effect similar to motion blur.

[@hobbytake2845]

I was given one by Kodak when it was first released to test drive. Image quality was good when the camera would work, by that I mean it would go into a recalibration mode every 5 to 6 minutes to compensate for temperature differences that could effect color, each recalibration took 2-3 minutes. Can you imagine trying to do a family portrait with that kind of delay? At a point about 40 minutes into the portrait session I packed it back into my bag and finished up the day with my D2X.

[@ostettivictor]

About the voice memo, its a handy feature to sports photography, usually, we are hooked in stadiuns to a FTP protocol, and someone on the press room, is taking care of the imagens, sending to the press agencys, so the voice memo goes along the images for them to help speed the process of IPTC and descriptions

[@game2572]

You have to remember at this D-SLR were not common. Most enthusiasts film cameras were 400-800. And the most affordable d slr was the fuji s2 pro a crop censored aps-c camera at $2000. The Canon d30 was $3000

[@afryhover]

Have to tell you this. I'm 47 and consider myself an "old school" photographer, it makes me very happy to see young people like you getting into all the old camera gear. It can bring you so much joy. Great vid and well done 👍👍

[@jw48335]

I was thinking of this channel when I got a funky Konica DG-5W Genba Kantoku "worksite" construction digital camera mixed in a grab box of film cameras. It's now my daughter's favorite camera 😂

[@HeuerAndy]

Thanks to the person who has looked after it so well for the last 20 years. »She« really looks very good. Congratulations

[@Apexseals87]

looking it up, it looks very easy to replace the two cells inside the kodak battery. it does require some soldering and some plastic spudgers/pry bars.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Could probably split open an old battery unit and replace the cells with current spec Li-Po's.

[@WhoIsSerafin]

14 mp for that time should have been a wow!

[@SAnne-pc8hc]

I was a photo assistant in the aughts and worked with Fuji Finepix S2 cameras, and even had a Kodak DCS 300 (something) I saved from the trash. Digital cameras from that time, and before had such a specific look -- like the colors weren't exactly right, the image was a little soft, and your exposure range was razor thin compared to even color pos film. I feel like the next gen of cameras actually made markedly better images so all of these cameras got forgotten very quickly. It's cool to see them used so many years later. I guess my main memory of these cameras was having to work around the limitations of the camera in a still life environment that was previously dominated by large format film. Cameras were always tethered, everything was composited for perfect exposure, and lighting had to be super precise.

[@woomie8835]

Keep up the good work, you’re the reason I’m obsessed with digital cameras and I think others can say the same. You’re keeping this community alive and I couldn’t thank you more!! 💛

[@leonardkessinger5574]

This was a camera I drooled over back in the day

[@revaaron]

Ok, fine.. I'll finally subscribe instead of just watching all the videos. The SLR/n is still one of my absolute favorite cameras for that film-look. I originally played with it at B&H when it came out. Then I bought when the price when through the floor a year later. If you pair it to the correct lens, it's absolutely amazing. the 105VRI, the original 70-200 f/2.8G, and the 85mm f/1.4D.

[@seanimal_rex]

My Olympus e-pl2 does this same “halation”, especially with the Leica 15mm prime. I have no idea what causes this, but it has never once ruined a picture!

[@GeorgeHolden]

I want the mic image VO feature to come back! I'd love that on a modern camera 😅

[@thissidetowardscreen4553]

Excellent review! Love to find out about the history of Kodak's digital past. Kodak will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for sharing! Always great content here!

[@jakilahmoulien9070]

Woooooo the coloursssss😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱