- Do you still use you older film or digital compact?
- Still happily carrying a Rollei AFM 35 or Konica AF?
- Don't see any reason to upgrade from that trusty Sony DSC-V3 or Canon S70?
- Still frequently leave the DSLR at home and carry a Minolta A2 or Olympus C-5050 instead?
- Or do you simply have fond memories of a particular camera you wish you had kept?
Tell us about it. Contribute an article telling us why your camera deserves a place in the Serious Compacts Hall of Fame.
Here's how:
1) Join our Flickr group.
2) Start a new thread on the Discussion page, beginning the title with "S.C. Hall of Fame", for example the thread title might be "S.C. Hall of Fame - Canon Powershot G3".
3) Write your review as the original post in that thread. The discussion forum supports HTML, so feel free to include links and photos in your review.
4) Send us a note to let us know about your entry.
That's it! We'll link to your review from the blog front page and add your article link to the Serious Compacts Hall of Fame.
If you wish to contribute a separate review on a camera that is already in the Hall of Fame, please by all means do so; but start a separate discussion thread. That way we can properly recognize your contribution.
Many of these older models are underappreciated, and some are truly irreplaceable. Help us build up a valuable resource by contributing a piece on one of your favorite older cameras.
Is Your Older Compact Camera a Hall of Famer?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Posted by Amin
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Nikon Coolpix 8400 might be a good candidate. It's bigger and heavier than it could be, but has a lot of features people are looking for today: wide angle, largish sensor with free range pixels, lots of photographic adjustments available, tilt/swivel LCD. Not bad for a 4 year old camera.
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/nikon/coolpix8400-review/
Bruce, I agree. Hopefully someone will go to the discussion page and write up an entry for the 8400 so we can add it to the HOF =).
I have no idea how this could be done, but it would be very interesting to have a mini shootout with Hall of Fame cameras (if there were any others submitted) compared to something current like the G9 or GX100. Were they really better, or are we waxing nostalgic?
Hi Michael, I don't have the camera collection or time to do it all, but I bet that a number of folks in the group have an old favorite around to compare with a current model. I too would be very interested in seeing this sort of new vs classic shootout.
My Olympus C7070WZ was a joy to hold. Too bad it was so slow to shoot and had such demanding menus. The tilt LCD was always one of my favorite features, although quite small.
I've contacted Olympus a few times requesting an upgrade, siting all the features that could be changed; faster focus, faster shot times, etc. but only polite replies.
Now I see Panasonic has introduced the G1!
Maybe someone was listening.