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My first ever digital camera was the above.
A Pentax Optio 550. It cost a lot of money for a PAS back in 2003 (£550) and, because I'd not really got 'back into' photography at that time, I shot everything in JPEG and didn't do any post. Pretty sure I would have had it in auto mode the entire time I owned it.
But worst of all, I didn't even own a PC at home so saved all my pics to my Work PC and had to save them out at something like 70% quality to get them to fit on to a floppy disc.
(Hangs head in shame)
But even so, I always liked the images from it.
And every now and again, it would produce an image that had a quality that I really liked.
Clearly by accident.
Every subsequent PAS camera I replaced it with (including 3-4 Panasonic Lumix) didn't give (IMO) the same light quality.
So I hung on to it until it was literally held together with Duct Tape. Then eventually. my daughter dropped it on a stone floor and it was no more.
Always missed it, and every now and again would look for one on eBay. Finally found one which looked pretty good and made a bid and won it for £22.50. Which is a 25th of its original price.
Now it's turned up, it looks immaculate.
So, this project is to see if I can deliberately produce some nice images from it.
Basic Features
Now that i've got it, I've realised that's not true, but there is an option for TIFF images, so I've set it to that as at least it's a lossless format.
So the next step is to start using it. I also remember that it was hopeless in low light, so I've probably picked the worst time of year to buy one, but beggars can't be choosers.
A Pentax Optio 550. It cost a lot of money for a PAS back in 2003 (£550) and, because I'd not really got 'back into' photography at that time, I shot everything in JPEG and didn't do any post. Pretty sure I would have had it in auto mode the entire time I owned it.
But worst of all, I didn't even own a PC at home so saved all my pics to my Work PC and had to save them out at something like 70% quality to get them to fit on to a floppy disc.
(Hangs head in shame)
But even so, I always liked the images from it.
And every now and again, it would produce an image that had a quality that I really liked.
Clearly by accident.
Every subsequent PAS camera I replaced it with (including 3-4 Panasonic Lumix) didn't give (IMO) the same light quality.
So I hung on to it until it was literally held together with Duct Tape. Then eventually. my daughter dropped it on a stone floor and it was no more.
Always missed it, and every now and again would look for one on eBay. Finally found one which looked pretty good and made a bid and won it for £22.50. Which is a 25th of its original price.
Now it's turned up, it looks immaculate.
So, this project is to see if I can deliberately produce some nice images from it.
Basic Features
- 5.0-megapixel CCD, for images up to 2592 x 1944 pixels.
- Real-image optical viewfinder.
- 1.5-inch color TFT LCD monitor.
- Glass, 5x, 7.8-39mm lens, equivalent to a 37.5-187.5mm lens on a 35mm camera.
- 5x digital zoom
- Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure modes.
- Shutter speeds from 1/4,000 to eight seconds.
- Aperture range from f/2.8 to f/7.9, depending on lens zoom position.
Now that i've got it, I've realised that's not true, but there is an option for TIFF images, so I've set it to that as at least it's a lossless format.
So the next step is to start using it. I also remember that it was hopeless in low light, so I've probably picked the worst time of year to buy one, but beggars can't be choosers.
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