My Little History of Digital Compacts

One of the times I saw that human stupidity has no limit.
It is with the arrival of the Single-Use Camera DIGITAL

Hi,

What does it use? WORM memory? Meaning you can only write to it one time. Read it all you want after.

Stan

See here

rumkin.com/reference/dakota/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Dakota_Digital

No, it has this great invention: a delete function. It just does not have a port or removable media

When we liked to complicate life 👍🏻

I have been enjoying this thread—lots I didn't realize or completely forgot. My first digital was an Olympus C2020 purchased for $750 in late 1999. Not a bad camera for the time, and I even did a business portrait or two in the studio with it. 2mp. Interesting to see how far that camera and come from the ones just a couple of years previous.

Thank you very much for your feedback 👍🏻
Yes, the Olympus C-2020z was an excellent digital camera in its day.

A Special Waterproof Digital Camera

Here two Nikon Coolpix AW

NIKON Coolpix AW100 (2011)
16 MP sensor (4608 x 3456)
Storage: SD
$350.00 USD

Nikon Coolpix AW130 (2015)
16MP sensor (4608 x 3456)
Price: $250.00 USD
Lens 4.3-21.5 mm (24-120 equivalent angle of view)
(5.58 multiplication factor) 1/2.3 inch CMOS

I saw a rugged camera that you can take anywhere!
Unfortunately the results, to me seemed catastrophic

Nikon KeyMission 80 (2016)

12.4 MP (3968 × 2976) 1/2.3” CMOS sensor
Price: $280 USD
Nikkor 4.5mm (25mm equivalent)
(multiplication factor of 5.56)
ISO 64-1600

I'm not sure about Nikon's intention when releasing the KeyMission cameras in 2016.
Too little too late!

I have to clean up 😬

Just for fun 😄

I did a mini comparison between my Nikon D500 and the KeyMission 80, to get a better idea of this little camera. One thing is sure, it doesn't take up much space in my camera bag.
See here for more results: www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157719410599952

Nikon D500 (2016)
20.9 MP (5568 x 3712) APS-C (15.7 x 23.7 mm) sensor
Price: $2,000 USD
Photos taken with the Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5)
100-51200 (50-1640000) H5 ISO
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Nikon KeyMission 80 (2016)
1/2.3'' 12.4 MP CMOS sensor (3968 × 2976)
Price: $280 USD
Nikkor 4.5mm ( 25mm equivalent )
(multiplication factor of 5.56)
64-1600 ISO

For the rest: www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157719410599952

Nikon Coolpix AW130 (2015) / Nikon KeyMission 80 (2016)

www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157719291835371

Two waterproof cameras

Nikon Coolpix AW130 (2015)
1/2.3" CMOS sensor with 16 MP (4608x3456)
Price: $250 USD
4.3-21.5mm lens (24-120mm equivalent)
(multiplication factor of 5.58)
ISO 125-1600

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Nikon Key Mission 80 (2016)
12.4 MP (3968 × 2976) 1/2.3” CMOS sensor
Price: $280 USD
Nikkor 4.5mm (25mm equivalent)
(multiplication factor of 5.56)
ISO 64-1600

Those are the first ever photos I have seen taken with the Keymission

These are not cameras that have had very great success! 😂

You make the most interesting comparisons, that's for sure - excellent work! 👍

Do you know how well the KeyMission would have done against an iphone or another high-end smartphone at the time? In 2016 I think there was the iphone6... I felt like that camera was aldready pretty good, but I just looked it up and it had significantly less megapixels.

Not yet, it's on my to-do list 😎
I still have more than a hundred comparisons on my list.

iPhone 6s (2015)
12.19MP sensor (4032x3024)
Price: $575 USD
camera 4.15mm f/2.2
(multiplication factor of 7.0) = 29mm
ISO25

Nikon Key Mission 80 (2016)
12.4 MP (3968 × 2976) 1/2.3” CMOS sensor
Price: $280 USD
Nikkor 4.5mm (25mm equivalent)
(multiplication factor of 5.56)
ISO 64-1600

👍

Given your epic collection of cameras are there still any you would like to get your hands on 😀