Year one, the first digital Nikon & Canon

Nikon D1 (1999-2000) / Canon EOS D30 (2000)

For all: www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157676643340036

Nikon D1 (1999-2000)
APS-C sensor (23.7 x 15.7) 2.74 MP CCD (2012x1324 )
Nikon's first digital SLR!
Price: $5,600 USD
Photos taken with the nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5)
ISO 200-1600

Canon EOS D30 (2000)
3 MP APS-C (22.3 x 14.9) CMOS sensor (2160x1440)
Canon's first digital SLR!
Price: $3,500 USD
Photos taken with Canon EF 50 f/1.8 II
(with a multiplication factor of 1.6)
ISO 100-1600

dprevived.com/t/my-little-history-of-dslrml/2537/

I would love to hear your opinion …

The Canon D30 was my first digital camera, and I did most of my learning on it. Mine came with the tiny but huge at the time, 1GB IBM microdrive. It was a nice camera, but I remember it being fairly chunky compared to my current stuff.

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You were lucky to be able to afford the Canon D30, $3,500 US in 2000 for a 3MP.
I hope you weren't too frustrated when the 6MP D60 came out.

The headline of this thread might imply that the first digital camera using Nikon&Canon optics was made by those companies, this might lead to the wrong conclusion ad originality. Kodak labelled digital bodies were quite early with the DCS100 based on an F3 taking Nikon lenses. (In my experience the later 14MP ones taking Canon EF lenses had terrible noise if one went above 400ASA.But Kodak software gave quite good colours)

p.

Maybe you should take a look at the thread “My Little History of DSLR/ML”

Right here: dprevived.com/t/my-little-history-of-dslrml/2537/

Hi,

And then Nikon had six DSLR models over a period of a few years prior to the D1. However, those also involved Fujifilm.

And Canon bought back their units from Kodak and rebadged them the D2000 and D6000 a few years prior to the D30.

What I see here is drawing the Year One line at the point where both Nikon and Canon brought out DSLRs on their own without a collaboration with another photographic company.

For me, the advent of the Nikon D1 meant earlier E series and Kodak units became low cost options of the used market. Meaning I bought an E2 and a DCS460 prior to plunking down the dough for a D1 a year later.

Stan

You have all the information you need here, to understand

Here: dprevived.com/t/my-little-history-of-dslrml/2537/

All of it is really well presented - excellent work!

And some health tips as well, along the way:

Seeing all of this makes me glad I'm no collector* 😉

*of cameras

I understand you 😉

this thread is an excellent illustration of why one should not be too strict with digressions.

My comment above ad the title of the initial post here has led to most enlightening illlustrations of early C&N optic-using devices. But no picture in this thread yet of the light-blue (?) electronics box used in the first Kodak efforts. I have not copyed it, but believe it was contained in a paper written by one of the originators.

p.

The D30 was the first high quality digital camera I purchased. I don’t count a couple of cheap Coolpix for eBay photos. I integrated the D30 into my workflow for weddings and lifestyle shooting…alongside two Nikon F5 bodies and a Mamiya RB67. I found the rez just fine for wedding shots in a photo book where they were never bigger than about 8x10. I also loved having the low noise even at 800 and 1600 compared to film. I still have the D30 today…though I don’t use it much. Funny…considering most people today only display their pics on an ipad, phone or TV…the 3mp would still be enough for them.

Thank you for your testimonial 😎

Nikon Digital SLR D1 (1999)
www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157633178786818

Canon EOS D30 (2000)
www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157633176269022

Ha-ha not at all, unless my subconscious is playing tricks on me. 😱