The famous Kodak DCS 315 (1998)

In 1998 Kodak decided to release a low-cost (affordable) DCS with an APS mount, the Pronea 6i.

The famous Kodak DCS 315

Here in comparison with the Kodak DCS 620x
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Kodak DCS 315 (1998) / Kodak DCS 620x (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak DCS 315 1.5 MP (1524x1012)
Price: $6,000.00 USD
Photos taken with IX-Nikkor 24-70mm f/3.5-5.6
(with a multiplication factor of 2.6)
ISO 100-400

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Kodak DCS 620X 2 MP ( 1728x1152 )
Price : $10,500.00 USD
Photos taken with nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D
(with a multiplication factor of 1.6)
ISO 400-6400

Kodak DCS 315 (1998) / Kodak DCS 620x (2000) 100% by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

All in all, disappointing results for the Kodak DCS 315
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HSV Saturation

Hue only

The Kodak DCS-315 shares with the DCS 520 the merit of being one of the first two DSLRs to feature an LCD screen.

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Kodak DCS 520 (1998) / Kodak DCS 315 (1998) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak DCS 315 (1998) / Kodak DCS 620x (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Hi,

Yup. Kodak trying to get in line with the Nikon D1 pricing. The 315 and 330 were the only APS-C sensor equipped DSLRs to use actual APS Film SLR lenses that I know of.

The poor APS system. It didn't live very long.

Stan

Curiously, only the DCS 315 can use IX-Nikkor "APS" lenses.
The filter installed on the DCS 330 forces us to use standard 24x36 lenses. 😖
IX-Nikkor's penetrate too deeply into the camera.

Kodak Professional Pronea by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Hi,

Only five or six IX lenses as I recall.

Stan

I remember when APS film format came out. It mostly confused people. I thought it was doomed on arrival and tried to steer customers to 35mm.

Is the "add on" bottom sections of these DSLR cameras mostly filled with batteries or processing electronics? @Maoby don't be so hard on 315 picture quality, it beats my Nintendo Gameboy camera. :). By a lot!
Thanks,
barondla

To see inside the Kodak DCS 315
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ99FcoPTU0

*The Nintendo Gameboy camera. didn't cost $6,000 US 😄

Hi,

Yes. To both. Kodak preferred glass fiber circuit boards to flex film. And I don't blame them. So they have to go somewhere else other than in the camera body. Then, too, the battery pack.

Many of the Kodak models used off the shelf camera bodies, both Nikon and Canon. Some used modified bodies, such as missing the film transport parts. I don't know which kind the APS bodies were. Although I suspect they were stock film units like the 400 series were (not like the 600 and 700 series with their modified F5 bodies).

Stan

True! Seeing all the stuff packed into the Nikon it is amazing it worked at all.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Can't imagine designing this project. Trying to interface with someone else's high tech product. No telling how much Kodak invested.
Thanks,
barondla