Unsung Cameras Of Yesteryear: The Kodak NC2000 (Featuring Rob Galbraith)

We continue our Unsung Cameras Of Yesteryear series with a look at the first large sensor digital camera designed for photojournalism, the Kodak NC2000. See how far DSLRs have come since 1994, and how this camera stacks up to it's major competition at the time, film!

Special thanks to Rob Galbraith, Ted Wingate, Mike Drew and Leah Hennel

Shot and edited by Jordan Drake
Shot on the Sony FS5

[chrisgavin]

This is so much more interesting than just a 'retro gear review'. Adding the interviews with the journalists was a great thing and the stories really bring this alive. Great story, good job.

[abinavram]

one has to agree, camerastoreTV blows every other camera review chanel out of the water. In love with your work guys. Plus you make calgary look like the best place to live.

[EDHBlvd]

"Hi, this is Jordan the video guy. This camera has the same video features as the Nikon Df. Thanks."

[RodrigoVzq]

160% view finder coverage! Cant get that nowadays haha

[MuchoBe]

What I take home from this video is that the Kodak Ektar 100 film is just gorgeous!

[hksigman]

This brings back memories. I bought an NC2000e with my own money and used it to convince my newspaper to convert to digital photography. What a great time of my life.

[owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

This is my favorite series on this channel

[digitizedlight]

Awesome video guys, more like this please!

It was also great to see Rob Galbraith again, I was a big fan and follower of his site from the very beginning. I hope you bring him back again in future videos!

Cheers!

[JNFR]

That bird at 11:36 ... "What are these humans on about?"

[richudo]

Another great video! Thank you, very interesting and nostalgic

[RyoHazuki]

Wow, $17, 000 for that camera when it was new. My, how technology flies!
I remember my first little digital compact camera, a 3 megapixel Olympus Stylus around 2003, cost me about $350. Last year I bought a 24 megapixel Sony A6000 for about $400 (open box item at Best Buy! Woot!)

God I love technology advancements!!

[moop]

keep these vids comin! so fun to learn about cameras that were made in the past.

[davidshearer]

Thanks for sharing - this is a cool series - I started shooting film in the '60s and digital around 2000 (Nikon Coolpix 990) - this brought back fond memories

[johnmichaelleslie]

If you're after camera suggestions for the Yesteryear series how about Epson's (brief) foray into interchangeable lens cameras with the R-D1. I actually owned one briefly back in Jan 2005 but traded it in for the much more sensible Canon 20D (the rangefinder patch on the Epson was a touch on the small side for my liking). BTW it used a CCD sensor from 2002. Oh and some people allege it was the first mirrorless camera...
(I don't miss the camera, the 20D was just plain excellent so no regrets, but I sometimes wish I'd kept the Voigtländer lenses.)

[MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

The purple fire and Christmas light glares are oddly stunning.

[neilfisher]

Great to see and hear Rob Galbraith :)

[sidersproductions]

We just don't know how good we have it these days. Well now we know.lol Thanks for the journey back.

[AlbaAdventures]

I remember having similar conversations with the Magnum photographers when I worked there. Very cool that you are doing this.

[bird]

Chris, great video. Thank you. Do you remember the Minolta RD-175 in 1995? At the time, it was state-of-the-art.

[djkraus]

I remember using the Kodak DCS420 in the mid 90's and we would use a hot mirror filter to alleviate some of the issues you were having with the NC2000.