Beautiful Cameras Under $100 Part 1

The Olympus C-70 or C-7000 is a beautiful camera I picked up for around $20, but can be around $60 usually. Beyond the wonderful design (which really is striking) it features a good 7.1 megapixel CCD sensor and full manual controls. The lens is okay, but does suffer CA under bad lighting conditions, which is a disappointment. It's also not wide enough for me (38mm) but gets to a nice 190mm equivalent on the long end.

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[SeiryuNanago]

I wish modern compact cameras still had built-in viewfinders.

[Hellefleur]

Resellers: I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

[NightShooter]

I must be going colour blind. That's silver.

[harrisfogel]

These reviews should always mention if they shoot in RAW format. Makes a huge difference in image quality with older cameras. Ex-Olympus Pro here.

[matthewroth]

Bring back pocket digicams with view finders and pop flashes that are affordable. Most people don’t wanna spend potentially $1000 for an RX100 model to get features that were in cams < $100-200 over ten years ago.

[devonstable]

I still use my C-7000Z. I particularly like the time-lapse feature which was unusual in a compact camera at the time it was launched.

[byxavi]

aaand thanks to videos like these, it’s so much harder to buy a camera under $100 😅

[hertsman]

It's ok...I wouldn't pay more than $10 for it. There were very few tiny sensor cameras that produced excellent images. Young photographers are being attracted by the claims that CCD sensors produce " film-like " images - this is arguably correct but proceed with caution - there are many mediocre models out there that are way overpriced.

[trevorwilkerson]

love the fact that this guy realizes “starting out” means you probably don’t have over $1000 to spend on the camera body alone

[eddievenuto]

Speaking of beautiful cameras. The nikon d three is one of the great cameras ever. I like big cameras. I don't like film cameras but I like old cameras that have image centers. Use nikon because I love their cameras.

[raidriar]

I think the sd1000 would be worth mentioning or the s100 would be worth being mentioned on another episode!

[SpikeHead-Cactus]

I have a C-750 uz, tyr best thing it has an electronic viewfinder. Proper screen like in mirror less cameras. You can control everything without even using the full display.

[Antelope-jmjx]

That was my camera for several years as a kid

It was beastade with steel

[Mainstram]

I would recommend the canon s120 it's a good digi cam for 60-120 bucks depends on the region I got mine for 40 from an old guy who's from the u.k overall a great lil fella for taking pics and videos

[andrzejdeda]

Mam ten aparat. Jest bardzo dobry, ma jednak swoje wady: bardzo słabe akumulatory i bardzo długo zapisuje pliki RAW. Mimo tego, lubię go i od czasu do czasu używam.

[azolaun]

I randomly found one at goodwill thrift for $25. Just need to buy a charger hopefully it still works

[GenericJeebus]

A 7MP from 2004? Good lord, I collect older digicams from around that time and the closest thing I have to that is a 5MP cybershot from 2003, not to mention most off brands were interpolating 6MP from 3MP sensors even in 2005. Even the Olympus Camedias I have from around then are at max 3MP, they really pulled out all the stops for this one. My old Nikon D40 DSLR from 2006 is still only 6MP as well.

[GenX_in_the_wild]

I never understood the point of a viewfinder.. Until i went out with my Kodak digi cam, that does not have a viewfinder and it was so bright I could not see anything.. haha.. Now I know :D

[jamesmata]

Is there a resurgence in these older cameras. All of the listings on ebay were few bucks above a 100 $

[photom]

Haven’t found below a hundred yet. Still looking