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20th anniversary !

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Maoby
Maoby Veteran Member • Posts: 5,471
20th anniversary !
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The Minolta Dimâge RD-3000 celebrates its 20th anniversary this year (1999-2019)

The time flies!

Minolta RD-3000 (1999)

Photos taken with the RD-3000 : https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157633303833827

Slice of life

Minolta RD-3000

Say cheese!

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Maoby
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Re: 20th anniversary !
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I dared to compare my Minolta RD-3000 (1999) with my Nikon D500 (2016)
17 years separates them!

Comparison between the Minolta RD-3000 (1999) and the Nikon D500 (2016)

Minolta RD-3000 2.7 MP Sensor (1984x1360)
Price: $ 3,400.00 USD
Pictures taken with the Minolta V Macro 50mm f / 3.5
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5) APS-C
200 & 800 ISO

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The Nikon D500 20.9 MP (5568 x 3712)
Price: $ 2,000.00 USD
Pictures taken with the nikkor AF-S 50mm f / 1.8G
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5)
100-51200 (1,640,000) ISO

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To see more : https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157702559182492

Your remarks are welcome!

Minolta RD-3000 (1999) / Nikon D500 (2016) 100%

Minolta RD-3000 (1999) / Nikon D500 (2016) 100%

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sybersitizen Forum Pro • Posts: 24,267
Re: 20th anniversary !

Maoby wrote:

I dared to compare my Minolta RD-3000 (1999) with my Nikon D500 (2016)
17 years separates them!

Interesting.

Your remarks are welcome!

There's been a lot of improvement.

Paul Barnard
Paul Barnard Veteran Member • Posts: 3,798
Re: 20th anniversary !

sybersitizen wrote:

Maoby wrote:

I dared to compare my Minolta RD-3000 (1999) with my Nikon D500 (2016)
17 years separates them!

Interesting.

Your remarks are welcome!

There's been a lot of improvement.

The real irony is that while the image quality of cameras has Improved massively our way of looking at images has degraded. I’ve just read the thread on my iphone and both sets of images look great.   I think it’s true to say that the bulk of images are now viewed on small hand held devices. The quality of a 17 year old Minolta is well up to it.

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Maoby
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Obviously watching the images on an iPhone, the comparison loses all its interest, in my eyes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/sets/72157702559182492
It must be viewed on flickr with a good scree !

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Paul Barnard
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Re: 20th anniversary !

Maoby wrote:

Obviously watching the images on an iPhone, the comparison loses all its interest, in my eyes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/sets/72157702559182492
It must be viewed on flickr with a good scree !

Completely agree but then we are probably not the 'normal' situation.  I wouldn't dream of comparing an image unless I was using my color calibrated monitor in controlled light

My point was cameras are getting increasingly better but people are gravitating towards viewing on small screens and as low resolution JPG through social media.

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Maoby
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Re: 20th anniversary !

Funny paradox

iPhone 6s (2015) / Nikon D500 (2016)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157665535820359

iPhone 6s (2015) / Nikon D500 (2016)

l’iPhone 6s (2015) / Nikon D500 (2016) 100%

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