Already 20 years!

Maoby wrote:

I have never used the Nikon D50, but all three have a CCD sensor!

Maoby, love your camera comparions!

I see that it's been a theme from you to compare the first gen CCD cameras vs recent CMOS DSLRs.

Personally, I DO prefer those first gen sensors over any modern CMOS.

I'll dive into the same idea myself, I'll be shooting and mixing my recently purchased D1x and D200 with my DMF Hassy, all of them side by side in the very same shoots.

Have you considered adding DMF to your collection of comparisons?

Here's a "cheap" 31mp CCD Hassy in action.

Nowadays it's quite cheap, and still produce stunning results.

I'd LOVE with capital letters to see you compare one of these with a D850.

About 10 years ago I did compare side by side a D800 vs Phase One P40+

And a D700 vs Mamiya DM22.

Unfortunately time has been short nowadays to continue these comparisons, but I enjoy a lot yours, please keep always posting!

Best regards,

Maoby wrote:

Thanks a lot, that's nice of you

Sorry for the delay, always busy around here

I really do love your comparisons Maoby. In a way, what you do is what keeps my interest in photography ever fresh.

I select digital cameras picking up sensors like they were film stocks, as in "today I want to go with a D200 CCD, today a D3X CMOS, now a Dalsa CCD, now a Foveon, etc" in the same way someone chooses Portra or Velvia, or Ektar, etc.

Whenever I have a shoot coming up, I try to select at least 3 cameras of very different sensor technologies for the day.

Your comparisons always fascinate me, because you've done it for far more camera flavours than anyone else.

For those who have a similar way of seeing digital images, those comparisons are always refreshing and awesome.

I still have a lot of cameras that I would like to compare, but unfortunately, my budget is not unlimited.

Here are just some of the cameras that I would like to acquire, for my comparisons.

Contax Digital N 2002

haha good luck on that one

Leica M8 2006

Mamiya ZD 22MP 2006

I have those 2 above. Both render in such a distinct way, a render you can't find anywhere else regardless of specs.

Both among my favorite ever.

Maybe someday.

For the moment I have to be satisfied with my 77 acquisitions.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157644364384041

Collection DSLR - ML 2022

AMAZING collection. You should have a You Tube channel, honestly!

Far too interesting content to not have one.

You really should!

Count me as subscriber on day 1

Best regards,

Maoby wrote:

Thank you, it's good to know that there are photographers who understand my approach, and who seem to like it.

Not just like it, LOVE IT with capital letters!

An anecdote concerning the Contax, a French collector sent me this photograph to tease me.
He has four Contax Digital !!

noooooooooo way !!!!!

Now you got us both drooling! WOW!

The N digital was on my radar some years ago, until I realized how rare and expensive they are haha

Back to the film analogy, to shoot one of those nowadays, would be like shooting Kodachrome in 2022, both in finding the film stock and somehow getting it developed.

Oh my!!

Look at the mint condition as well... wooooow

Count me desperate haha !!

Just for fun, did he ever mentioned for how much $$$...infinitely more $$...$$$$ he would sell one for you?

Super curious! I bet a house or 2 and a Ferrari 

And I'm jealous of the Leica M8 and especially the Mamiya ZD 22MP

Ok I cheated a little bit haha

I had a Leaf Aptus back (22 mp) and now the same exact back, but Mamiya branded.

Both are variants of the same 22mp Dalsa CCD used in the ZD.

Although I pretty much have the same sensor here, I wanted the ZD camera itself, but legend says the AF is quite prone to failing.

So it went out of the radar.... for now at least

Love those exotic cameras, that you go out shooting, and not even a hardcore photographer knows its existence.

You seem to me to be a real enthusiast, good luck in your future projects.

Yup, love these cameras, specially the vintage CCD variants.

Very recently I got a mint D1x for mere 130 bucks, and will take it to expensive shoots side by side with my Hassy.

I know that would make half DPR's population cringe very hard, a 2001 APS-C Nikon and a Hassy shooting together...

But yeah, we're going that hole haha

Please keep doing your awesome work

Best regards,

Maoby wrote:

What's left of the little Nikon D100 (2002), Now over 20 years old !!

Here a comparison with the formidable Nikon D810 ( Just for fun )
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72177720298107273

Nikon D100 (2002) / Nikon D810 (2014)

Nikon D100 (2002) / Nikon D810 (2014)

Nikon D100 (2002) 6.3 MP DX sensor (3008 x 2000) Price: $2,400USD Photos taken with the AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED DX Nikkor (with a multiplication factor of 1.5) APS-C 200-1600 (6400) ISO
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Nikon D810 (2014) 36.3 MP FX sensor (7360 x 4912) Price: $3,300USD Photos taken with the AF-S VR 24-120mm f/4 G ED N nikkor (multiplication factor of 1.0) 64-12800 (32-51200) H2 ISO

N°04 Nikon D100 (2002)

N°04 Nikon D810 (2014)

N°05 Nikon D100 (2002)

N°05 Nikon D810 (2014)

Next for those interested: https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72177720298107273

Your remarks are welcome!

Maoby I do not have a d100 but love the d810 output which I use regularly. Both cameras look good here.

marcio_napoli wrote:

Maoby wrote:

Thanks a lot, that's nice of you

Sorry for the delay, always busy around here

I really do love your comparisons Maoby. In a way, what you do is what keeps my interest in photography ever fresh.

I select digital cameras picking up sensors like they were film stocks, as in "today I want to go with a D200 CCD, today a D3X CMOS, now a Dalsa CCD, now a Foveon, etc" in the same way someone chooses Portra or Velvia, or Ektar, etc.

Whenever I have a shoot coming up, I try to select at least 3 cameras of very different sensor technologies for the day.

Your comparisons always fascinate me, because you've done it for far more camera flavours than anyone else.

For those who have a similar way of seeing digital images, those comparisons are always refreshing and awesome.

I still have a lot of cameras that I would like to compare, but unfortunately, my budget is not unlimited.

Here are just some of the cameras that I would like to acquire, for my comparisons.

Contax Digital N 2002

haha good luck on that one

Leica M8 2006

Mamiya ZD 22MP 2006

I have those 2 above. Both render in such a distinct way, a render you can't find anywhere else regardless of specs.

Both among my favorite ever.

Maybe someday.

For the moment I have to be satisfied with my 77 acquisitions.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157644364384041

Collection DSLR - ML 2022

AMAZING collection. You should have a You Tube channel, honestly!

Far too interesting content to not have one.

You really should!

Count me as subscriber on day 1

Best regards,

Marcio I think about sensors the same way. The output is akin to selecting different films. I do like to collect. Ebay allows some of these to be picked up for a song. I always look for mint copies.

Maoby wrote:

I wish you good finds

Kodak DCS army

Maoby, whatever people said in the past, those Kodaks are amazing today.

Right now they have the same flavor as retrogaming (for those interested in gaming).

It carries all the nostalgia, all the fun, without needing 1 bit to compete with modern day tech.

The fun is exactly that, they are they own thing.

I mean, look at those F90x (my favorite ever film camera), with digital guts!

And those F5 (for many the best film camera ever)

And the F3 in the center, that looks like some sort of Hollywood movie tech, like an Imax camera.

The best analogue has to offer, with improvements tailor made to satisfy professionals of its time.

Simply amazing, absolutely love it.

Best regards,

Maoby wrote:

The video game analogy is fun!

Please send any spare ccd bodies to primeshooter, Scotland.

If they are being sent to you from the US, they must be sent to Missouri to my address for clearance first. Then I will make sure they are exportable, and if not I will handle disposal.