DCS-720x photos

I got out yesterday to take some photos with my Kodak DCS-720x that I picked up on Ebay. I was surprised to find out that only 386 photos were ever taken on it! I just got two new batteries for it also. BTW, they stink and don't hold a charge long.

I quite like the quality this camera can achieve, especially now that it is ancient in digital photography terms. There is a LOT of latitude in the RAW TIFF files it makes.
Anyway, I was able to get a few nice photos out of it and these are my favorite ones. The rest can be seen at my Flickr gallery here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonman24/sets/72157629834415718/

I also have a few other galleries there that feature photos from the Kodak DCS-420, Canon DCS-3 and the nc2000e AP news camera by Kodak.

Rainbow umbrella shot with the Kodak nc2000e

I wanted to shoot this scene with my new (old) Kodak 720x but the battery just won't hold a charge, so I grabbed it with my Kodak nc2000e digital camera instead. This is actually a view of our deck umbrella with the rain on our slider.

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ISO:        200
Aperture:   F4
Shutter:    125
Lens (mm):  180mm
Exposure:   A  
Program:    rE 
Exp Comp:   +0.7
Meter area: Mtrx
Flash sync: Norm
Drive mode: H  
Focus mode: M  
Focus area: Spot
Distance:   ?? 

DCS-720x sample photos

I was able to squeeze out a couple of photos with the Kodak DCS-720x. The batteries I have are bad and won't power the camera up more than a few seconds. I have to return them under the warranty for two new ones. Until then I won't get a chance to really see what this puppy can do. I was also amazed to find out that this camera has had only 386 frames shot on it in its whole life!! That means it's virtually a new camera. I couldn't believe it.

The files in the camera are the proprietary Kodak tiff that is a virtual digital negative and can be adjusted in all sorts of ways. White balance, exposure, sharpening can all be done without losing the original information in the photo. They also open easily in Abode Bridge on my Mac. I've downsized the files to 200 DPI at 9 inches across, which is what I size all my photos to, even ones I shoot in the D700 I use at work. There, the RAW files are just too big to use effectively when shooting sports so I just shoot on Normal JPEG setting. What's nice about the 720x is I can shoot a sporting event in the RAW tiff and it's still small enough to work with and with a 1 GB card, can still achieve almost 400 images.

Picked up a Kodak DCS-720x!

I just picked up a Kodak DCS-720x on Ebay. I can't post a photo taken with it yet because the Cameron-Sino battery packs suck and won't hold a charge long enough to shoot a photo. So far all the controls work and it is VERY clean and new looking.

As soon as I can take some photos with it, I'll post a few.  :)