I was looking at some my my earliest digital photos the other day and I noticed that my first couple of digital cameras back in the early 00’s had really vivid colors, images unlike anything I get today, and I was thinking about that so I did some research and learned that they had an earlier type of sensor called a CCD whereas most new cameras have a different technology called CMOS. CMOS is faster but the colors from CCD sensors are more film-like, so there is now a bit of a vogue to bring back older CCD cameras. Well, I did some research and found that the sweet spot for a CCD camera was a 10-megapixel Sony manufactured sensor that was found in a few of the Nikon DSLRs before they converted to CMOS and those cameras are super cheap and common. So, I bought a D40X for $50 and here is the result. Beautiful color, very film-like texture to the image, just excellent. The resolution is lower and the sensor is a little slower to shoot with in terms of frames per second but it shoots RAW and it looks GREAT. And the price point is insane. Anyhow, here are a dozen shots of the doggos from tonight in the yard to show what a $50 Goodwill Nikon from 2006 can do. Nice. #dogsofpixelfed #dslr #nikond40x

Originally posted on Pixelfed at https://pixelfed.social/p/ryansutter/838242592317574789