Scott Bakalar left a comment about his antiquated digital camera that uses floppy discs to store his images. He said it was time to ask for a new camera and he was right.
Here at The Chronicle, we have a few cameras that are on their way to the great camera graveyard in the sky.
When the paper transitioned from film to digital in 2000, we purchased four used cameras from another paper. The 2-megapixel cameras are Kodak dcs-620's and in their day they were state-of-the-art workhorses. These oversized beasts that weigh in at about six pounds had a hefty pricetag to match:
$15,000 was all it took to own one of these cameras.
How times have changed. Now they sit on a shelf in the photo department,
unused, unwanted and in the way. I looked at Ebay to see what the
cameras would sell for if we decided to get rid of them and the final
insult for these cameras was given. Of the 282,364 camera related items
for sale there isn't one single dcs-620.
2 comments:
If one can actually feel sorry for a camera...perhaps there's a spot for mine and the CT's on the Island of Misfit Toys.
I can see it now...
"I'm a choo-choo with square wheels"
"I only shoot 2 megapixels"
"Nobody wants a Charlie-in-the-Box"
In this world of rapid technological change, the Island of Misfit Toys must be suffering from some serious overpopulation issues . . . just picture their city council meetings!
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