What was the first digital camera you owned? Spend a moment to tell us about it.
When did you buy it? What brand? Megapixels? . . . ? Anything great about it? Anything poor? (Go on, get it off your chest!)
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It was a Sony P100. 
I was ree-e-eeally happy, because I got it for my birthday and I was hoping I would get it, but I was 13, that's understandable.
I had no idea how …
A Kodak EasyShare CX Series
I bought it back when I was in college, in February 2005, when I knew nothing about photography; my one and only focus was graphic design.
I think …
Kodak DC3200
It was a birthday gift and was bought as a complete package camera printer etc.
It has a long shutter lag but took surprisingly good photos considering …
Kodak DC260 1.3 mp
I still have it and it works as good as when I bought it. It takes great photos and I've had a lot of fun with it.
It only holds 11 photos at its best …
kodak dc 210
1 mp camera that captured decent pictures. used it to photograph many early pictures of my children and family.
(The Kodak DC210 was on sale from …
Canon XapShot 
1992 I purchased a Canon XapShot RC-250, a still video capture camera and I was hooked.
The Canon XapShot RC-250 was before the advent of digital photography, …
Nikon D50
I'd convinced myself before the D50 was given to me as a Christmas present that I would never go digital.
I was staying with film.
Boy was I wrong! …
Canon G2
I still have this camera, which my mother now uses. She is 79 years old, and she very much enjoys this as well.
I plan on converting this to IR (Infrared) …
Sony Mavaca
It was a 320X240 pixel CCD model, recorded 8 photos on a floppy disc.
As I remember it, the price was $10,000! As an engineering tool, it revolutionized …
Fuji FinePix S602 Zoom Not rated yet
First affordable digital camera I could use for weddings back in 2000, paid $2,500, good buy at the time, 12 months later they went for $1,200 (Aust) so …
Kodak DC 210 Not rated yet
Great little camera. Only 1mp, but took good images.
2x zoom lens 29-58mm; f/4.0-4.7. Not the fastest, but not bad for its time. Compact flash media, …
Canon Rebel T1i with EF-S 18-55 IS lens and EF 75-300 Telephoto AF lens Not rated yet
It is overall a very reliable sturdy camera, fast accurate autofocus and excellent performance in low light compared to other cameras in its price range. …
Canon G1 - 3.1 MP Not rated yet
I honestly don't remember exactly when I purchased this camera, but I am pretty sure it was around 1999 or 2000. I was looking for something good, that …
Casio EX-Z60 Not rated yet
It was good, it served its purpose and it took really high quality pictures for a camera that inexpensive and that small.
It had a couple problems …
Nikon Coolpix 990 Not rated yet
Bought it from a friend for 500.00 It still was selling for 900.00 dollars in the stores at the time (2001) I got the batteries & charger and 2 memory …
Nikon D5000 Not rated yet
Got made redundant from work so I needed something to occupy my spare time.
I always fancied trying my hand at photography so bit the bullet and bought …
Sony DSC H50 Not rated yet
I bought my Sony DSC H50 last year. It has a 15X optical zoom, 9.1 megapixels, special nightshot mode to shoot pictures in complete darkness.
I'm …
Fuji Finepix (I think it was called a Finepix).. Christmas 2005. Not rated yet
Three megapixels. Macro mode. 2.5 inch screen. Quite well featured, software included stitch for panoramas and various film effects. Took good quality …
KODAK DCS 460 Not rated yet
Kodak DCS460 was a 6 megapixel DSLR which I purchased in 1996. It was the first digital camera I had used that allowed me to shoot people as it was a one …
Canon G1 Not rated yet
It was a 3 megapixel point and shoot that provided manual camera control and a hot shoe flash mount. It also had a rotating display that allowed the framed …
Olympus C200Zoom Not rated yet
The Olympus C200 Zoom was a 3 megapixel camera I bought in 2002.
It cost a fortune, around 400 in today's money.
It had a small display, a couple …
Fuji 1400Z Not rated yet
1 megapixel. 3x zoom (eqv 35 - 100 mm).
Flimsy memorycard of at most 64mb capacity
Was actually quite neat but with limited resolution. On a good …
Kodak easy Share Not rated yet
All my friends had 1MP cameras when I decided to take the plunge and get one. Kodak had just came out with 2MP camera.
I was thrilled with all the …
Kodak 710 and a creative webcam go Not rated yet
Creative webcam go was my first digital camera, it was a webcam that also took 320x480 pictures didn't need to be connected to computer.
My first True …
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Panasonic DMC-FZ1 Not rated yet
My first digital camera, what you would call today a "bridge" camera. I don't remember when I bought it but it had an amazing zoom range (about 35mm-ish …
Pen Camera from Home Shopping Network Not rated yet
Took 2 AAA batteries. 24 exposures only, then you had to upload them to your computer. No memory card.
I was hooked at the excitement of seeing …
Pentax K100D (have previously had digital compacts) Not rated yet
(I read the question wrong and spoke about my first film slr! (sorry)
I only brought this digital SLR a year an a half ago - I couldn't really afford …
Pentax P30n Not rated yet
I still have this camera - it's gathering dust on a shelf but I have no plans to get rid of it!
I did try it recently as I have been shooting 120mm …
Olympus 1-MP something Not rated yet
I got my first digital camera on the occasion of the birth of my last of 12 children in 2000. I loved being able to take pictures of my new baby and have …
Vivitar really small Not rated yet
This camera was a carry around, and I know it had to cost less than 20 bucks, but it was my first Digital camera.
I thought I was in the big time because …
Nikon D-1 Not rated yet
My first experience with digital was using an original Nikon D-1. It was a conversion to digital for a newspaper where I shot as a freelancer.
I was …
Playschool, Flickr Not rated yet
It was an amzing camera. You didn't have to go anywhere to create amazing wildlife panographic photographs.
All you had to do was click the 'shoot' …
Mustek Gsmart mini 3 Not rated yet
Bought in 2003. Very small camera, with no flash. Had 2 megapixel CCD, 3.2 MP with interpolation.
It was just an experimental camera that I bought, …
Cannon PowerShot Pro1 Not rated yet
I was surprised about the quality.
Pro 1; great lens, shoots fast, great zoom, IS works perfectly, screen probably best - even if sunny you still see …
Canon a400 Not rated yet
Great starter camera easy to use and convenient to carry in your purse.
3.2 megapixels
The Canon PowerShot A400 was launched towards the end …
Kodak, Z1 I guess, semi-professional 2005 Not rated yet
It was a Kodak semi-professional, 5mpx, 35-380 lens, automatic, semi-automatic and manual functions.
Pretty good, loved playing with the manual functions. …
Olympus Camedia 2000 Not rated yet
2 megapixel, no manual settings, 3x zoom.
It was an OK camera in its time, but cannot be compared to the cheapest model of today.
The Olympus …
Nikon Coolpix 900 Not rated yet
My first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix 900. The thing I liked about it was that it swivelled. The lens part and the camera part were sort of separate. …
Jenoptik ? Not rated yet
My first digital camera was a Jenoptik. I can't remember the exact model number, but I bought it in 2001.
I remember buying it more as a toy than a …
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