Ten years of digital photography

May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265

At only 1.5MP, it was definitely no match for a 35mm camera, but it was
a start and I had a lot of fun with it.

For some reason, I only saved 19 of the first 100 pictures I took. I
saved 84 of the second 100 pictures. Since then, I have saved every
single picture I have ever taken. I keep off-site backups of
everything.

Here is a summary of all of the pictures I have taken with my various
digital cameras.

Kodak DC-265: 5,117 (1.5MP)
Olympus E-10: 17,744 (4 MP)
Canon 20D: 12,772 (8 MP)
Canon SD550: 5,091 (7.1 MP) (My current P&S camera)
Canon 50D: 1,052 (14.4 MP) (My current DSLR camera)

Total: 41,776

For comparison, in all the 27 years I used my 35mm film camera starting
in 1974, I only took a total of 2,859 pictures. That's 14.6 times as
many pictures in a little over a third as much time.

Sure, they are not all masterpieces. That was not the point. My
primary idea is to create memories. I was always disappointed that my
father had so few pictures of the back woods cabin he grew up in in
Michigan. He only had 4 B&W pictures that all showed the cabin from the
same general view from about 1920. I was determined that the same was
not going to happen with my mother's house that she lived in for 40
years before she died. Over the years, I have taken over 1,800 images
inside and out from every view conceivable. I also shot a number of
close ups of a number of objects in the house. I also photographed the
neighborhood in detail. Sure, I may have gone overboard, but I don't
think that anyone in the future will say that they wished they had more
pictures of the place.

I wonder how many images I will have in another 10 years?

Gary

"Gary Edstrom" wrote in message
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Sure, they are not all masterpieces. That was not the point. My
primary idea is to create memories. I was always disappointed that my
father had so few pictures of the back woods cabin he grew up in in
Michigan. He only had 4 B&W pictures that all showed the cabin from the
same general view from about 1920. I was determined that the same was
not going to happen with my mother's house that she lived in for 40
years before she died. Over the years, I have taken over 1,800 images
inside and out from every view conceivable. I also shot a number of
close ups of a number of objects in the house. I also photographed the
neighborhood in detail. Sure, I may have gone overboard, but I don't
think that anyone in the future will say that they wished they had more
pictures of the place.

I wonder how many images I will have in another 10 years?

Gary



Yeah, I do the same (although I am quite picky what I keep). At the time,
they maybe just normal photos, but even boring photos can become fascinating
in time.

For example, an old photo of a street where you used to live is interesting
just to see the old cars people used to drive, or an old photo of a living
room, with an old fashioned TV, furniture, etc. People's fashion, haircuts,
buildings that no longer exist, etc... At the time they were taken, they
were just 'normal' everyday photos.

Gary Edstrom wrote:
May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265

At only 1.5MP, it was definitely no match for a 35mm camera, but it was
a start and I had a lot of fun with it.

For some reason, I only saved 19 of the first 100 pictures I took. I
saved 84 of the second 100 pictures. Since then, I have saved every
single picture I have ever taken. I keep off-site backups of
everything.

Here is a summary of all of the pictures I have taken with my various
digital cameras.

Kodak DC-265: 5,117 (1.5MP)
Olympus E-10: 17,744 (4 MP)
Canon 20D: 12,772 (8 MP)
Canon SD550: 5,091 (7.1 MP) (My current P&S camera)
Canon 50D: 1,052 (14.4 MP) (My current DSLR camera)

Total: 41,776

For comparison, in all the 27 years I used my 35mm film camera starting
in 1974, I only took a total of 2,859 pictures. That's 14.6 times as
many pictures in a little over a third as much time.

Sure, they are not all masterpieces. That was not the point. My
primary idea is to create memories. I was always disappointed that my
father had so few pictures of the back woods cabin he grew up in in
Michigan. He only had 4 B&W pictures that all showed the cabin from the
same general view from about 1920. I was determined that the same was
not going to happen with my mother's house that she lived in for 40
years before she died. Over the years, I have taken over 1,800 images
inside and out from every view conceivable. I also shot a number of
close ups of a number of objects in the house. I also photographed the
neighborhood in detail. Sure, I may have gone overboard, but I don't
think that anyone in the future will say that they wished they had more
pictures of the place.

I wonder how many images I will have in another 10 years?

Gary
Hi,

I just found a trove of 40-50 year old pix in my basement, and what
wonderful memories they brought to mind. I'm so glad that they were
taken. Similarly, there are many paintings in The Netherlands which are
quite accurate in detail, and reveal what life was like several hundred
years ago. Even specific foods can be identified. Enjoy your hobby, and
keep up the good work.

Regards,

Morton

"Gary Edstrom" wrote

For comparison, in all the 27 years I used my 35mm film camera starting
in 1974, I only took a total of 2,859 pictures. That's 14.6 times as
many pictures in a little over a third as much time.

This current generation will be the first fully documented one in history.
I'm talking here of the ordinary person in the street - there are plenty of
archived shots of wealthy people going back to the dawn of photography, they
could afford it.

Thanks to my brother back in England, I now have about 30 pictures of him
and/or me when we were small fry scanned and saved on my computer. Compare
that to what most families have of their children now!

Paul

Gary Edstrom wrote:
May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265

At only 1.5MP, it was definitely no match for a 35mm camera, but it
was a start and I had a lot of fun with it.
[]
Gary

I celebrated last year, Gary. My first was with the swivel-bodied Nikon
Coolpix 900 (which I still have) - 1.23Mpix - taken on 8 July 1998. I had
used other digitals before then, but they didn't have more than 1Mpix
resolution, and I considered them toys. You don't want to know the price
of the 30MB CF cards I used probably $100 each.

Cheers,
David

On Mon, 11 May 2009 15:21:02 -0700, Gary Edstrom
wrote Re Ten years of digital photography:

I wonder how many images I will have in another 10 years?

Probably 9,356,937

Almost 12 years here. First digital picture taken on 23.11.97 with a
1.3MP Olympus C1400.
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Alfred Molon
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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

Gary Edstrom wrote:
May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265
...
I wonder how many images I will have in another 10 years?

The year 2000 for me with an Oly 3MP P&S for $800.
So far in 2009 I've got 2,600 jpegs (keepers) so that'll be about
6,000/year which would be 60,000 in 10 years.

Here's since I started posting on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgehill/archives/
At first I only posted a few select shots, now I post almost everything.
That only shows 729 this year so about 30% of the 6,000/year estimated
above, so 20,000 pics in 10 years. I haven't deleted much though, the
'seconds' folders are at least as many, often much more than keepers.

Here is a summary of all of the pictures I have taken with my various
digital cameras.
...
Total: 41,776

For comparison, in all the 27 years I used my 35mm film camera starting
in 1974, I only took a total of 2,859 pictures. That's 14.6 times as
many pictures in a little over a third as much time.

Heh, no way I have a count on that. One full plastic storage bin full of
drug store prints, mostly uninteresting hobby distractions, a fat binder
of nice mostly travel slides in archival plastic sleeves in that box and
another less full box of hobby/art super-8 movies. I don't have a single
photo left from my childhood Polaroid SX-70 :-( My mother did keep a
nice large box of family photos though and I scanned (roughly) a couple
hundred of my faves from that several years ago. Dad was a
photojournalist before my time, and mom, a commercial artist, so lots &
lots of photos, many good captures too. I've been neglectful about
personal photos but am more aware of their value after digging through
the old family photo box.

--
Paul Furman
www.edgehill.net
www.baynatives.com

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David J Taylor wrote:

Gary Edstrom wrote:
May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265

At only 1.5MP, it was definitely no match for a 35mm camera, but it
was a start and I had a lot of fun with it.
[]
Gary

I celebrated last year, Gary. My first was with the swivel-bodied Nikon
Coolpix 900 (which I still have) - 1.23Mpix - taken on 8 July 1998. I had
used other digitals before then, but they didn't have more than 1Mpix
resolution, and I considered them toys. You don't want to know the price
of the 30MB CF cards I used probably $100 each.

Cheers,
David


Hello, David:

I ordered my original digicam, in December of 2000, and snapped my first
pictures with it, on January 6, 2001. It was a lowly Largan "Lmini 350"
that "featured" a mere 350,000 pixels of resolution, and even lacked an
LCD viewfinder!

Since then, I've added about ten more "point and shoot" cameras and a
DSLR (Pentax K100D)...not to mention, a few tiny "key cams."

Altogether, I've taken around 17,000 photos, but have only printed a
relative handful. My prime enjoyment comes from seeing them, on my PC
monitor.

Thus, I'm appraoching eight and a half years of digital photography.
It's far easier and much cheaper than film ever was, and has enabled
me to make this decade the best "chronicled" one in my lifetime.


Cordially,
John Turco

"John Turco" wrote in message
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David J Taylor wrote:

Gary Edstrom wrote:
May 18th will mark 10 years since I took my first digital picture with
my first digital camera: A Kodak DC-265

At only 1.5MP, it was definitely no match for a 35mm camera, but it
was a start and I had a lot of fun with it.
[]
Gary

I celebrated last year, Gary. My first was with the swivel-bodied Nikon
Coolpix 900 (which I still have) - 1.23Mpix - taken on 8 July 1998. I
had
used other digitals before then, but they didn't have more than 1Mpix
resolution, and I considered them toys. You don't want to know the price
of the 30MB CF cards I used probably $100 each.

Cheers,
David


Hello, David:

I ordered my original digicam, in December of 2000, and snapped my first
pictures with it, on January 6, 2001. It was a lowly Largan "Lmini 350"
that "featured" a mere 350,000 pixels of resolution, and even lacked an
LCD viewfinder!

Since then, I've added about ten more "point and shoot" cameras and a
DSLR (Pentax K100D)...not to mention, a few tiny "key cams."

Altogether, I've taken around 17,000 photos, but have only printed a
relative handful. My prime enjoyment comes from seeing them, on my PC
monitor.

Thus, I'm appraoching eight and a half years of digital photography.
It's far easier and much cheaper than film ever was, and has enabled
me to make this decade the best "chronicled" one in my lifetime.


Cordially,
John Turco

My first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix 880 (3.34 Mpix), purchased for a
trip to Alaska. My most recent ones are a Nikon D80 and a Nikon P80 (the
P80 is very small and is used when it isn't practical to carry the weight of
the D80 and its lenses, or even one lens).

Like you, I have thousands of photos but only print a few. I look at a lot
of them that I have categorized on my PC.

MaryL