Ridicule does not kill 😈

Once again, this demonstrates that old habits are hard to change. 😂

I am still annoyed when I see my nose leave a smudge on the LCD because the EVF is too centred, but maybe it is mpy a bad idea to have the EVF and LCD and the lens all on the same plane. More rangefinder style with the viewfinder all the way on the left side without any faux pentaprism hump seems more suitable for mirrorless, but there could be good reasons to continue the film SLR shape, even for someone like me who has never used either film or SLR before.

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD

A camera that did not go unnoticed in 1997
It is the first compact that exceeds one million pixels
Unfortunately, its price has cooled more than one, myself included 😕

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The Magnificent
Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997)
1,280,000 pixels (1280x1000)
248,000 Yen or $2,400.00 USD
With PCMCIA card

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

I ended up buying it in 2002 for $150.00 USD about 6% of its original price 😎

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujix DS-300 1.3M CCD (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujifilm DS-300 comparison with the Nikon D1 😎

Fujifilm DS-300 comparaison avec le Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

MINOLTA

The small Minolta with its removable head, allowed to take unusual photos. :)

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997)
310,000 pixels ( 640x480 )
Avec 2mb SmartMedia 5v
$900 USD

Minolta’s first consumer digital camera

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Photos taken with the Minolta Dimâge V (1997)

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Minolta Dimâge V (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The second Nikon Coolpix

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997)
310,000 pixels sensor (640x480)
Storage: 4MB internal
$700 USD

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Very avant-garde for 1997
The Coolpix 300 has a touchscreen for taking notes and drawing sketches with a stylus.
Sound recording is also possible

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Coolpix 100 / Coolpix 300

Coolpix 100 / Coolpix 300 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

An original start for Nikon Coolpix cameras :)

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997)

The first and the last Mitsubishi
190,000 pixel sensor (320x240 normal) or (504x378 high resolution)
Storage: 2MB CompactFlash
Price $249.00 USD

It is a very compact camera Also marketed in Japan under the name DJ-1

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

A 2mb CF wow!

Who says better, see here: dprevived.com/t/memory-cards/534/ 😎

And also the UMAX PhotoRun version

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Mitsubishi DJ 1000 (1997) & ... by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997)

Another particularly original camera from Panasonic

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997)
320,000 pixels sensor (640x480)
Storage: 2MB CompactFlash
$499.00 USD

With the advent of digital, manufacturers no longer had the constraint of the film reel that had to unwind from left to right, which greatly restricted the shape of cameras. They took the opportunity to give free rein to their imagination!

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Panasonic KXL-600A (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997)
310,000 pixels sensor (640x480)
Storage: 3.5 Floppy 1.44M
$850.00 USD

The originality of this device was to save the photos on a simple 3.5" floppy disk.

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

For nostalgia, I have here the Sound of the floppy disks :)

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

It's Pentax's turn to enter the wonderful world of digital
With the Pentax EI-C90

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-C90 (1997)
380,000 pixels sensor (768x560)
The First Consumer Pentax
2mb Internal & PCMCIA card
Modular camera
Price: $900 USD

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-C90 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Toshiba PDR-2 (1997)
310,000-pixel sensor (640x480)
Storage: 2MB SmartMedia 3.3v & (PCMCIA)
$500.00 USD

Toshiba PDR-2 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The particularity of the Toshiba PDR-2 that it shares with the Nikon Coolpix 100, is to be both a camera and a PCMCIA card

Toshiba PDR-2 (1997) / Nikon Coolpix 100 ( 1996) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The device is plugged directly into a PCMCIA reader of any computer equipped with this standard. That's all ! :)
Here is a PowerBook G3 Series 233 mhz HD 2GB (1998)

Toshiba PDR-2 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Agfa ePHOTO 1280 (1997)
Pivoting compact, 280° rotatable lens
810,000-pixel sensor (1024x768) Int.
Storage: 4MB Smart Media
$899.00 USD

Agfa ePHOTO 1280 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The beginning of rotating heads 😎 It's not the screen that is articulated, but the lens. 😃

Agfa ePHOTO 1280 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Agfa ePHOTO 1280 (1997) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr