Digital SLR D1 (1999-2000)

Nikon D1 DSLR (1999-2000)
First true DSLR
2,740,000 pixels (2012x1324)
Storage: CompactFlash type l and ll
Price: $5,600 USD
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5) APS-C
ISO 200-1600

D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The Nikon D1 is the first digital camera not to be manufactured (Frankenstein type)
That is to say, from a film camera by replacing the 35mm or APS film with a CCD sensor.

Here the Nikon Professional Digital SLR D1 (with its original box)

Nikon Professional Digital SLR D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

It was with him that many of us began to dream of owning a digital SLR in the near future.

Nikon Professional Digital SLR D1 (1999-2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°05 Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°06 Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°07 Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Nikon Professional Digital SLR D1 (1999-2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Glory to the Nikon D1 😃

Glory to the Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

2000

Kodak DCS 620X (2000)
2 MP sensor (1728x1152)
with a multiplication factor of 1.6x
Price: $10,500.00 USD
400-4000 (6400) ISO

Kodak DCS 620X (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Almost double the price than the Nikon D1
The price of Kodak DCS become much less attractive!
Despite the superb Nikon F5 which will serve as the basis for the DCS 6xx and DCS 7xx

Kodak DCS 620X (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°01 Kodak DCS 620x (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°12 Kodak DCS 620x (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak-Nikon Pro 2000

I have here a comparison between the Kodak DCS 620x (2000) and the star of the hour the Nikon D1 (1999-2000)

Kodak DCS 620x (2000) / Nikon D1 (1999-2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak DCS 620X
2MP sensor (1728x1152)
Price: $10,500.00
Photos taken with the AF 50mm f/1.8 D
(with a multiplication factor of 1.6)

           _______________

Nikon D1
2.74 megapixel sensor (2012x1324)
Nikon's first DSLR!
Price: $5,600
Photos taken with the 50mm f/1.8
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5)

Kodak DCS 620x (2000) / Nikon D1 (1999-2000) 100% by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak DCS 620x (2000) / Nikon D1 (1999-2000) 100% by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

If you want to see the whole comparison, it's HERE...

And the first DSLR I used. On extended loan from EK Research. The shoulder slung disk felt like the battery pack for a portable strobe.

Don't know about the exorbitant part. The EK folks I knew at the time said they didn't make any money off that camera.

Hi,

The D1 was done after ISO 800 and even that had more noise than the 620x at 6400. I had that pairing along with the 660c at the same time. Later, I had the D1H and 720x and 760c all three noticable improvements over their earlier counterparts.

I still have the D1H and 760c here. Not that they get used much these days. It's the Df and Kodak CCD Pentax 645D that get used.

Stan

Then there's Mike Collette and Dicomed/Betterlight.

Yes, I've read several times that Kodak won't make money from its DCS cameras.
Surely too artisanal manufacture.

We can see here, a huge advantage of the DCS 720x over the DCS 620x at ISO 6400

Kodak DCS 620x (6400 ISO) / DCS 720x (6400 ISO) 100% by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Small parenthesis

I am convinced that many of you are unfamiliar with this small reflex-like compact.

I named, the Pentax EI-2000

Pentax EI-2000 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Pentax EI-2000 (2000)
With a 2.24 MP sensor (1600x1280)
$900.00 USD

A collaboration with Hewlett Packard

HP PhotoSmart C912 (2000)

HP PhotoSmart C912 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

HP PhotoSmart C912 (2000) / Pentax EI-2000 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

End of parenthesis 😎

Fujifilm FinePix S1 (2000)

After the adventure of the six Fujix DS… with Nikon from 1994 to 1998
Fujifilm is trying the adventure alone this time, using the Nikon F60/N60 body for its FinePix S1
With its brand new sensor (The SuperCCD) Fuji was directly in competition with the Canon D30 and its CMOS

The Fuji S1 Pro with its SuperCCD
A 3.2-megapixel sensor which after interpolation generates an image of 6.13 megapixels (3040 x2016)
$3,500 USD

Fujifilm FinePix S1 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujifilm FinePix S1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Prime FinePix Pro
3,200,000 pixels (3040x2016) with interpolation
Storage: SmartMedia & CompactFlash Type l, ll
$3,500.00USD

I love the sound of the FinePix Pro when shooting you can still hear the sound of the motor spinning the film. :)

Cool by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Stop to Start by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°12 Fujifilm FinePix S1 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Thank you so much for taking the time to share all of these. I enjoyed the journey very much!

Thanks for this thread.

I’m having trouble squaring those prices with my experience. The E2 was the first digital camera that “I” purchased; it was the one I selected from Keeble and Schuchat for my Manufacturing Engineering department at HP. It was a thrill to have a reason to shop at the “pro” level store location across the street from where I bought my stuff. The purchase order was $14K USD and included 14mm and 105mm Micro Nikkors.

The pixellation in that camera is bizarre: 1x2 rectangles in a subway tile offset pattern, an attempt to mitigate aliasing. Still that was miles ahead of the Apple Quicktake that a colleague was struggling along with. The E2’s image quality barely met my criteria for communicating part defects to vendors but the system did pay for itself in 1/3 the time that my manager stipulated, calculated in the form of reduced production cycle times, thanks to the vastly improved process documents.

An internal relay lens made the 1x crop factor possible (a 50mm Micro Nikkor if I recall correctly?). There was a mirror that folded the optical path downward that reminded me of the form factors of the Speed Magny Polaroid backs for the Nikon F and F2.

Thank you it's appreciated 👍🏻
And the journey is not over 😎

Let's not forget that at that time, the prices asked for when they came out, and when stocks were sold, "between six months and a year later", had nothing to do with it. At the beginning of digital, many camera sellers get stuck with unsellable merchandise after a year.

Just look at the price of the E3 in 1998 of $7,000 whereas the price of the E2 in 1994 was $15,000
No one wanted to spend over $2,000 on an E2 four years later.

Canon EOS D30 (2000)

The Canon EOS D30 with its 3 MP CMOS (2160x1440)
Canon's first digital EOS!
$3,500.00 USD

Canon EOS D30 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Canon's replica (facing the Nikon D1) came a year later with the D30
A much more modest body than the Nikon D1s
With a CMOS sensor (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)
which allowed Canon to minimize the manufacturing costs of a large CCD sensor

Canon EOS D30 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

A small camera very endearing and pleasant to use with a more than reasonable size.

Parkinson ... Canon EOS D30 (2000) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Aerial surveillance by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°10 Canon EOS D30 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

N°16 Canon EOS D30 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The Four Tenors of 1999-2000 😁

Canon D30/ Minolta RD-3000/ FinePix S1/ Nikon D1

Canon D30/ Minolta RD-3000/ FinePix S1/ Nikon D1 by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Canon EOS D30 (2000) 3 MP $3,500.00 USD
Minolta RD-3000 (1999) 2.7 MP $3,400.00 USD
Fujifilm FinePix S1 (2000) 3.4 MP $3,500.00 USD
Digital SLR D1 (99-2000) 2.7 MP $5,600.00 USD

The turn of the century was a great time for photographers who preferred DSLRs to compacts
Affordable prices hover around $3,500 except for the Nikon. Contrary to the prices we were accustomed to seeing with DSLRs from 1991-1998 of $10,000 to $30,000 USD

The big question in the year 2000 is, buy or wait!