Canon RC-250 Xap Shot: 1988 Video Floppy Disk Camera
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Jed
I'm watching all these great old digital camera episodes and it reminds me why I never even really noticed digital cameras until the Black's Photography store in my local mall abruptly closed doors and DSLRs were suddenly everywhere. Film cameras seemed so superior for so long, until they weren't in around 2003ish, which is when I'd say digital finally was able to close the gap well enough in terms of price and quality. It's crazy how much even the cheapest of these digital cameras cost for the quality. Without the internet driving a desire to upload digital photos to websites, I'm not sure the tech would have progressed as fast as it did.
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I'm watching all these great old digital camera episodes and it reminds me why I never even really noticed digital cameras until the Black's Photography store in my local mall abruptly closed doors and DSLRs were suddenly everywhere. Film cameras seemed so superior for so long, until they weren't in around 2003ish, which is when I'd say digital finally was able to close the gap well enough in terms of price and quality. It's crazy how much even the cheapest of these digital cameras cost for the quality. Without the internet driving a desire to upload digital photos to websites, I'm not sure the tech would have progressed as fast as it did.
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George
I still have my Canon XAPSHOT RC-250. I bought it new and got a real deal at the time because it was for medical use (it's white instead of black. I also bought a Canon Wide Converter WC-C2540 wide angle lens for it. It makes the pictures much larger without standing back so far. I still have a new box of disks for it as well. It was a really great camera in the day as the first (maybe) digital camera. Thanks for the video!
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I still have my Canon XAPSHOT RC-250. I bought it new and got a real deal at the time because it was for medical use (it's white instead of black. I also bought a Canon Wide Converter WC-C2540 wide angle lens for it. It makes the pictures much larger without standing back so far. I still have a new box of disks for it as well. It was a really great camera in the day as the first (maybe) digital camera. Thanks for the video!
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Damien
god do i love the aesthetic of this thing and its photos. not only were those pictures you took deliciously awesome and retro, but the fact that one of the floppies it came with had truly vintage photos on it is so freaking cool to me. makes me want to go to my parents' house and look through old photo albums. makes me feel super nostalgic and kinda choked up, honestly. great work as always, LGR.
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god do i love the aesthetic of this thing and its photos. not only were those pictures you took deliciously awesome and retro, but the fact that one of the floppies it came with had truly vintage photos on it is so freaking cool to me. makes me want to go to my parents' house and look through old photo albums. makes me feel super nostalgic and kinda choked up, honestly. great work as always, LGR.
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Chris
i got lucky and found a mavica floppy disk camera on ebay for 40- fully working with charging cable and a pile of empty disks. i can really understand what you meant when you admired the sound and feeling of operating such a system. even though i love the digital floppy cams more because it makes more sounds when the digital picture is written on the disk and a -busy- light turns on: D
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i got lucky and found a mavica floppy disk camera on ebay for 40- fully working with charging cable and a pile of empty disks. i can really understand what you meant when you admired the sound and feeling of operating such a system. even though i love the digital floppy cams more because it makes more sounds when the digital picture is written on the disk and a -busy- light turns on: D
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Megadriver
The picture of that old 5-series is just pure gold. I'm slowly restoring a 1986 BMW 635CSI and once I'm done with it, I'd love to take some -classic- pictures of it to nail in that oldschool feel.
Sadly I'm not good at making really old computer stuff work, so I may just get an old analog film camera and take pictures with that.
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The picture of that old 5-series is just pure gold. I'm slowly restoring a 1986 BMW 635CSI and once I'm done with it, I'd love to take some -classic- pictures of it to nail in that oldschool feel.
Sadly I'm not good at making really old computer stuff work, so I may just get an old analog film camera and take pictures with that.
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Taliesyne
Great video! I'm trying to source a VFD recorder so I can use my Canon, Panasonic and Kyocera VFD cameras. It's proving difficult as all the ones on ebay are in the US and running on 110v. Besides that, postage is a killer. I might be able to play through a TV, record onto VHS and then digitise from that. maybe
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Great video! I'm trying to source a VFD recorder so I can use my Canon, Panasonic and Kyocera VFD cameras. It's proving difficult as all the ones on ebay are in the US and running on 110v. Besides that, postage is a killer. I might be able to play through a TV, record onto VHS and then digitise from that. maybe
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BOB
Yes just found mine in back of my Closet where it has been for about 35 years LOL. Was looking for something else while cleaning out the house I have lived in for 50 years! Almost forgot what it was. almost mint condition with about 15 disks one new blank one. Not sure what to do with it since I am over 70 LOL
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Yes just found mine in back of my Closet where it has been for about 35 years LOL. Was looking for something else while cleaning out the house I have lived in for 50 years! Almost forgot what it was. almost mint condition with about 15 disks one new blank one. Not sure what to do with it since I am over 70 LOL
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Eric
I am a little blown away with how competent a product this is. It-s fast, takes completely good photos, has a good interface. Shows how Canon was able to absolutely obliterate the digital camera market. They knew what they were doing 15 years before it really heated up. Amazing.
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I am a little blown away with how competent a product this is. It-s fast, takes completely good photos, has a good interface. Shows how Canon was able to absolutely obliterate the digital camera market. They knew what they were doing 15 years before it really heated up. Amazing.
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Social
Hi LGR, I have a MVR-5300 like yours, I can get it to show the same menu as yours with the -Empty- and -Filled in- tracks on the FV Disks, but its only showing a black screen / image when I press -Play- and use the + / - to scroll through the tracks / pictures. Any ideas?
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Hi LGR, I have a MVR-5300 like yours, I can get it to show the same menu as yours with the -Empty- and -Filled in- tracks on the FV Disks, but its only showing a black screen / image when I press -Play- and use the + / - to scroll through the tracks / pictures. Any ideas?
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Scott
Even in 1988, silicon memory was expensive. There were broadcast TV stations buying VF floppy players to have graphics playout. A digital still-store in 1988 would have been tens-of-thousands of dollars. Canon makes a floppy that does that for $1, 500? Sign me up!
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Even in 1988, silicon memory was expensive. There were broadcast TV stations buying VF floppy players to have graphics playout. A digital still-store in 1988 would have been tens-of-thousands of dollars. Canon makes a floppy that does that for $1, 500? Sign me up!
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