My First Digital Cameras

As said in my in my “About” section, I have loved cameras since the 1980’s. When digital cameras became widely available for consumers, they were super expensive. I waited and waited until I could actually afford one. Well one year Wal-Mart had a Kodak brand digital point-and-shoot for Black Friday, it was probably 2007 or 2008. It was the Kodak EasyShare Z760 and it came with a docking station. I stood in line with my brother outside of a Northern Virginia Wal-Mart just to get it. He wanted an inexpensive laptop, and of course it was sold out in minutes and he went home empty handed.

The 6.1 MP Kodak EasyShare Z760, this photo was taken back in 2016

Docking station in all… Such a horrible design

I captured tons of memories with that camera, photos that I still look at to this day. Looking back I can see how too many of those photos were extremely warm from incandescent lighting, something that I can easily edit now that I have more experience with photography.

I’m not sure how the Z760 met it’s demise, but I have a feeling I gave it to a sibling when I decided to upgrade to a different point-and-shoot. This time it was another consumer Kodak, the EasyShare

The Kodak EasyShare Z7885 that I still own. It’s going back into my closet.

And my final consumer-grade point and shoot was a Fuji FinePix F200EXR. I ordered this in November of 2009 and loved it. I loved the colors that were rendered in the photos and it was much sleeker than the previous cameras Kodak cameras.

My beloved Fuji point & shoot, gone too soon

A few months after this arrived from Amazon, I was off to Jamaica for the second time. I was there for nine days thanks to the blizzard of 2010, but at some point moisture got into my beloved Fuji and it stopped working. On my limited budget I paid for Fuji to actually repair to camera. Unfortunately less than two years later I left that camera in the suit bag for a rental suit (my brother’s wedding). Of course the people at Men’s Warehouse couldn’t locate the camera even though I called a few days later, shady SOBs. I still miss the F200 EXR and there are a few on eBay. The downside is that they are selling for more than I’m willing to spend.