20 years ago shorty lickens purchased his first digital camera.

[shortylickens]

Fun fact: the pics still look decent today.

 

[shortylickens]

If you guys can guess the camera model, or glean it from something, I will confirm or deny your guess.

 

[CuriousMike]

Those are Sony colors and Sony weak optics, so it was some CyberShot... 😛

 

[IronWing]

File Name : dsc01103b.jpg
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File Modification Date/Time : 2021:06:18 09:03:11
File Type : JPEG
MIME Type : image/jpeg
Image Description :
Make : SONY
Camera Model Name : CYBERSHOT
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Resolution Unit : inches
Software : ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Modify Date : 2008:06:21 14:03:21
Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered
Exposure Time : 1/100
F Number : 3.8
Exposure Program : Program AE
ISO : 100
Exif Version : 0210
Date/Time Original : 2002:10:11 13:10:22
Create Date : 2002:10:11 13:10:22
Components Configuration : YCbCr
Compressed Bits Per Pixel : 2
Exposure Compensation : 0
Max Aperture Value : 3.7
Metering Mode : Spot
Light Source : Unknown (0)
Flash : No Flash
Focal Length : 6.4mm
Warning : [minor] Possibly incorrect maker notes offsets (fix by 39?)
Warning : Invalid PrintIM header
Sub Sec Time : 984
Flashpix Version : 0100
Color Space : sRGB
Exif Image Width : 1200
Exif Image Length : 1600
File Source : Digital Camera
Scene Type : Directly photographed
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Thumbnail Offset : 735
Thumbnail Length : 4503
Image Width : 1200
Image Height : 1600
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)
Aperture : 3.8
Image Size : 1200x1600
Shutter Speed : 1/100
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Focal Length : 6.4mm
Light Value : 10.5

 

[fralexandr]

so it's possibly a DSC-F505 or F55 based on resolution and age

List of Sony Cyber-shot cameras - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[CuriousMike]

Hold on a second - I need to judge in here to determine if IronWing went outside the parameters and cheated by looking at the EXIF 😛

File Name : dsc01103b.jpg

Make : SONY
Camera Model Name : CYBERSHOT

 

[fralexandr]

Hold on a second - I need to judge in here to determine if IronWing went outside the parameters and cheated by looking at the EXIF 😛

The rules clearly and/or ambiguously state

If you guys can guess the camera model, or glean it from something, I will confirm or deny your guess.

😀
It's too bad the focal length isn't conclusive. Sensor size and crop factor would put it at ~35mm FF equivalent

 

[IronWing]

The EXIF has some maker notes that exiftool couldn't read. The model number is likely buried in those.

 

[MrSquished]

is that a mercury sable with a sunroof?

 

[Torn Mind]

Now there's a man who bought American.

 

[shortylickens]

Sony P50.
Sorry, I was...... away for a while.

Later I got the F717 but it was one of those with a bad sensor and god damn Sony didnt service it for me. I stopped buying their products for a while out of spite.
Until the a6400 which was actually a great camera EXCEPT for the tiny controls. I have small hands but it seems like most modern bodies are too small even for me.

 

[spacejamz]

Here is an pic of all my old Sony cameras, including my first one (upper right), the sony DSC-50 which I got around 2000/2001 I think...she actually still works. The one on the left is an RSC-1 (sold it), middle one is F-707 (still have it) and the last one on the right is an F-828 (sold it). All of these cameras used the same battery which was a very pleasant surprise. I currently have an A9 and an A7 RIV...

 

[shortylickens]

umm, no, thats not correct. the one in the upper right does not look like a DSC 50 or P50. I still have mine and its very different.

 

[spacejamz]

umm, no, thats not correct. the one in the upper right does not look like a DSC 50 or P50. I still have mine and its very different.

I was pretty close...Here is a pic I just took of the product label at the bottom of the camera 😎




can't believe you can still buy one one Amazon.. 😱

Amazon.com : Sony DSC-S50 2MP Cyber-shot Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom : Point And Shoot Digital Cameras : Camera & Photo

Amazon.com : Sony DSC-S50 2MP Cyber-shot Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom : Point And Shoot Digital Cameras : Camera & Photo

www.amazon.com

 

[shortylickens]

Oh no thats the S50.

Mine is the P50.

OK, now we got it right.

 

[CuriousMike]

Somebody sleeps in a Sony t-shirt... 😀

 

[spacejamz]

Here is an pic of all my old Sony cameras, including my first one (upper right), the sony DSC-50 which I got around 2000/2001 I think...she actually still works. The one on the left is an RSC-1 (sold it), middle one is F-707 (still have it) and the last one on the right is an F-828 (sold it). All of these cameras used the same battery which was a very pleasant surprise. I currently have an A9 and an A7 RIV...
View attachment 47441

My current babies:
Sony A7 RIV on left with 200-600 lens with 1.4 t/c
Sony A9 on right with 70-200 F4 lens
also have a Tamron 17-28 F2.8, 28-75 F2.8 and a Sony APSC nifty fifty lenses