Canon PowerShot Pro70: 25 YEARS later! RETRO review
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- Trying out the first Canon PowerShot Pro, the Pro70 from 1998, 25 YEARS later!
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Trying out the first Canon PowerShot Pro, the Pro70 from 1998, 25 YEARS later!
Buy Gordon a coffee: www.paypal.me/cameralabs
Gordon's In Camera book: amzn.to/2n61PfI / Amazon uk: amzn.to/2mBqRVZ
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Equipment used for producing my videos
Panasonic Lumix S5 II: amzn.to/3Hf5IcI
Sony A6400: amzn.to/3hul53c
Sony e 24mm f1.8: amzn.to/2TqWNzk
Rode NT USB mic: amzn.to/3AdHcUp
Rode Wireless Go II mic: amzn.to/3xkCvGo
Rode Lavalier Go mic: amzn.to/3ygzzKY
Godox UL150 light: amzn.to/2VpVbXE
Godox QR-P70 softbox: amzn.to/3yQfGdF
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I love the array of Pro70, Pro90, G1 and Pro1 behind you. Great collection of classic Canon digitals you’ve got there Gordon!
Thanks! I thought it would be fun to pop them up there!
Just what I needed coming home after extracting a tooth!
And this series surprises me, to be more precise, the cameras in this series.
I had the impression that camera makers start to take digital cameras seriously much latter. I never had seem a "professional" looking camera around the early 2000, only those small point and shots so I thought that was all there was at the time.
I'm glad to distract you from your tooth - or the gap it's left! As for cameras, there were certainly some higher-end products from the very late Nineties, but most arrived in the early 2000's.
I still think the photos taken with my Sony DSC-T3 hold up remarkably well. Although maybe it’s just that me and my friends were all much thinner and more attractive back when I was using it. Who can really be sure? Great video, as ever
Hah! As the cameras have improved, we've deteriorated! That's the mercy of eyesight getting worse as you age, as you don't see the wrinkles quite as clearly! Yep, the T series were very good..
@@DinoBytes it's odd that smartphones seemed to kill off that style of camera so early, even when the quality of really compact cameras was still miles ahead of the iPhone. Was it sales or did they see the writing on the wall?
thank you very much for this retro camera reviews! I love it
Glad you like them!
I remember I lusted for the Pro 1 back then. I had a Powershot G1 (my first digital camera), which you reviewed a while back (fun trip down memory lane). I remember the Pro 1 as cool step up from the G1. The first "digital" camera I used was a Canon Ion RC-260. It took awful pictures but it was so cool to connect it directly to your computer and get images out of it without having to develop the film :-D
The G1 was an awesome camera, always happy to hear from someone who had one! Glad you found my review of it. As for the IONS, I've never actually seen one in person, but I'd love to include some of the really old stuff here.
Nice!
Dual card slots even with its limited usage is a nice feature!
the micro drive and even smaller harddrive that came with the nokia n91phone fascinates me, its showed that there was some really nice technological progress in having a good amount of storage in very small size moving harddrive!
keep up the good work!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Just bought a G6 for 30 bucks, barely used and i'm loving it so far
Nice buy! Those later PowerShot G's can go for a lot more.
Great video as usual, was eagerly awating a new upload!
The pics don´t look bad even on my 4K TV. To have the compability to use other battery types is also a life-saver for a lot of oldtech. I have an old HP CE device which is unfortunately tied to stationary power with the ancient battery not working or made anymore, but my old Psion devices work even after 30 years with Mignon.
Sorry to keep you waiting so long, although I have a few more coming soon! Yes, it certainly makes things easier when you can still buy the batteries and cards...
No need to apologise. I´m aware that the reviews of current camera gear are likely your priority when it comes to producing content as I presume that´s your main source of income, but it´s fine to have the retro reviews from time to time added in!
Hi Gordon, I really appreciate these videos, as a collector /user, you introduce me to models I've never heard of and get me searching like a mad thing. Currently looking for the Pro 90. I already have (and love using) the Pro 1, yeh the zooming on the Pro 1 is quirky, but that lens produces some great images.
Hope you keep doing these vintage videos, I luv'm.
Regards Rob.
Thanks Rob, I think the Pro90 may be the hardest of the three to find, mine was borrowed as I've never seen one for sale. Good luck on your search, and glad you're enjoying my videos!
Thanks for the video Gordon.I really enjoy these vintage digital camera reviews and there are relatively few CZcamsrs doing these in a pleasant format like yours. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, glad you like them! Many more to come!
My favourite series! And looking forward to the EOS D30 review!
Thankyou!
It was either the PowerShot Pro 1 or 300D back in the days. I went for the 300D. But I've lusted for one of the PowerShot or Olympus Camedia superzoom.
There was something very attractive about those all-in-one bridge cameras, especially compared to the first affordable DSLRs which were quite basic in some respects other than their sensors and lens mounts. I felt almost unfaithful when I switched to DSLRs from all-in-ones!
@@DinoBytes that's exactly the allure of the prosumer camera! It's so wrong yet it feels so right lol
Totally usable! Perfect for making 4x6 print using canon selphy printers!
Nice!
my god this channel still alive.
This channel will NEVER die! But I have to squeeze in these retro reviews between the new stuff on my other channel, so sometimes there's a delay between them. That said, I have a couple more ready for the next month or so, so keep an eye open!
As always a great review of vintage cameras. Never had a canon compact of any sort but would like to try out one of the G-series.
They're all solid models from the G1 onwards!
I got a PS Pro70 "for free" when i bought a G2. (the seller sold both as a pack but i wanted the G2). Bought them for next to nothing as well. One of my best bargains ever!
Nice one!
Great video as always. Keep them coming
Thanks! Will do!
For a time, my sister had a job acting as liaison between companies in north and south America. One of her clients would occasionally give her a digital camera, as part of being an ambassador for their company. She gave me a Pro70, when it was still relatively new. My thoughts at the time were that I would have never spent $1200 on it, there was no way I was going to buy a flash for it, the image quality was underwhelming (I was still pretty active with my 35mm Pentax at the time, when you could get a floppy with digital copies of your prints), and getting the images onto my PC was relatively cumbersome. I probably used it for about a year, before replacing it with a cheap point-and-shoot (probably already double the megapixels). Over the years, my impression grew less and less favorable. The pictures look very much like those that my Sony Hi-8 HandyCam would shoot direct to a memory card, and fell apart with even the slightest enlargement.
I don't remember ultimately how that camera met its end, and I've never missed it. Seeing it on your video did make me a bit nostalgic for those days, but not the camera itself.
Glad to bring back some fond memories, even if not for the camera itself!
CANon is quite covered now, so you can follow with CASio alphabetically :D
I'd love to feature some Casios, but can't track down the models I'm after. They have to be the first ones in a series.
i wanted to buy this thing and was disappointed there was no video about it by you. Thank you that you uploaded that video
Glad to be of service! I have more coming soon!
@@DinoBytes nice
i love this channel, and you're right Gordon,ppl are asking way too much for some of these old cameras, though I do wish more camera manufacturers would take some design risks these days.
I agree on both counts! It's amazing how boring they've all become design-wise. Same for computers vs the variety in the 80s.
Like from Bangladesh bro. This is a serious review. Thanks a lot.
Glad you liked it!
I was rummaging round in the basement and found one of these. I was thinking I should give this to my daughter to play with after watching this review I will not. Mine even has the lens cap. Now I need to find a way to charge this!
The cap may be worth more than the camera!
@@DinoBytesdang! Nothing happened when I tried a battery. Too bad it’s in great condition externally. Even has a nice branded neck strap.
I've never owned any of them, but I own the Olympus E-100 RS, which along with the Olympus C-2100 UZ, share the exact same lens as the Pro90.
Nice observation - there were a LOT of cameras around this time which shared the same lenses - and even bodies in some cases.
@@DinoBytes yeah, it's a fascinating bit of history on its own, and was still happening as late as 2017! It appears that Sanyo (Xacti) was behind an awful lot of the cameras sold under major brand names, all companies that did not want you to think their cameras were entirely outsourced to another company that was also building cameras for their biggest rivals. Also there was Tamron, making a lot of lens/shutter units used by other companies, and of course the infamous Sony sensor failure debacle revealed just how many cameras were using their sensors... I wonder when we'll be able to piece together all of the information of who made what during the early days of digital, once companies stop guarding those facts so closely.
I still own SX10IS which came few years down the line though now it has some problems with the LCD panel. Else these early SuperZooms from both Canon and Sony were fantastic cameras to get into wildlife/birding.
I remember reviewing that model!
I’m not sure if this is on theme but I’d love an episode about cameras used in Atlanta 1996 and then Sydney 2000! I wonder if it was still film?
Most would have been film, except for some v special applications
@@DinoBytes thanks for this!
Great video an interesting about canons vintage cameras when are you going to do a video on Sony Cybershot f828 please
Thanks! My 828 review is in the pipeline, but I'm doing that series in order, so it's the 717 next!
@@DinoBytes you're welcome mate and I understand looking forward to seeing your next video
I live in Louisville, Kentucky and we have vibrant painted horses here and there, much like your painted sheep. Why sheep though? Are they all Shaun? Just curious
The Shaun's are a touring art trail, so will go to different cities. In London right now there are Gorillas!
what? No bird af?
There is if you point it a bird.
I really can't bring myself to get this, since you can get the Canon 30d for less than $50 USD. Really this is just for collectors purposes, such the digital age. My minimum requirement for me to even look at collecting a digital camera is usability(image quality) and price. I think I would probably get a Sony dig camera that uses a floppy disk at the right price just for the novelty. But this one, I really just can't justify the price for it.
I know what you mean, I only got it as a historian!
Great Video!
How do you turn on?
Thanks, do you mean how do you turn on the camera? You turn the dial on the left side to P or green square. If that doesn't work, then either the camera is broken, or the battery has no charge. Do you have markings on your dial, or have they worn off? See 02:45
@@DinoBytes thanks mate - cam must be broken then, using brand new batteries, just not getting any action, bought untested from a good will store so was hopefully but not betting on it to work. It's a shame, looks like an awesome little cam to have in the kit for some fun
@@harry-hayes that's a shame. Will it playback anything on the card? Does anything appear on the rear or top screen?
@@DinoBytes unfortunately not, just no action at all. I've got new batteries in both areas, I added a new cr2025 in that little slot under the LCD screen thinking that could help, new 2cr5, no life. Assuming the mother board is gone
@@DinoBytes nothing unfortunately. Assuming the mother board is gone in it. mint condition SURESHOT SUPREME and PRIMA TWIN both work great tho from same good will store which was a pleasant surprise.
My camera collection itch just can't justify the price of vintage equipment below $50 and less than 6mp. My practicality(specs peaking) and collection senses just can't reconcile a good reason to purchase such collectibles. I just found it practical looking at older DSLR such as Canon 10D or Nikon D100 which all can be had for $50 or less at very good conditions.
Very good point. You'll enjoy one of my next reviews, of the Canon EOS D30, their first home-grown DSLR.
@@DinoBytes Great looking forward to your review, I got lucky to get one (D30) for free, The ebay seller had it advertised as a 30D, and when I reached out to him for the mistake, he had me just keep it because the shipping back to him was not even worth the postage and box. Still have not tried the D30, since my photography senses, just is not interested in less than 6mp. Although your review might change my mind.
@@gdjaybee742 well the image quality ain't great on it I have to say, but it's nice to try out the first of any series.
@@DinoBytes What's funny about that camera, is that toy like image quality in a professional body is really hilarious. The very first DSLR camera I bought was that silver plasticky Canon Rebel 6mp. I thought the image quality at the time was out of this world, coming from a point and shoot Canon Elph camera. So as far as collecting, I kinda draw the line on at least 8mp super zoom cameras such as the Sony 828, or the Canon Pro 1, I would collect vintage cameras that at least has usable image(good enough or stallar for its time); because at some point I want to bring it and actually use them.
@@gdjaybee742 I know what you mean. I think for the consumer compacts, they started looking ok at 3mp and above, but the DSLRs really only started looking ok from 6-10mp. This is as a whole though, including controls, overall experience etc. I'm covering everything on this channel as I'm trying to document the early years of digital cameras, so there'll be good and bad in there. Mostly bad prior to 2000!
i've just bought one for 5 euros
That is a BARGAIN!
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you should sell it on eBay!
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