Making Your Photos Look Vintage

ATARI 2600 1983 Model 4 Switch Woody

  

  I shot this photo using my Panasonic Lumix LX-3 camera. The image looks vintage 

  but was actually shot in the year 2010. I used Gimp to process the image and used

  special plug-ins  available to replicate a lomo  film camera shot. There were also some

  flare spots added and color selection from the 70's. I was actually in pressed by how

  well the image turned out. It is important to start with a high resolution file, so when you

  edit the image using Gimp you can make all your adjustments and not loose sharpness

  or other important features  of your original photo. If you start out with a poor image

  then your final picture will look pix elated and blurred. Here is a link to lomo photography 

  using Gimp and special plug ins ( Lomo Script with Old Style Colors) Lot's of fun and

  good way to recapture a nostalgic  photo you may remember from the past .

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 Excellent Digital Camera

I have owned my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 for about a year now and I can
truly say this is the digital camera to own if you want compact and quality
combined in one package. I previously owned a Nikon D90 and shot mostly
with a AF Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D lens. The sharpness and quality of this setup
was unbelievable and I wanted a smaller camera with image quality of the D90
in a compact size camera, not sure how switch to anything else, specially a compact
size camera and still be able to achieve such quality photos that the I was shooting
with my D90 and 50mm prime lens setup. After researching the Internet for a few
weeks I made the decision to go with the LX-3 camera. The glass on the LX-3
is a Leica 24mm F/2.0 lens with 2.5X zoom incredible sharpness and low light
shooting ability. The sensor on the camera is not as large as the D90 it's 1/1.7"
8x6mm sensor is still larger then most compact digital cameras similar in size.
The sensor on the LX-3 produces an  incredibly high resolution 10.1 MP Image
very capable of achieving results close to a DSLR camera. What I love most about
the LX-3 is the manual settings available and Raw shooting capabilities. When
I switched from my D90 to the LX-3 there was not much to miss. I had most
of the manual settings that the D90 provided me with as  well as the ability to
shoot in Raw format given me incredible editing capabilities and control over
my images. The macro shots are astonishing and look like what you would
get from a special Macro lens and a DSLR camera. The zoom capability are
limited and changing lenses is not possible but this is to be expected from a
digital compact camera. here are some macro shots and photo samples that
I shot using the LX-3. here is some more technical specifications on the LX-3.
The LX-3 is truly a charm to own and shoot pictures with. I would highly
recommend this camera to anyone looking for a compact sized digital camera
to replace an over sized DSLR or as a backup to their existing camera outfit.

Sony Mavica FD75 3.5 Floppy Disk Camera

I found this Sony Mavica FD75 digital camera at a local thrift store for $7

original MSRP of the FD75 was $399.00 when released in 2001, nine years ago

it came complete with a charger and battery. This camera is equipped with

a 0.3 Mega Pixel CCD sensor and is capable of producing a VGA-resolution

photo of (640x480). It stores pictures in compressed Jpeg format or uncompressed

Bitmap format. For storage media it takes a 3.5" floppy drive at 2x speed built right

in the side of the camera. The Mavica FD75 does not have a USB cable port or

memory card support. I use a 3.5" USB floppy drive to transfer my files to my PC.

The quality of the pictures are really nice for being only a 0.3 mega pixel camera,

that's less then half of a mega pixel.The 3.5" floppy disk can hold 18-20 Jpeg photos

at (640x480) resolution or one Bitmap picture uncompressed.The nice thing about this

camera is the ability to shoot pictures at a reasonable sized resolution and be able to

post them on the web or e-mail without having a large sized file to upload, saves a lot

of time. This allows me not to have to re size photos or shrink file size. A Jpeg file on this

camera of (640 x 480)  is an average size of 40 KB to 85 KB depending on light, colors 

and subject captured. The battery life is great. The Mavica FD75 uses a "L" series

Sony Info LITHIUM rechargeable battery. On average with the used battery it came

with i am able to shoot about 500 shots before  recharging.  There is an optional battery

you can purchase to give you 2200 shots if needed. here is technical specifications 

I have posted some sample shots i have taken with the camera so far. I am very happy with

the photo quality of this 9 year old digital camera. Remember that the mega pixel count is

only 0.3 MP. Some of the photos were touched up with FS viewer photo editing program

to add some extra contrast and saturation.The camera does tend to capture images slightly

under saturated and low contrast, specially when using built in flash. for the $7 this camera

cost me I would say it is a great camera overall and performs great for e-mails and web
posting. I have not tried making prints yet. I will assume that a 4" x 6" should be acceptable
quality. Reading other web posts, some noted that the print quality is not great but this is to
be expected from a 0.3MP digital camera. I do own a Panasonic Lumix LX-3 for prints or
high resolution digital photography. I have also owned a Nikon D60 & D90 Both were
excellent cameras. There is something about the nostalgic look of the photos when shot
with the Mavica FD75 that really makes shooting pictures with it fun and enjoyable.