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Picture I took with an old point'n'shoot digital camera (Canon Powershot A490) (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by Sisyphe@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
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I often go on walks near train tracks and train stations. The child inside me never stopped liking trains.

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[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That somehow looks like the 90s or 00s.

[–] Sisyphe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Well of course! My camera is a 2010 model (and a cheap one at that!) and the place where I took the picture probably looks the same since the early '80s. Photos snapped with with 00's tech look like they belong in that era. I can't put my finger on it, but I think it's the colour palette. Pics taken with high-end smartphones these days have this weird, plasticky, instagrammy, fake looking aesthetic to them. 10 years from now, you'll be able to look at them and say "That somehow looks like the 2020's".

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

I love the old Canon Powershots.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Obligatory Porcupine Tree.

Have you heard this song before, OP? @Sisyphe

[–] Sisyphe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I haven't listened to Porcupine Tree in a while, thanks. It feels a bit sacrilegious listening to them on YouTube, guess I'll have to go find my old mp3 player haha.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Those are some loud train tracks (they shake the trains & make them rattle more)!
Trains are hella cool tho.

I also like how old digital cameras (even some phones from the 2010 era) had fairly good optics with nice geometry & sensors had some limitations.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I found my old Kodak DC25 the other day, with a whopping 250 thousand pixels of resolution. Sadly age seemed to have killed it.