Dawn of Digital

Over the last few days I’ve been revisiting some images from the dawn of the digital era. Here’s an image from around 20 years ago taken on a rather plasticy HP Photosmart 945, with for what was then quite a reasonable 5.3 million pixel sensor. The camera didn’t last very long, it making a somewhat scary terminal cracking sound and packing up after only a couple of years use. It’s most likely now 30 feet down in exported landfill in Turkey, for sadly I never could resurrect it in to any kind of working order. And anyway, I’d moved in to the world of the DSLR by then. 

20 years ago, digital stills cameras were rather like electric cars are now, expensive, not very good, and of course the following years model would always be a lot better and half the price. But I mustn’t be disrespectful to  smug elderly bungalow dwelling metallic beige Prius owners who’ve invested all their savings in their quest to save the planet. 

But, the one good good thing the camera did have, whilst it lasted, was the ability to capture images with a seriously huge depth of field, which of course is ideal for close up photography of miniature things like this. 

Here’s a scene on Combwich, my slice of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway that never was. And unlike the camera, I still have everything here in my possession and fully working. 

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