There has been renewed interest in vintage

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s, also known as digicams, due to their ability to take photos with a particular nostalgic look without the expense of analog

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. This trend coincides with the resurgence of other early digital and late analog technologies, such as

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s, and

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s. This is a list of digicams that contain a 1/1.7″

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or larger, include a fixed lens, and support

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memory cards and one or more of the following:

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memory cards,

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capture, and AA or

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. These are features that help make an old camera easy to use today. Notably, no

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digicams qualify, because none support SDXC, raw capture, or AA/AAA batteries. Arguably their best models ever released, such as the FinePix F31fd, only support xD memory cards, which are now obsolete.

Rationale for criteria

Fixed lens

Although the term “digicam” originated as a

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for “digital camera”, it is now used primarily to refer to an old compact digital camera or, in other words, a discontinued

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camera with a fixed lens. Digicams emphasize portability and ease of use, and they often include a built-in

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1/1.7″ CCD sensor or larger

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s have entirely replaced

s in recent consumer digital cameras due to cost effectiveness and high ISO performance. However, in good lighting conditions, many people find that the CCD sensors in digicams yield a more pleasing color rendition than CMOS sensors. Some liken CCD to

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(also known as positive film) and CMOS to

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. While there were larger CCD sensors made for interchangeable-lens cameras, such as the

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, CCD sensors in fixed-lens cameras maxed out at 2/3″ (1/1.5″). Premium compact cameras of the time contained sensors around 1/1.7″ in size, whereas entry-level models used 1/2.3″ sensors or smaller.

SDHC and SDXC cards

Early digital cameras used a variety of formats for storage. Eventually

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won the format war, and they are still widely used and readily available. However, the original SD format maxes out at 2GB and is now rare. Cards today far exceed that by using one of two format extensions:

, which maxes out at 32 GB, or

, which maxes out at 2 TB. SDXC support is more future-proof, but SDHC cards are still common and inexpensive. Support for the newer formats is important, because memory card slots are not usually

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Raw image format

While the appeal of digicams stems from the ability of obtain pleasing results with a nostalgic look straight out of camera, capturing in a raw format maximizes the ability to edit an image to one's taste or recover details (such as highlights and shadows) that might otherwise be lost in the

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version, especially given the low

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of these small-sensor cameras.

AA or AAA batteries

New consumer digital cameras with CCD sensors stopped being released in the early 2010s, and the few that offered

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charging only supported it via a non-standard cable. Proprietary cables, chargers, and batteries can be difficult to come by, especially when discontinued, which makes support for standard AA or

(especially rechargeable NiMH cells) a desirable feature.

Larger CCD sensors

The following digicams include a -inch

, a fixed lens with a maximum

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of 2.4 or wider, and SD or

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(CF) memory card slots. However, none of them support

memory cards. Only the Olympus E-10/E-20 support AA batteries, none of the others accept AA/

. Even larger CCD sensors were only included in interchangeable-lens cameras, such as the Canon 1D, Nikon D60, and

. Nearly all such models were more expensive and less beginner-friendly than the point-and-shoot cameras listed here.

Smaller CCD sensors

There are hundreds of digicam models — the most popular of which are from the

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ELPH, IXUS, and IXY series — that contain a smaller

and support

memory cards. Unfortunately none of them support

charging. However several dozen, such as the

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A10, do support

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Notes

References

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