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So I get a Kodak DC120 Digital Science digital camera in may of '98. Cost me
exactly $1000.00 (taxes incl.) and was the first over 1 megapixel camera under a
thousand dollars.
Since May of '98 this camera has travelled far and wide and taken in excess of
11 thousand pictures, but, as of late, has been showing its age--broken handles,
cracked LCD's, duct tape holding it together...
I noted on eBay that someone was dumping 3 non-working DC120's. I put in a bid,
and won the auction for these 3 non-working DC120's for 30ish bucks US.
Got the package this morning.
Turns out that out of the 3 non-functioning DC120's, 2 were in near perfect
condition and perfectly operating, and the third has a cracked LCD (like mine
but worse) and a broken switch--no way to view the pics once you've taken 'em.
So, being the hardware guru that I am, I frankenstein the worst of the DC120's
onto my original DC120, and so mine is looking pretty great (still with a
cracked LCD but I can live with that for now...)
So for 30ish bucks US, I have two 'close to perfect' DC120's, 1 reasonably
working DC120 (my original with 'upgraded pieces--no more duct tape!) and one
DC120 that will take pictures--you just can't see 'em until you d/l 'em to your
'puter.
All in all, pretty happy.
Dave K
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| (...) Oh my god. I take a lot of digital photos-on my Canon S100 and Nikon 4300 alone I've shot more than 6000 photos in three years. But that DC120 wins by a long shot. Holy. (...) For those of you who have never had the pleasure of the DC120, the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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