List of digital cameras with CCD sensors
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There has been renewed interest in vintage digital cameras, also known as digicams, due to their ability to take photos with a particular nostalgic look without the expense of analog film.{{cite news |last=Farrell |first=Mike |date=2023-02-05 |title=Digital cameras back in fashion after online revival |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64512059 |newspaper=BBC}}{{cite magazine |last=MacNeill |first=Kyle |date=2023-04-09 |title=Say sleaze! The return of the digital camera |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/59676/1/digital-cameras-trend-indie-sleaze-miu-miu-tiktok-bella-hadid-instagram-myspace |magazine=Dazed}}{{cite web |last=Robles |first=Gabby |title=Gen Z is Bringing Back Retro Digital Cameras—Here’s Why |url=https://www.adorama.com/alc/retro-digital-cameras-gen-z/ |website=Adorama}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.today.com/video/gen-z-is-giving-digital-cameras-a-nostalgic-resurgence-163804229738|title=Why digital cameras are making a comeback |medium=Television broadcast |publisher=NBC |author=Today}} This trend coincides with the resurgence of other early digital and late analog technologies, such as camcorders, film photography, vinyl records, and turntables.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/film-camera-typewriter-record-sales-surge-vintage-tech-digital-nostalgia-2021-12|title=Demand for vintage items like typewriters, records, and film is surging, even as Big Tech pitches the metaverse|website=Business Insider}}
This is a list of digicams that contain a 1/1.7″ CCD sensor or larger, include a fixed lens, and support SDHC memory cards and one or more of the following: SDXC memory cards,{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsSensorSize%2CSpecsSensorType%2CSpecsStorageTypes¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CLargeSensorCompact%2CSLRLikeCompact¶mSpecsSensorSize=PremiumCompacts%2COneInch%2CFourThirds%2CAPSCH%2CFullFrame%2CMediumFormat¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDXC|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}} raw image format capture,{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsSensorSize%2CSpecsSensorType%2CSpecsUncompressedFormatNew%2CSpecsStorageTypes%2CSpecsWeight¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CLargeSensorCompact%2CSLRLikeCompact¶mSpecsSensorSize=PremiumCompacts%2COneInch%2CFourThirds%2CAPSCH%2CFullFrame%2CMediumFormat¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsUncompressedFormatNew=RAW¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDHC%2CSDXC¶mSpecsWeightMax=600|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}} and AA or AAA batteries.{{efn|There is no model with a CCD image sensor that is known to support all three.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsSensorType%2CSpecsUncompressedFormatNew%2CSpecsStorageTypes%2CSpecsBatteryNew¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsUncompressedFormatNew=RAW¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDXC¶mSpecsBatteryNew=AA%2CAAA|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}}}} These are features that help make an old camera easy to use today.
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Notably, no Fujifilm Super CCD 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 syllabic abbreviation for “digital camera”, it is now used primarily to refer to an old compact digital camera or, in other words, a discontinued point-and-shoot camera with a fixed lens.{{cite web|url=http://www.aheadworld.org/2023/03/05/digicams/|title=Digicams|author=Howard Dale}}{{cite web|url=https://lenslurker.com/digicams/#what-are-digicams-and-what-sets-them-apart-from-other-cameras|title=Guide to Vintage Digital Cameras aka Digicams|website=Lens Lurker}}{{cite web|url=https://classicdigicam.com/about/#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20DigiCam?|title=What's the Big Deal about Classic DigiCams Anyway?|website=Classic DigiCams}} Digicams emphasize portability and ease of use, and they often include a built-in flash.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZUn9kyBC-A|title=How to Shoot a Digicam in 2023|author=KingJypes}}
= 1/1.7″ CCD sensor or larger =
CMOS sensors have entirely replaced CCD sensors 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 slide film (also known as positive film) and CMOS to negative film.{{cite web|url=https://sundrift.co/sofi-lee-digicam/#:~:text=slide%20film|title=Sofi Lee: Matriarch of The Digicam Renaissance|website=sundrift}}
While there were larger CCD sensors made for interchangeable-lens cameras, such as the Leica M9, 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.{{cite web|url=https://newatlas.com/camera-sensor-size-guide/26684/|title=Camera sensor size: Why does it matter and exactly how big are they?|website=New Atlas}}{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/buying-advice/buying_guides/do-you-need-a-premium-compact-camera-63234|title=Do you need a premium compact camera?|website=What Digital Camera}}{{cite web|url=https://www.techhive.com/article/602116/demystifying-digital-camera-sensors-once-and-for-all.html|title=Demystifying digital camera sensors once and for all|website=TechHive}}
= SDHC and SDXC cards =
Early digital cameras used a variety of formats for storage. Eventually SD cards 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: SDHC, which maxes out at 32 GB, or SDXC, 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 forward compatible.{{cite web|url=https://www.quora.com/Do-all-SD-cards-work-with-all-cameras|title=Do all SD cards work with all cameras?|website=Quora}}
= 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 JPEG version, especially given the low dynamic range of these small-sensor cameras.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSZZ0uE_EI|title=Canon Ixus 100 IS Digicam RAW vs JPEG Compared|author=Mamotreco}}
= AA or AAA batteries =
New consumer digital cameras with CCD sensors stopped being released in the early 2010s, and the few that offered USB charging only supported it via a non-standard cable.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3146391|title=Proprietary cable on XZ-1|website=Digital Photography Review}} Proprietary cables, chargers, and batteries can be difficult to come by, especially when discontinued, which makes support for standard AA or AAA batteries (especially rechargeable NiMH cells) a desirable feature.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/13/technology/circuits/buying-the-right-digicam.html|title=Buying the Right Digicam|publisher=New York Times}}
Larger CCD sensors
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The following digicams include a {{frac|2|3}}-inch CCD sensor, a fixed lens with a maximum aperture of {{f/}}2.4 or wider, and SD or CompactFlash (CF) memory card slots. However, none of them support SDHC/SDXC memory cards. Only the Olympus E-10/E-20 support AA batteries, none of the others accept AA/AAA batteries.
Even larger CCD sensors were only included in interchangeable-lens cameras, such as the Canon 1D, Nikon D60, and Leica M9. Nearly all such models were more expensive and less beginner-friendly than the point-and-shoot cameras listed here.
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Smaller CCD sensors
There are hundreds of digicam models — the most popular of which are from the Canon PowerShot ELPH, IXUS, and IXY series — that contain a smaller CCD sensor and support SDXC memory cards.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsSensorSize%2CSpecsSensorType%2CSpecsStorageTypes¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CLargeSensorCompact%2CSLRLikeCompact¶mSpecsSensorSize=Compacts¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDXC|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}} Unfortunately none of them support USB charging.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsSensorSize%2CSpecsSensorType%2CSpecsStorageTypes%2CSpecsUSBCharging¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CLargeSensorCompact%2CSLRLikeCompact¶mSpecsSensorSize=Compacts¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDXC¶mSpecsUSBCharging=Yes|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}} However several dozen, such as the Nikon Coolpix A10, do support AA batteries.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpreview.com/products/search/cameras#criterias=SpecsCoreParams%2CSpecsSensorSize%2CSpecsSensorType%2CSpecsStorageTypes%2CSpecsBatteryNew¶mSpecsCoreParamsBodyType=UltraCompact%2CCompact%2CLargeSensorCompact%2CSLRLikeCompact¶mSpecsSensorSize=Compacts¶mSpecsSensorType=CCD¶mSpecsStorageTypes=SDXC¶mSpecsBatteryNew=AA|title=Camera feature search|website=Digital Photography Review}}
See also
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