A look at the resurging interest and popularity of compact digital cameras with images from a street shoot on the 2013 16MP CCD Olympus VR-370.
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The resurgence in popularity and renewed interest in compact digital cameras, driven by the younger Gen Z crowd, who desires simplicity, nostalgia, and a break from smartphone dependency, is overwhelming. The trend is impacting both the new and used compact camera markets, which started in China and Japan, with compact digital cameras flying off dealers' shelves, and a major camera manufacturer revamping its production line to cater to the increasing demand.
For enthusiasts who are equally into CCD digital cameras, the choice of these compacts is confined to the vintage cameras manufactured 10 to 15 years ago, with production lines that have been bypassed and considered redundant.
A digital compact camera series worth mentioning is the Olympus VR series models produced by Olympus from 2011 to 2013, of which the VR-370 is used here for the album images shoot.
Olympus VR-370
The Olympus VR-370, launched by Olympus in 2013, is a point-and-shoot travel zoom with a 16MP CCD sensor, a 12.5x optical zoom lens (24-300mm equivalent) for effortless close-ups and wide-angle shots, and a 460k-dot resolution 3.0-inch LCD with anti-glare technology.
The camera features a built-in flash, an easy-to-use zoom and menu control, an ergonomic grip design, a dedicated one-touch video button, and Dual Image Stabilization to reduce the effect of camera shake.
Shooting modes on the camera include Program Auto, iAuto, where the camera will adjust the camera's settings to optimally match that scene, Beauty, Scene, Magic, and Panorama modes. Face Detection automatically adjusts the camera for the ideal portrait exposure.
AF Tracking follows a moving subject, like a pet or a child, and constantly adjusts focus and exposure so the camera has the correct settings when you are ready to shoot.
Album Images
While the 16MP CCD sensor does well with these interestingly cool and pleasing mid-tone images, one advantage the VR-370 has is the ability to charge the camera with the battery on board, via the multi-use USB cable (CB-USb7) supplied with the camera kit. The USB cable is less costly and easier to replace than the camera's battery charger if both are missing from the used set you are buying.
These images were shot on a walk from the Pasar Seni LRT Station, a circumnavigation of the Central Market, and down the spine of Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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