Classic DigiCam

Celebrating the Nostalgia of Retro Digital Photography

My Favorite Classic DigiCam

My favorite DigiCam is the Samsung ST76.

This unassuming little pocket point-and-shoot from 2012 has a unique picture aesthetic that I absolutely love! The Samsung ST76 is incredibly tiny! It’s my smallest DigiCam, measuring about 3.5″ wide, 2″ tall, and 3/4″ thick. Fits easily into almost any pocket, so I can carry it everywhere and it never gets in the way. It has a small 1/2.3″ 16-megapxiel CCD sensor and a f/2.5-6.3 25mm-125mm (equivalent) 5x zoom lens.

What makes the ST76 unique is Samsung’s Retro Style Smart Filter, which produces a 1960’s and 1970’s color film vibe—sometimes similar to some American New Color photographs—and not the quintessential DigiCam aesthetic. I love the vintage-film-like pictures that this camera captures—it may be a one-trick-pony, but it does that one trick very well!

I found my Samsung ST76 at Goodwill for about $18 after tax, which is considerably less than the original $130 price-tag. It was in nearly mint condition. The camera uses a Micro-SD card, and I use an adapter so I can transfer the files to my phone. Definitely worth buying if you can find it.

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8 responses to “My Favorite Classic DigiCam”

  1. […] traveling to southern Arizona, I brought all of my Classic Digicams, and of course my favorite: the Samsung ST76. Four of my six cameras were used at least once, but the Samsung ST76 and Nikon CoolPix S7c were by […]

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  2. […] Captured with a Sony CyberShot DSC-WX9 Captured with a Fujifilm FinePix AX655 Captured with a Samsung ST76 Captured with a Samsung ST76 Captured with a Samsung ST76 Captured with a Samsung ST76 Captured […]

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  3. […] Samsung ST76 is a tiny point-and-shoot digicam from 2012. I paid $18 for mine about six months ago. Despite […]

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  4. […] a 5% CineBloom filter, a Fujifilm X-E4 with a Fujinon 90mm f/2 lens, a Ricoh GR III, and a Samsung ST76 digicam. The X100V was utilized the most and the X-E4 + 90mm was second most. The GR III and […]

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  5. […] My favorite Classic DigiCam is the Samsung ST76. Its tiny size—my smallest camera—makes it especially great for travel, as it never gets in the way, and fits into any pocket. What I appreciate most about it, though, is the Retro Style Smart Filter, which gives pictures a vintage aesthetic as if they were captured in the 1960’s or ’70’s or even early ’80’s. These could be prints in an old picture album, except that I captured them last month while along California’s central coast. No editing, the images look great straight-out-of-camera. […]

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  6. That does render lovely subdued colour!

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