{"id":100679,"date":"2025-03-15T18:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T22:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=100679"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:54:54","slug":"random-thrifting-haul-canon-powershot-a400-for-5-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/random-thrifting-haul-canon-powershot-a400-for-5-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thrifting Haul – Canon Powershot A400 for $5!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Canon PowerShot A400 for $5!<\/h1>\n

To follow up on my previous post, I got also got a screaming deal on this 2004 Canon digicam.\u00a0 $5 and it came with a case! With “lofi” tech like this trending again I can’t believe it wasn’t snatched up by someone else.\u00a0 Ironically though 3.3 megapixel cameras of this era, the image quality is quite good, and not “filmic” at all, don’t believe the internet.\u00a0 It takes a lot of subtle imaging characteristics like grain and underexposure from digital to even get close to what folks thought early digital looked like.<\/p>\n

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This camera, being over 20 years old, the little watch battery for the clock expired ages ago, giving the annoying date reset prompt every time I powered it on. I had to order two sets of batteries (the first was my mistake) and this pushed this camera into the outrageous $20 range.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 Oh, this camera also takes plain old SD cards and works well with rechargeable AA Eneloops or the IKEA variety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I personally don’t think the image is as unique as the Nikon Coolpix 3700, but it’s very standard Canon imaging.\u00a0 More like pop music if you will, as opposed to artistic grunge that everyone is supposedly looking for in the digicam aesthetic.\u00a0 My advice is just enjoy the real flash that these cameras have.\u00a0 That’s what gives digicams the edge in carefree photography.\u00a0 The flash is so close to the lens that it fits perfectly for “club style” photos and the American Apparel fashion aesthetic (which I personally still love).<\/p>\n

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Canon Powershot A400 Sample Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had to edit these somewhat, just adding contrast to some shots.\u00a0 Again, the default Canon picture settings was really mild back in the day.\u00a0 One quirk about this camera is that the date\/timestamp only works in “Postcard” 1600×1200 resolution.\u00a0 Give me all my 3.3 Megapixels Canon! \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 I don’t know how many graphic designers or experienced photographers visit my site, but 3.3 MP is 2048×1536, more than enough for this blog, or an online listing to sell something.\u00a0 Have things really changed that much image wise in 20 years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canon PowerShot A400 for $5! To follow up on my previous post, I got also got a screaming deal on this 2004 Canon digicam.\u00a0 $5 and it came with a case! With “lofi” tech like this trending again I can’t believe it wasn’t snatched up by someone else.\u00a0 Ironically though 3.3 megapixel cameras of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[320,151],"tags":[368,293],"class_list":{"0":"post-100679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-gear","8":"category-photography","9":"tag-digicam","10":"tag-photo-gear","12":"post-with-thumbnail","13":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Canon-A400-3MP-2025-001a-Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-qbR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104445,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/glitchy-canon-s200-elph-sample-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":100679,"position":0},"title":"(Glitchy) Canon S200 Elph – Sample Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"May 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This lovely vintage Canon S200 Elph digicam was thrifted out in New Mexico!\u00a0 Seeing as how these things are snatched up so quick by savvy resellers I'm glad we visited the store at the right time.\u00a0 This ancient 2 Megapixel imager came with a 256MB (yes Megabytes!) 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