China News Network, October 25 (China News Financial Reporter Xie Yiguan) Don't throw away the old camera, it may be popular again, such as CCD cameras.
This kind of camera with CCD as a photosensitive element has become "electronic waste", but now relying on this "retro" trend, it is rapidly popular among young people, and the price is also rising.
What used to be "electronic waste" is now more expensive the more it is fried
Shin Shin (pseudonym), who lives in Guangzhou, entered the "pit" of CCD cameras this year.
"This camera with more than 200 pieces is not very good, but the original image has a high production rate, and it looks better when the light is good during the day and darker at night." Shin Shin loves to share her experience of playing with CCD cameras on social platforms.
The picture shows a CCD camera. Photo courtesy of respondents
Talking about the first purchase of CCD cameras, Shin Shin told reporters, "I usually like to record life, and I also like photos with a retro feeling, so I tried to get a CCD camera, and after playing, I found that the CCD camera is worth buying." ”
Now Shin Shin has a number of different models of CCD cameras in hand, and friends around him have also started, and usually go out to take pictures together.
Currently living in Kobayashi, Japan, he is also a photography enthusiast. "I'm interested in all kinds of cameras myself, and when I buy a CCD camera, I mainly like its retro shape, which is very millennial." Xiaolin told reporters.
Like Xiaolin and Shin Shin, more and more young people have played CCD cameras in recent years, which has also made the CCD cameras that have been eliminated by the mainstream camera market and sold as "electronic waste" "come back to life", and the price is getting more and more expensive.
"Ordinary CCD cameras used to be dozens of pieces, but now there are many people playing, and the price is stirred up again." The owner of a camera shop in Beijing told reporters, "According to different products, the price of CCD cameras in the store is also different, two or three hundred pieces cheap, thousands of expensive pieces." ”
Why are CCD cameras popular again?
As for why they noticed CCD cameras, Xiaolin and Shin Shin both mentioned the influence of social platforms.
"At that time, I brushed Little Red Book, and I accidentally planted some medieval CCD cameras, and then I had an in-depth understanding." Kobayashi recalled. The reporter noticed that there are currently hundreds of thousands of CCD-related notes on Xiaohongshu, most of which are shared by players.
Many players shared their experience of playing CCD cameras on Little Red Book.
It is worth mentioning that many celebrities have been amway CCD cameras before, plus many stars have been picked up by fans to use CCD cameras privately, which has also contributed to its popularity.
In addition, CCD cameras are relatively affordable to start, which has also become one of the factors favored by many young people. If you do not pursue high-end models, starting with a camera for two or three hundred yuan will not bring much economic burden. Shin Shin also mentioned, "CCD cameras are relatively cost-effective. ”
At the same time, with the rise of "retro style", the sense of film and blur have become the film effect pursued by many photographers, and the retro shape of CCD cameras also cuts to some people's preferences.
"It is not as optimized as the cameras produced now, like some CCD cameras with 200w and 300w pixels, the sharpness of the shot may not be as good as the mobile phone, with a little blur, there is a retro feeling." The owner of the above-mentioned camera shop said.
"Combing through the trends in the camera market, you can see that every few years, the camera market is popular with retro style." Jiang Han, a senior researcher at Pangu Think Tank, told reporters that the CCD camera itself is not as well developed as CMOS cameras, and the popularity of this wave of CCD cameras may be influenced by unique market trends.
Infographic. Photo by Zhai Yujia, reporter of the China News Agency
Impersonation with a dashcam, the second-hand market is "mixed"
Driven by celebrities and social platforms, many people have a strong interest in CCD cameras, but the CCD camera market is "mixed" or needs to be vigilant.
The above-mentioned camera boss mentioned that because it has been eliminated by the mainstream camera market, many CCD cameras on the market are now second-hand.
Under the circulation of second-hand goods, on the one hand, the price is arbitrarily marked, the price of explosive models is inflated, and on the other hand, the quality of the camera cannot be guaranteed.
A digital camera shop owner who opened a store in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, revealed that CCD cameras not only rose sharply, but also sold the same model in different stores, and the price could be one or two hundred different.
"The fun of buying a CCD camera is to find treasures from 'garbage', but it is not necessary to buy a lot of 'garbage' as a baby. There are many types and styles of CCD cameras, and you don't have to buy a hot model at a high price. In this regard, Xiaolin said.
In addition, some novice players blindly go to second-hand e-commerce platforms to buy because they do not know much about cameras, and if they are not careful, they will buy defective machines or even fake CCD cameras.
Recently, some buyers shared, "The CCD camera purchased for 220 yuan on a second-hand e-commerce platform was changed with a dashcam." ”
Due to the large number of deceived players, there are now many posts on social platforms on how to identify the quality of CCD cameras and identify whether they are dashcams.
As playing CCD cameras becomes a trend, how to regulate the buying and selling market? In Jiang Han's view, on the one hand, government guidance is needed, and on the other hand, market norms and market self-discipline can also be introduced to guide sales. At the same time, e-commerce platforms may also need to take some targeted measures. (End)