Critique the Community

Images Taken on an Older Camera

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  • Submission Deadline: Mon, 31 Mar 25 03:15:00 +0000

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Welcome to the March 2025 Critique the Community Contest!  For this month's contest we want to see your best images taken with an older camera you've owned. This could mean your previous smart phone camera, an older DSLR camera, or even a modern mirrorless camera that you've since replaced with a newer camera. Obviously this opens the door for a ton of entries so we are asking that you add a little information about the camera you used to create the photograph and what camera(s) you are now using. If the only camera you own was first released before 2020, you can submit images taken from it as well even if you have never upgraded since then. 

The whole idea behind this contest is we want to see images taken without the absolute latest and greatest gear available. We want read about the challenges you experienced back then and how it might be easier to capture the same shot today with a more state of the art camera.

Rules

  • This contest is 100% free to join
  • Each photographer may submit up to 3 images
  • Each photograph must include a description that includes details about how the photograph was taken, what post processing was done to it, where it was taken, and what challenges you faced taking the image. Simply writing a single sentence that doesn't explain much of anything will disqualify you from being chosen!
  • Each image MUST identify what camera it was taken on and what camera or cameras you are currently shooting with today. 

Because the only requirement for this contest is the model of camera you used, we are allowing submissions of images from any genre of photography. Whether that be landscapes, product and commercial, portraits, composite work, or conceptual and fine art photography,  any type of photography is allowed in this contest.

March Prizes

1st Place 



One first place winner will receive a full bundle of Topaz Labs' software suite. Topaz Labs has become the industry leader in image upsampling and Ai processing for both photograph and videography. This suite includes an unlocked copy of Topaz Labs' GigaPixel 8 software which allows you to upscale and enhance any image up to 16x. Also included is a copy of Photo AI 3 which uses artificial intellegence to bring out more detail and sharpness out of your photographs. Finally, for the video editors out there, the first place winner of this contest will receive a full copy of Tapaz Labs Video AI 6. This powerful software allows you to drastically improve any video file with options to upscale, resample, stabilize, denoise, and add additional frames for slow motion.  We have personally been using Video AI to upscale some of our older youtube content and the results are unbelievable. 



Additionally, the first place winner will also receive the brand new iSteady M7 smartphone gimbal from Hohem. The iSteady M7 is an advanced battery powered gimbal that stands out from other smartphone gimbals with it's wireless, self monitoring LCD remote and it's Ai powered subject tracking. The M7 also has an incredibly convenient extension arm built into the gimbal itself making it a versatile tool for any videographer or vlogger needing professional looking footage from their pocket sized smartphone. We recently reviewed the iSteady M7 and it is one of the most powerful yet compact smartphone gimbals we have ever used.


2nd Place



One second place winner will also win an iSteady M7 smartphone gimbal from Hohem.



The total value of this prize is $300. 

3rd Place

As always, our third place winner will receive their choice of any Fstoppers photo or video tutorial found at Fstoppers.com/store

The total value of this prize is up to $299

We are excited to see your best images captured using one of your previously owned cameras. Good luck to everyone and we will see you at the end of the month!

Bonus March Sale

For the month of March, Elia Locardi's photography tutorial Photographing the World 2: Cityscape, Astrophotography, and Advanced Post-Processing is on sale for just $59 (regular price at $299.99). 

In the second installment of Photographing the World, Elia takes you on a journey through some of his favorite countries as he captures both rural historic sites as well as some of the world's most modern cityscapes. You will learn Elia's entire on location workflow as he travels through Italy, Cambodia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. We then fly down to New Zealand where Elia focuses on capturing the night sky, star trails, and the Milky Way. 

As always, Elia then comes back to the post production studio to share his entire editing process including some of his favorite techniques for increasing dynamic range, removing distracting objects and people, blending multiple exposures into one single photo, and of course his entire astrophotography workflow as well.  



Learn more about this incredible landscape tutorial in the video above and jump over to the full Photographing the World 2 sales page to take advantage of this fire sale during the month of March!

  • Submission Deadline: Mon, 31 Mar 25 03:15:00 +0000

    This contest has ended.

  • Voting is closed.

  • 189 people have cast a total of 11,099 votes on 442 submissions from 215 contestants.
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30 Comments

I just realized that for someone a 7 years old camera is old...

Mmm, I think according to the contest rules, the photo must be taken with a previous camera than the one you own now, regardless how old the camera is. Maybe for some brands there has been a lot of improvement in the recent years and an 7 years old camera has become outdated, I dont know...

Yep...

Relative to your age. If you bought your first camera in 1985 I guess your 7 year old camera wouldnt seem that old. Just sayin

The rules make no sense.What qualifies as "old"? How do I take an image with a camera I no longer own? If I just traded my Fuji GFX100 II for a Polaroid, does that make the GFX100 "old"?

If you watch their latest video on YouTube, they explain it a bit better :)

It is older, not old

I just took the oldest digital images I could find in my catalog, dating back to 2005 or so.

hmm... my current camera body is the EOS M6 Mark II, its release date was Sept 2019.. pretty close. But I think I'll just submit images taken with my EOS Rebel SL1 that I still have, in keeping with the spirit.

Current camera is a sony A7IV, but i loved my older sony A6400. Got some cool shots with that tiny but great camera!!

The prize package is insane!

Submission deadline is 2035? Are you giving us a chance to make our current camera ‘old’?

Haha, I just checked and...you're right! Oopsy!

I started photography back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Can you submit photos taken on film cameras, had the negatives scanned, and then did post in Lightroom?

that is what I have done for my entries

I'd love to see some of those photos of dinasaurs!!!!

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Houston we have a problem the blue question mark thumbnail I complained about has struck another member and is effecting his one of his March entries. His thumbnail representation is not available and denying access to his image for voting or comment!

See Allan Savage homepage upload 18 hours ago
Contest entry 18 from the top.

The thumbnail isn't showing for me on Alan Savages entry either, but access and voting is possible.

Yes I found if you viewed from advancing from before and aft images by right or left arrows but not by clicking the empty thumbnail. The think with these blue question mark thumbnails they last in the general forum for 24hrs then they appear as they should.

It worked for me by clicking on the image placeholder.

Looks like everything is fixed. I just scrolled through every image on the page and it appears the issue is fixed.

Perhaps that why the contest doesn't end for another 3,651 days?

Dean, yes it has past the 24 hrs from Allan's original image post on his profile, when I saw the same image entered in the contest 17 hours had past from his original post meaning in 7 hours both would appear as they should.
As per your 3651 days did you account for leap years ;)
Later.

I thought we had to rush but upon closer inspection the contest does not end for another 10 years. 😂

It does appear to be still open. Yeah that was pointed out a while ago and the joke was that it was giving time for a cameras to get old. Where is management to fix... haha.

What management? This is obviously AI led site ;)

Ha I personally made this page and have no idea how 2035 was selected. No AI here, just dumb user error...AI probably would have gotten it right. We filmed the video so it will come out tomorrow or Thursday.

Hi patrick, could you update the gear in my bag option? Searching for sony cameras and other lenses, most seem to be missing. Thanks

Voting is closed and you cant enter any new submissions. 2035 came early i guess? 😆😆

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