A Old Review of the Canon D30 was a surprise...

[Tronhard]

I had come across information highlighting the groundbreaking nature of this camera, released in 2000, as the first APS-C CMOS sensor camera, and the first completely in-house digital camera, produced by Canon - previous ones had Kodak internal components.

I looked up the DPReview site and found two articles reviewing the camera, both of which were highly complementary.

The original review: https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30
The throwback review: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/63...-canon-eos-d30

Recently I found a reference to an article from the Luminous Landscape website, by the respected photographer (the now late) Michael Reichmann. You may be able to view this for one time by going to this site:
https://luminous-landscape.com/d30-vs-film/ After that, if you are not a member it may block most of the article.

In this article he makes an effort to compare the output from the D30 with that of a film camera, using the same lens on both units. While perhaps not having the full academic rigor, his process seems sound and has been backed up by other authoritative sources. I was surprised at the results:

Here is a video with some more of his reflections (and an interesting look back in history at how digital tech was viewed in those days).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LWSV6dlH_U

Curious as to others' comments...