I'm sorry to report that Steve Sanders has died at the age of 64. His website "Steve's Digicams" was one of the English-speaking world's main go-to sites for digicam reviews during the wide-open heyday of the digital transition; his "Steve's Conclusion" pages were often the best source of sober, well-considered, well-written, down-to-earth summaries of new cameras. Steve was also one of the people who published my old "Sunday Morning Photographer," a weekly column that appeared on three major review sites and at its peak was translated into five different languages.
Current Steve's Digicams Editor-in-Chief Billy Chambers writes, "Steve was a very inspiring person. What most folks don't know is that Steve was bound to a wheelchair for most of his life, due to a motorcycle accident in his mid-20s that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Which, over the course of many years, led to him becoming a quadriplegic. The amount of work this man could do in a day, despite his handicap, was awe-inspiring, with many often referring to him as a 'one-man army.' His infectious personality will be truly missed by the staff here at Steve's, as well as [by] his close friends and family."
Sincere regards and condolences to the many people who will miss Steve.
Mike
(Thanks to Oren Grad)
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Dennis Ng: "This was the site to go to in those years. RIP."
Sad .....and I was thinking back to a comment made when he sold the site back in 2009 .... by an old contributor that made me smile then .... sorry he cant be around now ....
Dear Mike,
Selling this site would completely compromise its integrity and ultimately destroy the valuable service you've created for the photographic community.
I could be persuaded to rethink that position for a suitable cut. Details, as always, are negotiable.
Sad
Posted by: Tom Bell | Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 05:45 PM
The genius of Steve's Digicams (IMHO, of course) was he always shot the same scenes and items, from nearly the same angles for almost every camera! It made it SO easy to compare the output of models I was considering purchasing. I hate to hear of his passing. His site was invaluable, and it was nice seeing his family members grow up in the sample photos he posted over the years.
Posted by: Terry Manning | Thursday, 30 March 2017 at 02:56 PM