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Kodak's FIRST digital camera - D-Rod - 05-07-2008
Wow, that is way older than I would have thought.
Kodak’s first digital camera, circa 1975, was a real clunker
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/kodaks_first_di.php#more
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - Paul F. - 05-07-2008
Whoa!
With a CASSETTE TAPE drive too!
I remember using one of those on my Commodore 128! Didn't work real well, but I used it!
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - kap - 05-07-2008
Man, how much does that thing weight?
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - Acer - 05-07-2008
Oddly enough, it was a Consumer Reports Best Buy.
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - deckeda - 05-07-2008
Back then they were called "point and shoot and replace the cassette" Failed in the marketplace due to lack of catchy name.
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - Mac1337 - 05-07-2008
I don't dee the merit of a digital picture without computers.
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - D-Rod - 05-07-2008
It does use a computer to show the image. Check the link above.
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - GGD - 05-07-2008
This technology had to start somewhere. 20 years later here's what they were producing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_QuickTake
Around that same time in the mid 70s, in college I was playing around with a digital video camera (B/W only). The camera was quite a bit smaller than that and was much faster (no cassettes), but also required a large mini-computer. I wrote software to record video to reels of 9-track tape and play it back to a digital CRT display that we also had. I still have a low quality print of me taken with that camera.
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - Grumpyguy - 05-07-2008
Thanks for the link.
This is just danged interesting!
Re: Kodak's FIRST digital camera - Racer X - 05-07-2008
is that the first gigapixel camera?