02-23-2012, 11:21 AM
Who brought to market the first digital camera (affordable for "consumers"... so not counting the astronomically priced stuff aimed at a select group of professionals, like Kodak's DCS)?
Kodak? No. Kodak introduced its first digital stills camera for the normal market in 1995, the Kodak DC40.
Sony yes... no. Sony brought the Sony Mavica to market in 1981. It had a 0.3mp CCD.. but it was not a digital camera. It put out a video signal instead of digital images. Sony's first digital camera appeared in 1997, the DSC-F1. And it was not marketed for real.
Olympus? No. 1st one was the C-400 in 1996.
Canon? No. Like the Mavica, Canon introduced the RC-701 in 1985 and actually sold them, but its output was not digital but video. In 1996 Canon came with its first, the Canon PowerShot 600.
Nikon? No. Like Sony and Canon, Nikon introduced a stills video camera in 1988, the QV-1000C. 1st digital for Nikon: The Coolpix 100 from 1997.
Fujifilm? No.. First digital camera in 1998, the DS-1P.
So who was the first? There are actually two answers. Both were outsiders in the photo world.
The 1st digital camera was the Dycam Model 1, in 1990. It was also sold as Logitech FotoMan. It had a whopping resolution of 320x240 pixels, and shot black and white images only.
![[Image: dynacam_1991.jpg]](http://www.plyojump.com/classes/images/computer_history/dynacam_1991.jpg)
The 1st consumer digital colour camera was the Apple QuickTake 100, which offered a for the time reasonable resolution of 640x480 pixels (0.3mp). It was developed together with Kodak and produced by Kodak. The Kodak DC40 shows a close resemblance to the Apple QuickTake 100.
![[Image: 6.jpg]](http://homepage.mac.com/cameradecollection/others/Images/6.jpg)
Kodak? No. Kodak introduced its first digital stills camera for the normal market in 1995, the Kodak DC40.
Sony yes... no. Sony brought the Sony Mavica to market in 1981. It had a 0.3mp CCD.. but it was not a digital camera. It put out a video signal instead of digital images. Sony's first digital camera appeared in 1997, the DSC-F1. And it was not marketed for real.
Olympus? No. 1st one was the C-400 in 1996.
Canon? No. Like the Mavica, Canon introduced the RC-701 in 1985 and actually sold them, but its output was not digital but video. In 1996 Canon came with its first, the Canon PowerShot 600.
Nikon? No. Like Sony and Canon, Nikon introduced a stills video camera in 1988, the QV-1000C. 1st digital for Nikon: The Coolpix 100 from 1997.
Fujifilm? No.. First digital camera in 1998, the DS-1P.
So who was the first? There are actually two answers. Both were outsiders in the photo world.
The 1st digital camera was the Dycam Model 1, in 1990. It was also sold as Logitech FotoMan. It had a whopping resolution of 320x240 pixels, and shot black and white images only.
The 1st consumer digital colour camera was the Apple QuickTake 100, which offered a for the time reasonable resolution of 640x480 pixels (0.3mp). It was developed together with Kodak and produced by Kodak. The Kodak DC40 shows a close resemblance to the Apple QuickTake 100.