History of the digital camera
Many people remember that around 1995 or so a digital camera came around to take photos for you to use on the web. And because of this many believe that that is when the digital cameras or digital photography was invented.
In all actuality technology for digital imagery has been around since the early 1950’s with the invention of the video tape recorder. And by 1956 the technology was widely used in the television industry.
In the 1960’s, as the computer age technology started advancing, NASA converted from analog signals to digital. The governments use of digital imagery in several of its areas, helped to boost the commercial side as well and in 1972 Texas Instruments was the first to patient the film-less electronic camera. Sony was next inline with the still electronic camera which in all actuality was a video camera that took still pictures since it used small film disks that needed a video reader.
Kodak jumped in, in the 1970’s and invented several solid state sensors that converted light to digital and then in 1986 came up with the first sensor that was capable of a 5×7 print or 1.4 million pixels. In 1990 they developed the photo CD system and in 1991 all this advancement in technology led to the release of the first digital cameras for Professional Photo Journalists, a Nikon F-3 equipped with a Kodak 1.3 mega pixel sensor. By 1994 the first digital cameras for the open market were available with the Apple Quick Take 100 followed by the Kodak DC40 the following year was the Casio QV-11. And in 1996 Sony released the Cyber-Shot.
Today with the ever advancing technology the digital camera is now out selling the film camera.
Reference:
About.com
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