The Evolution & Decline of Digital Cameras from 1971 to 2020. #digitalcameras #history #evolution
Although the first digital photo was created in 1957, the first portable digital camera was not on the market until 1989. In this video we will take a look at the evolution and decline of digital cameras from the start until today.
1971 First Digital Camera
2D Silicon Vidicon Astronomical Photometer
1973 Fairchild MV-100
First commercial camera with a CCD sensor
1975 Cromemco Cyclops
First Solid State Digital Camera
1975 Kodak Prototype
First prototype of a portable digital camera.
1981 Sony Mavica
First filmless still video camera
1986 MegaVision Tessera
First digital photography system for photo studios.
1987 Videk Megaplus
The Megaplus introduced Kodak's megapixel CCD sensor
1988 Fuji DS-1P
First portable fully digital camera
1989 Fuji DS-X / Toshiba IMC-100
First portable fully digital consumer camera
1990 Dycam Model 1 / Logitech Fotoman
First digital camera sold in the US
1991 Kodak DCS 100
First Digital SLR camera
1994 Apple QuickTake 100
First affordable color digital camera under $1000
1994 Olympus Deltis VC-1100
Introduced direct transmission of images over phone line
1995 Casio QV-10
First digital camera with integrated display
1997 Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 / MVC-FD7
Used Sony's 3.5 inch floppy disk tech to save photos
1999 Kyocera VP-210
First cell phone with a built-in camera
1999 Nikon D1
First unibody DSLR, halving prices of DSLRs
2000 Sony MVC-CD1000
First camera to use 3-inch CD-R discs
2002 Casio Exilim EX-S1 / EX-M1
Integrated optics and sensor into a single tiny module
2003 Dakota Single-Use Camera
First single-use digital cameras to get hacked
2005 Kodak EasyShare One
First Wi-Fi enabled camera with sharing features
2006 Digital Hero
First digital GoPro after film version
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2007 Apple iPhone
Simple camera interface for managing and sharing photos
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2009 Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D
First consumer 3D digital camera
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2010 Digital Camera Sales Peaked
2011 Polaroid Z340
Digital version of Polaroid using Zink technology
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2012 Lytro Light Field
Introduced Consumer Light Field Photography
2013 Ricoh Theta 360
First handheld 360 digital camera
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2015 DxO One
External iPhone camera
2017 Light L16
Pocket-sized high quality camera with 16 lenses
2018 Insta360 Pro 2
First 8K 360 3D VR camera
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2020 Canon EOS R5
First affordable prosumer 8K camera
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2020 Vecnos IQUI
Smallest 360 digital camera
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Video clips used are courtesy of Kodak, Canon, Apple, Casio, Nikon, Kyocera, Fuji, Ricoh, Insta360 and Vecnos.
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