Kodak Digital
Cameras
Kodak digital cameras are produced by a
multinational American cooperation known as Eastman Kodak
Company. Steven Sasson, an electrical engineer at Eastman Kodak
company in the year
1975, invented the first recorded digital camera.
The camera produced was not intended for production, but was
for a technical exercise. It weighed eight pounds, recorded its
pictures in black and white to a cassette tape and it had a
resolution of about 0.01 megapixels. The first image captured
by it took twenty three minutes and was captured in December
1975.
A long line of professional Kodak digital cameras was initiated
when Kodak brought the Kodak DCS-100 to the market, in 19991.
In part, these digital cameras were based on film bodies –
often Nikons and used a 1.3 megapixel sensor. The price of
these Kodak digital cameras were approximately $13,000
Later, the improved version of its previous Kodak digital
camera system- the Kodak professional DCS 200 camera was
introduced, with electronics and recording capability. The
camera was essentially a one handheld unit.
These cameras were first bought by photojournalists.
In 1994, the Apple QuickTake 100 camera was designed as a Kodak
digital camera and supplied by the Kodak Company to Apple
computer- this was the world’s first consumer priced digital
camera.
In 1995, the first consumer priced model DC40 Kodak digital
cameras were introduced by Kodak Cooperation.
Then, in 1996, Kodak digital cameras that use compact flash
were introduced in the product line – Kodak DC-25.
In 1997, the world’s first consumer megapixel digital camera
which was a Kodak digital camera- the DC210 was introduced-
priced under $1000.
The move to digital formats was much easier after the formation
of the first JPEG and MPEG standards in 1998. Compressing image
and video files for easier storage was allowed thanks to these
standards.
The DC4800 zoom Kodak digital cameras were launched by Kodak as
its first 3 mega pixel Consumer cameras. With manual and
automatic settings for maximum creative control and
flexibility, the critically acclaimed point-and-shoot camera
was designed.
In 2001, another brand of Kodak digital cameras were
introduced. This is the Kodak Easy Share photography system of
digital cameras, printer docks, accessories, snapshot printers,
camera docks, and online print services. Some of the Kodak
digital cameras in this Easy share system called Kodak easy
share one, uses wireless connection technology (Bluetooth or
Wi-Fi) to connect from the digital camera to the computer.
It is no wonder that even to the present day, Kodak digital
cameras is at the top market place, in the world of digital
cameras as they have the most innovative and high quality
products.
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