This is by no means the most thrilling video but it is really interesting. I've always wondered what was officially the "first" digital camera, and I guess I now know. Steven Sasson claims that he invented digital photography when he created this strange looking camera. The camera could shoot stills and record up to 30 of them on a digital tape. It's amazing how far we have come in such a short amount of time.
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I want to see a sample image!
How cool is that. So good to see the first digital camera ... not so easy to hand hold ... but wow what a revolution it caused, one which I've very greatful for :) I would have loved to see what this camera could produce and compare it side by side with today's technology.
Great post! Luv at the end when he says " Sitting in the digital chair".
Interesting that he said December 1975. As I started watching this, I remembered building my first "digital camera" in 1975. In my case, I used a 256 X 1 sensor array (that I ripped off from Tektronix, where I worked at the time), and combined it with a rotating mirror. The mirror would rotate at somewhere around 1000 rpm (I forget the exact number), and the sensor would record the image as it flew by.
I also used a cassette tape for storing it. That was pretty common in those days, with the IMSAI and other homebrew computers using them.
The whole thing was a hobby at home. It was right up there with the IBM Selectric I hacked into being my first computer keyboard around that same time.
Ah, the memories... :)
The first digital camera did not produce the first digital image. It was made by Russell Kirsch in 1957. He created a 176×176 pixel digital image by scanning a photograph of his three-month-old son.
http://www.petapixel.com/2010/11/04/first-digital-photograph-ever-made/
I really like the lighting in the video. Helped it be a bit more engaging.
Interesting vid.
Funny though when he says: "i conveniently made it 30, somewhere between 24 and 36"...
why not make it 36? That cracked me up!!!
link to the 1st picture:
http://www.white-press.com/archives/119
Fstoppers is awsome