Hmmm...if I had to guess, I would say the first digital cameraever sold
was the *original* Sony Mavica (circa mid 1980's). I remember reading
something about it in an old "Compute!" magazine that I have back home.
If I remember correctly, it used a 2.5" (or similar) floppy disk. Your
guess is as good as mine as to how you imported images from the camera to
a computer (2.5" floppy drive perhaps?). I wouldn't be surprised to find
out that it was not color, though.
I do have a
digital camera, and it's on-topic (as it's well over 10 years
old). It's a Datacopy 300, which uses a linear (1 - dimensional) CCD
tracked across the image plane with a leadscrew. I also have the
interface card for it, for the PERQ of course. One day I must have a go
at getting it all working...
I remember reading about those, or one like it, at the time.
The Apple Quicktake 100 is 10 years old now, and mine still works fine.
I wonder, what was the first digital camera on sale to the general
public - as opposed to being aimed at a commercial market?
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