30 May
2007
30 May
'07
1:25 a.m.
from here http://www.digicamhistory.com/1988.html
FUJI DS-1P - 1988. The DS-1P was the world's first fully digital camera to
be marketed and the first to record images on removable flash card media.
It recorded images digitally on SRAM memory cards (SRAM - Static Access
Random Memory), with built-in battery for maintaining the memory rather than
on a floppy disk as used by still video cameras of that time. The card was
developed jointly with Toshiba. 400K CCD. Fixed-focus 16mm f/5.6 (f/4
with flash) lens. Shutter 1/60 to 1/2000 second. *Understanding Electronic
Photography*, John J. Larish, 1990, p44.
On 5/29/07, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On May 30, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Roger Merchberger wrote:
IIRC, the first (or darned near) mass produced
self-contained
consumer digital camera was made by Logitech - back then everything
they made was a "man" - SoundMan, TrackMan, etc. It was a something-
Man -- hold on, googling now...
OK, it was the FotoMan. The resolution was monochrome 284 by 376
pixels, 256-level monochrome.
Oh man that brings back some memories! I wrote the "suck the
images out of the camera" DOS software for the FotoMan for Logitech.
That had to have been 1991 or thereabouts. I may still have one of
the prototypes buried in a box somewhere. The FotoMan worked
surprisingly well, and the image quality wasn't bad at all.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL