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Jeff Rodgers

The very first digital camera.

Have you ever wondered what the first digital camera looked like? Here it is, the Kodak portable all electronic still camera. Developed by Steven Sasson. 


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Specs:
- It took 23 seconds to record one image to a cassette.
- Lens from a Super 8 movie camera
- 16 nickel cadmium batteries
- Resolution: .01 mexapixels


UPDATE: I found this interesting short interview with Steven Sasson on Vimeo and wanted to add it here.



Professor of History,
Dr. Jeff Rodgers

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