Dear con3ultant-ga,
Thanks for the interesting walk back through history! I have included
a brief timeline, with some representative cameras (consumer
models..not professional models).
>>1990 - 0.15 megapixels
Dycam Model 1
"The Dycam, the first digital camera was introduced by a Californian
company who called it an 'image capture peripheral.' It's resolution
was lower than most still video cameras [note: 1/3-inch, 376 x 240
pixel CCD] and it only captured in grayscale monochrome [note: 256
grey levels]. It became available at less than a thousand dollars and
was able to store 32 separate images [note: on an internal 1MB RAM]."
http://www.olinda.com/ArtAndIdeas/lectures/Digital/history.htm
>>1992 - 1.54 megapixels (I included this for interest, but this was a
very expensive camera and the first real digital camera developed for
photojournalists, not consumers)
Kodak DCS 200
"Resolution with the Kodak DCS 200 Digital camera was 1.54 million
pixels [1.54 megapixels], providing four times the resolution of
still-video cameras at that time."
>>1994 - 0.3 megapixels for under $1000
Apple Quick Take 100
"The first mass-market color digital camera for under $1000. 640 x
480 pixel CCD [0.3 megapixels]."
http://www.digicamhistory.com/1994.html
>>1995 - 0.4 megapixels
Kodak DC40
756 x 504 pixel CCD (.4 megapixels). MSRP $995.
>>1996 - still 0.4 megapixels but more internal memory and price dropping
Sony Cybershot
The consumer version (SONY Cybershot DSC-F1) was still at 640x480 (.3
megapixels), but the souped-up consumer "pro" version (Cybershot
DKC-1D1)was .4 megapixels at under $2,000.
>>1997 - first 1 megapixel camera for under $1000
Kodak DC-120
http://www.photo.net/kodak/dc120
>>1999 - 2.2 megapixels
Canon Powershot S10 (down in size as well as up in megapixels..this
was a hot commodity at Christmas that year)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons10/
>>2000 3.2 megapixels
Canon Powershot G-1
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/digital/data/2000_ps-g1.html
>>2001 4 megapixels
Canon Powershot G-2 (this is my camera)
http://www.photo.net/photo/digital/canon-g2
2001 Roundup of Digital Cameras
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,10248,00.asp
>>2004 - 8 megapixels
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828
"Sony's latest is the first nonprofessional model with an 8-megapixel,
four-color CCD"
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,114879,00.asp
CAMERA PHONES
November, 2000 - "The first camera phone was the J-SH04 introduced by
SHARP and J-Phone in Japan in November 2000"
http://www.eurotechnology.com/camera-phone/
April, 2003 - 1st megapixel camera phones debut
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110177,00.asp
October, 2003 - 1st 2 megapixel camera phone debuts (Japan)
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112797,00.asp
July 8, 2004 - Sprint Launches First 1.3 Megapixel Phone in US
http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news&Number=13061&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
Good timeline/history sources for digital cameras:
DigicamHistory.com - Much of the above came from DigicamHistory.com
which will give you a year-by-year of the release and specifications
of most cameras, digital cameras and video cameras. A neat site!
http://www.digicamhistory.com
Digital Photo Review - Digital Camera Timeline
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/timeline.asp
History of the Digital Camera
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldigitalcamera.htm
Canon Camera Museum - Digital Cameras
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/digital/f_index.html
Hope this provides you with the information that you are looking for.
Regards,
-inquisitive-ga |
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