2007-04-29 15:59:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera was by Steve Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak. It used the then-new solid state CCD chips developed by Fairchild Semiconductor in 1973. The camera weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg), recorded black and white images to a cassette tape, had a resolution of 0.01 megapixel (10,000 pixels), and took 23 seconds to capture its first image in December of 1975. The prototype camera was a technical exercise, not intended for production, and it still existed as of 2005. (picture at link below).
The first commercially available digital camera was the 1991 Kodak DCS-100, the beginning of a long line of professional SLR cameras by Kodak that were based in part on film bodies, often Nikons. It used a 1.3 megapixel sensor and was priced at $13,000. Sold in the US.
2007-04-29 16:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by Village Player 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SA- Kodak was founded in Rochester, NY. See the history Kodak & the companies important milestones at:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:kmbbc3tQIdoJ:www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/1878_1929.shtml+Kodak+sold+first&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us
2007-04-29 16:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by nylizardlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the USA since the Kodak headquarters were in the USA.
2007-04-29 16:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan, think about the name.
2007-04-29 16:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by down south 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋