1991 · Computer or hardware
Dycam Model 1 (1991)
One of the first digital cameras sold to consumers, also sold as the Logitech Fotoman.
A small grayscale camera that stored a few dozen low-resolution images in its own memory and downloaded them to a PC or Mac over a serial cable. It was priced for hobbyists rather than professionals and used Dycam's own software for transfer. Logitech rebranded it as the Fotoman. Collectors hunt for it as a pre-QuickTake, pre-USB oddity.
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Facts
- Date
- 1991
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Early consumer digital camera
- Maker or publisher
- Dycam
- Sensor
- CCD, grayscale
- Resolution
- 320x240 approx
- Connection
- Serial
- Storage
- Internal memory
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Related
- Logitech Fotoman (same family, 1992)
- Apple QuickTake 100 (successor, 1994)
- Casio QV-10 (successor, 1995)
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