1975 · Computer or hardware
Kodak Sasson Prototype Digital Camera (1975)
Steven Sasson's self-contained electronic camera built at Eastman Kodak, the first handheld digital camera.
Built by Kodak engineer Steven Sasson around a monochrome Fairchild CCD, it recorded to a cassette tape and was viewed on a separate playback unit attached to a TV. It was a lab prototype that never went on sale, but it showed that a self-contained filmless camera was possible. Kodak's later DCS and DC lines grew from the same research lineage, which is why collectors treat it as the starting point of the timeline.
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Facts
- Date
- 1975
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Early digital prototype
- Maker or publisher
- Kodak
- Sensor
- Monochrome Fairchild CCD
- Storage
- Cassette tape
- Status
- Prototype, never sold
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