Kodak DCS 100

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Kodak DCS 100 with digital storage unit

The Kodak DCS 100 is considered to be the first commercially available digital SLR camera .

history

In 1987 Kodak manufactured the world's first digital SLR camera , the "Canon New F-1 Electro-Optic Camera". The first commercially available camera was the Kodak DCS 100, which came on the market in 1991. Allegedly only 987 units were sold.

technology

The Kodak DCS 100 consists of a Nikon F3 housing without a back wall with a modified viewfinder screen, to which the Kodak digital backs DC3 (color) or DM3 (monochrome) are attached. The recording sensor in the DCS 100 is a 1.3 megapixel CCD sensor (1024 × 1280 pixels) with the dimensions 20.5 mm × 16.4 mm. The extension factor in relation to 24 mm × 36 mm is 1.8. The basic sensitivity of the DCS 100 is 100 ISO.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Electro-Optic Camera - The world's first DSLR. Made by Eastman Kodak Company in 1987. In: jemcgarvey.com. March 15, 2012, accessed March 15, 2012 .
  2. Kodak DCS 100. In: Beuermann fotowiki. November 15, 2014, accessed November 15, 2014 .