The First Digital Camera and How Kodak Learned to Love It
Monday, June 2, 2008
Stephen Sasson with his digital camera prototype
© James Rajotte / New York Times
For her New York Times article, At Kodak, Some Old Things Are New Again, Claudia H. Deutsch spoke with Steven Sasson, an electrical engineer who invented the “first digital camera.” When Sasson created his prototype at Eastman Kodak in the ‘70s, he told her, the idea was not as easy to pitch as you might think.
“My prototype was big as a toaster, but the technical people loved it,” Mr. Sasson said. “But it was filmless photography, so management’s reaction was, ‘that’s cute — but don’t tell anyone about it.’”
In her article, Deutsch discusses how Kodak has since learned to embrace digital technology and takes a look at what new technologies they releasing and researching for.
Read it online here.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Yay Kodak! Can’t help it, was born on the banks of the Genesee.
My father has given a talk about the history of digital cameras and I think knows this fellow and I think has held that camera. I hope that the company figures it out for our and Rochester’s sake.