A camera that captures images with an electronic sensor and digital storage instead of photographic film, letting an image be viewed immediately and copied or transmitted without chemical processing. Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, built the first self-contained electronic still camera in 1975 using a monochrome Fairchild Semiconductor CCD sensor, decades before digital cameras displaced film in the consumer market.
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Introduced Year OriginSteven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, built a self contained electronic prototype camera using a monochrome Fairchild Semiconductor CCD sensor in 1975, the same year Cromemco marketed its all digital Cyclops camera as a hobbyist commercial product. 1 Connections
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Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, built a self-contained electronic camera that used a monochrome Fairchild Semiconductor CCD image sensor in 1975.
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Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, built a self-contained electronic camera that used a monochrome Fairchild Semiconductor CCD image sensor in 1975.
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Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, invented and built a self-contained electronic camera
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