CANON
RC-570 – 1992. The RC-570
still
video camera used a 1/2 inch, 410,000 pixel CCD image sensor and
Hi-band
specification to produce images with horizontal resolution of 450 TV
lines.
3X zoom and integral automatic flash. An optional recording
interface
daughterboard for the Mac NuBus card could give the additional
flexibility
of converting digital images to analog and recording them with the
camera.
This would allow downloading a computer-generated presentation onto a
video
floppy from Aldus Persuasion or similar package (including photos
originally
taken by the electronic camera), as a series of video slides.
When
transferred into the computer, the pictures were digitized into 24-bit
color or 8-bit grayscale tiff or pict files. The Canon RC-570
sold
for $3,400. The Mac kit with NuBus digitizer board was $4,100 including
the camera. Adding the digital-to-analog output daughterboard
cost
$400. The camera plus external video floppy drive package was $5,900
for
the Mac; $6,650 for Next; $6,350 for Microchannel computers; and $6,250
for at-bus pcs.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html
CANON ION
RC-360 AND SV-PV - 1992. The RC-360 was
a battery-powered still video camera with a ½-inch, 260,000 pixel CCD
image sensor. Horizontal resolution of 380 TV lines. The RC-360
could record up to 50 images on a miniature floppy disk. All of the outputs
were analog. Downloading images into a computer required a digitizer such
as the Canon SV-PC digitizer board shown on the bottom of the right photo. Price, $2,600.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html
DYCAM
MODEL 3 (Logitech Fotoman Plus) - 1992. 24
bit color (when using an optional color filter system) or gray
scale.
495 x 366 pixel CCD. ASA 200. Shutter 1/30 to 1/2000
second.
Fixed-focus lens. Internal storage up to 32 photos.MSRP $695.
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~sapphire/subsystem/payload/camera/fm+.html
FUJI DS-H2 - 1992. ½-inch 390K pixel CCD. 2X lens. Shutter ¼ to 1/750 second. Memory card stored up to 40 images. Built-in autoflash, autofocus, and autoexposure control. Popular Photography, January 1993, p47.
FUJI HC-1000 IMAGE CAPTURE CAMERA - 1992. (Photo not available) Three 900K pixel CCDs, 1280 x 960 pixel image. This camera was generally used for medical research purposes. Photo>Electronic Imaging, October 1982, page 50.
INTERNET
PHOTO BROWSER - 1992. The National
Center
for Supercomputing Applications released Mosaic, the first browser
enabling
users to view photographs over the web. The National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), is a unit of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.eskimo.com/~bloo/indexdot/history/mosaic.htm
KODAK
DCS 200 - 1992. The DCS 200
had
a built-in hard drive for image recording. On sale from 1992 to
1994,
it was based on the Nikon N8008s. There were five variants of the
DCS200: DCS 200 ci (color and integrated hard disk), DCS 200 c (color
without
internal hard disk), DCS 200 mi (black and white and integrated hard
disk),
DCS 200 m (black and white without internal hard disk) and the
'Wheelcam'
(color by a triple green red and blue exposures). Resolution with
the Kodak DCS 200 Digital camera was 1.54 million pixels, providing
four
times the resolution of still-video cameras at that time. Kodak's fully
digital systems used a Nikon body and optics to capture the image. The
image was then transferred to a CCD that converted the image directly
into
digital information. The CCD in the Kodak DCS camera system only used a
small portion of the angle of view compared to conventional cameras;
for
example, a 28mm lens on the Kodak DCS Digital Camera was equivalent to
an 80mm lens on a 35mm camera. The exposure index (EI) of the DCS
camera equated to 50 to 400 IS0 for color images and 100 to 800 IS0 for
black-and-white images.
http://membres.lycos.fr/ncf/N2BE10.html
KODAK
DM3 and DC3 SYSTEMS – 1992. Included
the DM3, DM3/B, DM3/32, DC3, DC3/B, and DC3/32. 1280 x 1024
CCD.
ISO for each system was either 200 to 1600 or 400 to 3200.
Shutter
1/8 to 1/2000 second. These systems used an external modem and
accessory
keyboard to transmit images. Image compression allowed the
storage
of 400-600 photos. Pixel Photography, Robert McMahan,
1993,
p88. Click on image to see enlarged view.
www1.harenet.ne.jp/.../ plink/pl42/pl4212.htm
FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA BACK - 1992. Leaf marketed the first digital camera back in 1992, the DCB 1. The original Leaf CCD chip made color images by taking three separate exposures through a color filter wheel containing red, green and blue filters. Used for studio still-life. It had a 4.2 MP sensor (2048 X 2048). The DCB 1 with color filter wheel is shown above on a Hassel blad 553ELX. Leaf was an American company which in 1992 was acquired by the Scitex Corporation, an Israeli-based multi-national founded in 1968 by Efi Erazi.
http://www.leafamerica.com/press/leaf_hallmark_july_2006.asp
http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9906cs.html
LOGITECH
Fotoman Plus (Dycam Model 3) - 1992. 24
bit color (when using an optional color filter system) or gray
scale.
495 x 366 pixel CCD. ASA 200. Shutter 1/30 to 1/2000
second.
Fixed-focus lens. Internal storage up to 32 photos. MSRP
$695.
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~sapphire/subsystem/payload/camera/fm+.html
MINOLTA MS-C 1100 - 1992. Still video camera. 1/2 inch CCD, 360K pixels. ISO 100-200. Shutter 1/2 sec - 1/2000 sec and bulb. Required the use of Minolta DAT recorder MS-R 1100 as the camera had no independent recording ability. 12,000DM in Germany. Not sold in U.S. Photo-Electronic Imaging, October 1992, page 50.
www.mhohner.de/ minolta/bodies.php
RICOH
DC-10 - 1992. Prototype memory
card camera. Popular Photography, May 1992, p52.
SONY
ProMavica MVC-7000 - 1992.
Professional SLR, 3 CCD chip still video camera. The MVC-7000
accepted
lenses designed for Nikon or Canon bayonet mounts. It had
through-the-lens
(TTL) viewing, a hot shoe, choice of center weighted or spot metering,
and variable ISO. An 8mm to 48mm zoom lens was
standard.
MSRP $8000.
http://www.sonicvideo.com/stillvideo/file1.htm
1992