1996 IV

SANYO VPC-G1 - 1996.  640 x 480 pixels.  ISO 130.  Fixed-focus 43mm f/5.6 lens.  Shutter 1/30 to 1/4.000 second. http://www.digitalkamera.de/Kameras/Schnellzugriff-de.htm
 

SEGA Digio SJ-1 - 1996.  320 x 240 pixel CCD.  10mm f/1.9 lens.  Click on image to see enlarged view.  http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~plugless/private/digio/
 
 

SHARP VL-DX1 Digital Still ViewCam - 1996.  Camcorder which stored video images stored on tape and up to 12 still images stored in 2MB flash memory.  1/4-inch, 410K pixel CCD.  10X optical zoom, 43mm to 430mm,  f/1.8 lens.  Audio.  http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news-e/96040.htm
 
 

SHARP VL-H4000 Digital ViewCam – 1996.   To obtain still images it was necessary to use an attachment, the VR-SU1.  Three 1/4-inch CCDs, 410K pixels each.   Aspect ratio of 16:9.  12X optical zoom f/1.6 autofocus lens.  Audio.
http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news-e/96029.htm
 
 

SONY Picture MD - 1996.   Prototype of Sony MiniDisc camera that was marketed in 1997.  Designed to use the Sony Data MiniDisc developed in 1993.
http://www.minidisc.org/sony_md_camera.html
 
 
 

SONY Cybershot DSC-F1 - 1996.  1/3-inch, 640 x 480 pixel CCD.  Stored up to 108 640 x 480 images on 4MB of internal flash memory.  Video out.  Infrared wireless image transmission.  Fixed-focus and macro 35mm swivel lens.  Built-in flash and self-timer.  AE or shutter priority.  Shutter 1/7.5 to 1/1000 second.  Lithium Ion battery.   The DSC-F1 could print via infrared directly to Sony's M55 color printer or record directly to PCs equipped with IrDA support.
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/dscf1.html
http://come.to/dsc-f1/
http://www.prorental.com/digres/dsc-f1.htm
 

SONY Cybershot DKC-1D1 and DKC-D5 Pro - 1996.   1/3-inch, 768 x 576 pixel CCD.   Used ATA-compliant Type II PC Cards for storage.  A 10-MB card held 140 normal-mode images, using standard JPEG compression, or 40 fine-mode images.  The 1D1/D5 Pro had a camcorder-type LCD viewfinder and a 12x zoom f/5.4 lens that covered a range equivalent to 38mm to 460mm on a 35mm-film camera.  Exposure controls included programmed EV compensation (+/-3EV in 1/3-stop increments) and an optional shutter-priority mode.  ISO 100.  Shutter 1/15 to 1/4,000 second.  Memory ATA, PCMCIA (Type II).  Auto and manual focus.  Built-in flash.  Lithium Ion battery.   MSRP $1,795.  Click on image to see enlarged view of camera. http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/960822/sony.htm
 
 

VIVITAR ViviCam 2000, MUSTEK VDC-100 - 1996.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  Ten 640 x 480 images or twenty 480 x 320 images.  Analog video output (NTSC).  Shutter 1/60 to 1/16,000 second.  Built-in flash.  MSRP $400.
http://www.digitalkamera.de/Kameras/Schnellzugriff-de.htm