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OLYMPUS Camedia C-1400XL (D-620L in US) - 1998.  2/3-inch 1280 x 1024 pixel CCD.  ISO 100.  F/2.8 36mm to 110mm zoom lens.  Shutter 1/4 to 1/10,000 second.  The Olympus C-1400XL could record five images in 3.5 seconds.  

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D620/D620A.HTM

 
OLYMPUS T-100HS Communications Adapter - 1998.  The T-100HS could be used to download photos from a digital camera then transmit them elsewhere by portable digital phone.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.  http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/news/1997b/nr971024t100hsj.jsp

OLYMPUS Camedia C-830L (D-340R in U.S.) - 1998.  1/2.7-inch 1280 x 960 pixel CCD.  ISO 100/200.  F/2.8  36mm lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/500 second.  

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Olympus_C-830L



 

OLYMPUS Camedia C-840L (D-340L in US) - 1998.  1/2.7-inch 1280 x 960 pixel CCD.  ISO 60.  F/2.8 36mm autofocus lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/500 second.  

https://www.olympus-global.com/en/news/1998a/nr980317c840le.html

OLYMPUS Camedia C-900 Zoom (D-400 in US) - 1998.  1/2.7-inch 1280 x 960 pixel CCD.  ISO 100.  F/2.8 35mm - 105mm zoom lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/1000 second.

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/cameras/category/olympus-2

OLYMPUS Camedia C-2000 Zoom - 1998. Marketed 1999.  1/2.7-inch 1600 x 1200 pixel CCD.  ISO 100-400.  F/2.0 35mm - 105mm zoom lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/800 second. Total pixels were 2.1 making it the first consumer 2MP camera.  

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/cameras/category/olympus-2

OLYMPUS DP-10 - 1998.  Digital microphotography camera. 1280 X 1024 pixel CCD.  MSRP Unknown, Approx $50 used on eBay.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/olympusdp10.html

OLYMPUS PROVIS AX-70 - 1998.  Digital microphotography camera. Included a multi-control box for use in observation and photomicrography, data memory cards for storage of observation data, 3-way camera light path and data imprinting capability.   MSRP Unknown, may Sell for $8,000 - $9,000 used on eBay.

micro.magnet.fsu.edu/.../ museum/provisax70.html

PANASONIC CardShot NV-DCF3 - 1998.  1/4-inch 640 x 480 pixel CCD.  ISO 120.  F/2.8 43mm lens.  Shutter 1/4 to 1/2000 second. 

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/980204/cardshot.htm

https://www.digitalkamera.de/Kamera/Panasonic/NV-DCF3.aspx

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Panasonic

PANASONIC PalmCam NV/PV-DC1580 (CoolShot II mega LK-RQ2Z in Japan) - 1998.  Similar to the NIKON Coolpix 600.  1/3-inch 1024 x 768 pixel CCD.  ISO 100.  F/2.8 36mm autofocus lens.  Shutter 1/4 to 1/2000 second.  2X zoom. Detachable flash.  MSRP$599. 

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/cameras/item/panasonic-pv-dc1580

PANASONIC Cardshot NV-DCF5 - 1998.  Euro version of the PV-DC1580 above. Similar to the Nikon Coolpix 600.  1/2-inch 1024 x 768 pixel CCD.  ISO 120.  F/2.8 28mm fixed lens.  Shutter 1/8 to 1/2000 second. 

http://pbase.com/cameras/panasonic

http://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Panasonic&action=edit

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/cameras/item/panasonic-nv-dcf5

PANASONIC NV-DCF50 - 1998.  Marketed in Japan only.  1.1MP, 1024 x 768 pixels.  Lens: f=5mm, F2.8 fixed focus.  Shutter 1/4 second to 1/2000 second.  Used Compact Flash Card.  MSRP $750.

PANASONIC PV-L958 -1998.  Panasonic announced a new category of digicams - combined camcorders and digital stills cameras. The hybrid video/640 x 480 pixel digital cameras recorded video onto VHS-C cassettes and stored 30 digital stills on 1MB of internal memory.  Two models, the PV-858 with mono viewfinder at $999.95 and the PV-L958 with color viewfinder at $1099.9.     

http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9802seyd.html

     
PENTACON Praktica QD-500 (Jenoptik JD11, Minton S-Cam F1, Probe 99, Quark Probe 99, Argus Quark Probe 99, etc.) - 1998.  1/4-inch 640 x 480 pixel CCD.  ISO 40.  F/2.8  50mm fixed-focus lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/1000 second.  What's in a name?  Sometimes a lot, sometimes not much.  This camera was manufactured by Minton Optic and sold by a variety of companies that normally put their own name and logo on it, however, many vendors and collectors refer to it merely as theProbe 99,  Minton probe, or Minton Probe 99, regardless of the actual name on the box or camera.   Such was the case with the  camera shown on the far right.  It was sold on eBay as the Probe 99 Digital Pocket Camera, but the box shows the camera as a Quark Probe 99.  However, the camera in the box had no manufacturer identifcation whatsoever, only a serial number.  Apparently, Minton never themselves sold it as a Probe, or Probe 99, only as the Minton S-Cam F1, and then not until 1999.  Regardless, it's pretty certain that they are all the same inside.  

http://www.digitalkamera.de/Kamera/Praktica/QD_500.aspx

PHILIPS ESP40 - 1998.  The above camera was shown during COMDEX '98 in Tokyo Japan, April 6-9.  It clearly says ESP40 on the camera even though the plackard says ESP50.  It was a working camera and appears to be exactly the same as the ESP50 shown in the U.S. in June of '98 at the PC Expo in New York (see below) except for the color and the letters ESP40.  The material in the PC Watch article also refers to it as an ESP50.  The article states that it had an optical viewfinder and stored images on Smart Media flash card.  It may be that the producltion model which was silver and had only the words "Digital Camera" on the front was not yet ready and Philips chose to display a prototype rather than have no camera at all at the Japanese COMDEX.  NOT MARKETED.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/980407/comdex2.htm

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/item/philips-esp-40

PHILIPS ESP50 / 60 - 1998.  1/4-inch 640 x 480 pixel CCD.  ISO 100.  38mm lens,  Shutter 1/5 to 1/8000 second.  The ESP60 came with a larger SM memory card.  About $400-$500.
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https://www.digitalkamera.de/Kamera/Philips/ESP50.aspx

https://www.digitalkamera.de/Kamera/Philips/ESP60.aspx

PHILIPS ESP80 (Ricoh RDC 4300 / DC-4) - 1998.  1/2.7 1280 x 960 pixel CCD.  ISO 40.  F/2.8 35mm - 105mm autofocus zoom lens.  Shutter 1 to 1/500 second. 

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/cameras/item/philips-esp-80

PHOEBE MICRO VIDEO CAT - 1998.  USB still / video camera.  640 x 480 pixel CMOS imager.  Plug and play.  Windows 98. Manufacured in Taiwan, distributed in the U.S. by Phoebe Micro in 1999.  No additional information concerning this product was found on the internet. The camera itself has no name imprinted, thus was probably distributed by companies other than Phoebe Micro.  Phoebe Micro Inc. is a Computer Networking company established in 1994 and located in Fremont, California, U.S.

http://rosado.bizhosting.com/phoebe_web_cam.html

https://www.phoebemicro.com/

https://download.cnet.com/developer/phoebe-micro/i-10036386/

POLAROID PDC 700, PRETEC DC-800, Premier DC-800 (Claxan DC-800, Maginon DC-800, Formula 1 DC-800) - 1998.  1/3-inch 1024 x 768 pixel CCD.  ISO 160.  F/3.5 35mm fixed focus lens.  Shutter 1/30 to 1/10,000 second. 

http://www.dcviews.com/_polaroid/0700.htm

https://www.digitalkamera.de/Kamera/Maginon/DC-800.aspx

POLAROID PDC 640 (Agfa ePhoto 780, Kinon DC-33, Seagull DC-33) - 1998  640 x 480 pixel CD.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://www.dcviews.com/cameras/polaroid_view.htm

POLAROID PORTABLE PC CAMERA  - 1998  In 1998 Polaroid announced their intention to develop a PC conected camera with a CMOS imager of 768 x 576 pixels.  NOT MARKETED.

https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/1998/PI020598.HTM

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/prototypes-rarities/item/polaroid-portable-camera

PRETEC DC-510 - 1998.  Marketed in 1999.   CMOS 640 x 480 pixels.  Shutter 1/10,000 second to 1 second.  2MB internal memory.  Auto white balance.  Flash.  Self timer.  Video 15 fps. 2 AA batteries required.  Available in various colors.  Also sold as Vivitar Vivicam V2655, Premeir DC-520, and many other brand names.  MSRP about $149.

https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/oem#Year1999
 

1998 O-P