A multinational American Cooperation called Eastman Kodak Company is responsible for the production of Kodak digital cameras. The first recorded digital camera was invented in 1975 by Steven Sasson, who was an electrical engineer at Eastman Kodak Company, at that time.
The camera was produced as a technical exercise and hence was a prototype which was not intended for production. It weighed eight pounds, recorded its pictures in black and white to a cassette tape and it had a resolution of about 0.01 megapixels. The first image captured by it took twenty three minutes and was captured in December 1975.
The beginning of a long line of professional Kodak digital cameras was in 1991 when Kodak brought the Kodak DCS-100 to the market. In part, these digital cameras were based on film bodies – often Nikons and used a 1.3 megapixel sensor. The price of these Kodak digital cameras were approximately $13,000
Later, the improved version of its previous Kodak digital camera system- the Kodak professional DCS 200 camera was introduced, with electronics and recording capability. The camera was essentially a one handheld unit.
These cameras were first bought by photojournalists.
In 1994, the Apple QuickTake 100 camera was designed as a Kodak digital camera and supplied by the Kodak Company to Apple computer- this was the world’s first consumer priced digital camera.
In 1995, the first consumer priced model DC40 Kodak digital cameras were introduced by Kodak Cooperation.
Soon after, Kodak DC-25- the first Kodak digital cameras that use compact flash were introduced in the year 1996.
In 1997, the world’s first consumer megapixel digital camera which was a Kodak digital camera- the DC210 was introduced- priced under $1000.
The move to digital formats was much easier after the formation of the first JPEG and MPEG standards in 1998. Compressing image and video files for easier storage was allowed thanks to these standards.
Then Kodak launched its first 3 mega pixel consumer Kodak digital cameras- the DC4800 zoom digital camera. The critically acclaimed point-and-shoot Kodak digital camera was designed with manual and automatic settings for maximum creative control and flexibility.
In 2001, another brand of Kodak digital cameras were introduced. This is the Kodak Easy Share photography system of digital cameras, printer docks, accessories, snapshot printers, camera docks, and online print services. Some of the Kodak digital cameras in this Easy share system called Kodak easy share one, uses wireless connection technology (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi) to connect from the digital camera to the computer.
It is no wonder that even to the present day, Kodak digital cameras is at the top market place, in the world of digital cameras as they have the most innovative and high quality products.