Photo History part III; the world goes digital

The first still digital camera using a CCD was invented by Steven Sasson at Eastman Kodak in 1975

I. Digital beginnings

1. 1951 first video tape recorder captures live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses (digital) and saving the information onto magnetic tape (developed by Bing Crosby Laboratories from technology stolen from the NAZIs in the 1930's)

• Charged Couples Device (CCD) sense light and color intensity

2. 1960's NASA uses digital signals on space probes to map lunar surface

• Spy satellites utilize digital technology

3. Texas Instruments patents first film-less camera, 1972 actually freeze-frames video
4. Sony Mavica, 1981- first commercial version, still freeze-framing video. Saved images onto floppy drive- connected to TV and/or printer
5. Kodak scientists create first 1.4 Megapixel camera1986- actual digital still image camera
6. Kodak releases first Digital Camera System (CDS) for professional photojournalists- Nikon F-3 with 1.3 Megapixel Kodak sensor
7. 1994-95 Apple QuickTake 100 Camera and Kodak DC40 available for general consumers, Casio and Sony quickly follow with their own digital cameras