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SAMSUNG Kenox SSC-350N (Apple QuickTake 200, Fuji DS-7) - 1996.   Manufactured by Fuji.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  SmartMedia  memory card.  ISO 100.  Shutter 1/4 to 1/5000 second.  Fixed-focus 38mm f/2.2 lens.  (Some variation in marketing dates, pricing, programming and accessories between brands).  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.
http://www.andybaird.com/qt200/
 

SAMSUNG SSC-420N.  There have some reports of a 420N model shown by Samsung at technical shows, but no information or photo is available.  It may have just been a mockup of a camera that was never produced.  This was quite frequent in the early days of digital photography as companies often wanted to indicate that they were very competitive in that market and that they had many future products under developement , when in fact it was mostly wishful thinking.

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.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sanyo_VPC-G1

 
SEGA Digio SJ-1 - 1996.  320 x 240 pixel CCD.  10mm f/1.9 lens.  Click on image to see enlarged view.  We believe we are the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://segaretro.org/Digio_SJ-1

SHARP VL-DX1 Digital Still ViewCam - 1996.  Camcorder which stored video images on tape and up to 12 still images in 2MB flash memory.  1/4-inch, 410K pixel CCD.  10X optical zoom, 43mm to 430mm,  f/1.8 lens.  Audio.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/9610.html

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/961217/sharp.htm

SHARP VL-H4000 Digital ViewCam – 1996.   Digital camcorder.  To obtain still images it was necessary to use an attachment, the VR-SU 1.  Imager 4.3-inch wide LCD equipped with a still image shooting mode.  Aspect ratio of 16:9.  12X optical zoom f/1.6 autofocus lens.  Audio.  It was possible to record about 700 still images on 60 minutes tape and 1,000 or more still images in LP mode. In addition, IrDA (infrared communication) could transfer still images of 720 - 480 dots to a PC using the optional still unit "VR - SU 1" and transfer software "VR - PK 30 W".  A 2MB flash memory was built into the still unit, and still images could be stored in its memory at the time of shooting.  You could choose to save movies to tape and still images to still unit.  Also, it could be imported into the still unit and only the necessary image could be selected and saved on the tape.  Sharp was the first company to adopt IrDA as a still image transfer system of DV cameras.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/960805/viewcom.htm

http://www.sharp-world.com/corporate/news/9612.html

SHARP MD-PS1 Minidisc Camera – 1996.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  Recorded up to 1000 640 x 480 images on one 140MB MiniDisc.   f/4 lens with normal and telephoto settings - 6mm and 12mm (actual).  Audio. Built-in flash.  Although Sony was the first to demonstrate a prototype MD camera (see below), and was the inventor of the MD, Sharp was the first to market an MD camera.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://www.minidisc.org/sharp_md_camera.html

SHARP MI-10DC – 1996. Digital camera extension card and camera for Sharp Zaurus PDA.   .27MP.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus

http://www.pasocomclub.co.jp/htmls/4974019284972.html

https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/960509/zaurus.htm

 
SIERRA IMAGING SD640 (Epson PhotoPC, Sanyo VPC-G1)  - 1996.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  1MB internal memory.  Fixed-focus 43mm lens.  Shutter 1/30 to 1/10,000 second.  Built-in flash.  Photo courtesy of Allen Rush.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/960902/cp100.htm

SONY Picture MD - 1996.   Prototype of the Sony MiniDisc camera that Sony marketed in 1997.  Designed to use the Sony Data MiniDisc they developed in 1991.   We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_DPA-300.html

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF

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.  First digicam with Infrared wireless image transmission capability.  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.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera. 

http://vintagecameralab.com/sony-dsc-f1/

https://www.cnet.com/products/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-f1-digital-camera/

  
SONY Cybershot DKC-ID1 (some sites use 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.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/sony_dkc-id1.html

TOSHIBA IK-D30 - 1996.  PC card-based digital camera for use with portable PCs. The IK-D30 was the first PC Camera to be designed for the CardBus Interface (a PC Card Format) with 32-bit bandwidth. 640 X 480 pixel CCD. MSRP $500.  We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://www.toshiba.co.jp/tech/review/1997/09/f01/index.htm

https://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/1996_11/pr1501.htm

https://jawawa.id/index.php/newsitem/toshiba-to-launch-pc-camera-1447893297

VIVITAR ViviCam 2000 (also sold as Mustek VDC-100 in 1997) - 1996.  Shown at Comdex '96.  480 x 640 pixel CCD.  Analog video output (NTSC).  F/2, fixed-focus lens.  Shutter 1/60 to 1/6,000 second.  Built-in flash.  MSRP $200.   We believe we were the first digital camera history web site to provide a photo and information concerning this camera.

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_ViviCam_2000

https://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraDetail.php?cam=77
 

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