1995 A-C


AGFA StudioCam - 1995.  Example of a digital professional studio camera.  4500 x 3648 pixel color CCD.  Nikon 35 - 80mm zoom f/4-5.6 lens.  ISO 100-400.
http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9512cs.html

AGFA ActionCam (Minolta RD-175) - 1995.  Professional/prosumer SLR digicam.  Based on the Minolta Maxxum 500si body.  Resolution 1528 x 1146 (optical beam splitter with three 380K pixel CCDs).  ISO 800. Interchangeable lens.  Shutter 1/2 to 1/2000 second. Built-in flash and self-timer.  MSRP $13,500.

http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9605cs.html
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalkamera.de%2FKamera.aspx&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Click on camera quick access

PRINT CLUB PHOTO BOOTHS - 1995.  First developed by Atlus and Sega. Sasaki Miho (photo at right) came up with the Print Club concept in 1994. She based her idea on her school days' experiences of putting cute stickers of Japanese characters on her notebooks. Print Club refers to the photo booths where postage stamp-sized photos are produced . Most of the pictures are printed out as stickers and used to liven up cell phones, notebooks , anything that will take a sticker. See the web site below for the complete Print Club story. Information provided by Stephen Schenck.

http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=359&pID=1446

APPLE QUICKTAKE 150 - 1995.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  1MB internal memory.  50mm fixed-focus lens.   ISO 85.  Built-in flash and self-timer.  MSRP $739.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalkamera.de%2FKamera.aspx&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Click on camera quick access

http://www.fromorbit.com/drutter/digicams.htm

CANON / KODAK EOS DCS 3  – July 1995.  Based on the Canon EOS-1N.  Focal-plane shutter multi-mode AF SLR digital camera with 36-bit full color (RGB each 12 bits).  Imaging element size: 16.4 x 20.5 mm. 1.3 megapixel CCD (1268 horizontal x 1012 vertical pixels).  ISO 200 to 1600 (color) and 400 to 6400 (B&W).   Several models.  Color: EOS-DCS 3c; black-and-white: EOS-DCS 3m; infrared: EOS-DCS 3ir.  ISO: color: 200-1600; black-and-white: 400-6400; infrared: 400-6400.  1268 x 1012 pixel CCD.  Shutter 1/30 to  1/8000 second.    Digital Photography, David Busch, 1995, p50.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html

CANON / KODAK EOS DCS 1  – December 1995.  Focal-plane shutter multi-mode single-shot AF SLR digital camera with 36-bit color (RGB each 12 bits). Imaging element size: 18.4 mm (H) x 27.6 mm (W).  Six megapixel CCD (3,060 horizontal x 2,036 vertical pixels).  A 340 megabyte hard disk card allowed 53 high-resolution images to be stored.  The camera was compatible with more than 40 EF lenses.  ISO 200 to 1600 (color), 400 to 1600 (B&W and IR).  Shutter 1/30 to 1/8000 second. 

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html

Canon CE300 - 1995.  IBM PC110 dedicated card-sized camera. First card slot camera. 320 x 240 pixel CCD.  55 mm f/2.8 lens.  ISO 100.  Shutter 1/15-1/2000 second.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html

CANON / KODAK EOS DCS 5  – 1995.  Models - color: EOS-DCS 5c; black-and-white: EOS-DCS 5m.  ISO: color: 100-400; black-and-white: 200-800.  1524 x 1012 pixel CCD.  Shutter 1/30 to 1/8,000 second.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/f_index.html

CANON EF 75-300mm f/4~5.6 II IS  – 1995.  First still camera zoom lens that incorporated Image stabilization technology.

http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/eos/EF-lenses/EF75300mm/index2.htm

CANON CI-10  – 1995.  Color still video camera with 9 mm lens.  508 x 466 pixel CCD.  Image sensor of 8.8 x 6.6mm.   Images were recorded on still video floppy disks.
http://www.geod.ethz.ch/p02/projects/dapcad/examples/DDD_giova.html

CASIO QV-10 - 1995.  First consumer digital camera with a pivoting lens and first with an LCD.  1/5-inch 460 x 280 pixel CCD.  All output from the camera was converted to 320 by 240 pixels (or interpolated up to 640 by 480 pixels).  The camera's semiconductor memory held up to 96 color still images; had a fixed focal length lens with macro positioning; high-speed shutter (1/8 to 1/4000 second); and automatic exposure.  Other features included: video output port for output of images to a TV, VCR or video printer; a multi-screen viewing function for viewing 4 or 9 images on a single screen; auto-playback for visual presentations; self timer; and a memory protect function to guard against accidental deletion. MSRP $1,000.

http://www.byte.com/art/9510/sec10/art10.htm
http://www.photo.net/photo/qv10/



  CASIO LT-70 PHONEMATE – 1995.  Household video phone.

http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/187/Casio-Computer-Co-Ltd-FOCUS-ON-WIRELESS-COMMUNICATIONS.html

CHINON ES-3000 (Dycam 10-C, Kodak DC-50 Zoom) - 1995.  640 x 480 pixel CCD.  ISO 84.  38mm to 114mm zoom  f/2.8 lens.  Shutter 1/16 to 1/500 second.  In-camera storage of 64-192 images.  About $900.  http://www.fromorbit.com/drutter/digicams.htm
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalkamera.de%2FKamera.aspx&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Click on camera quick access

http://www.dycam.com/new.html

1995 A-C