720
20 years of the first digital camera with LCD display
The camera itself and its modern "descendant», EX-FR10 i>
Time is running very fast. It seems that digital cameras are part of our lives is not a very long time, in fact, it took several decades. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first consumer digital camera with an LCD display. She released the company Casio, but the camera itself is called the Casio QV-10. The display, by the way, was very small - only 1, 8 inches. But it was a color screen, which changed the appearance and functionality of the digital camera ever.
Before the advent of this model for photography had to use a regular viewfinder-eye like a film camera. However, some manufacturers still equip their devices small screen, but they are only used for configuration, and displayed on a display only text.
If you are interested in a detailed review of this camera, then here preserved , perhaps the most comprehensive review of the device. Camera cost $ 650 at launch and its characteristics were quite modest (which is not surprising given model year devaysa). Devaysa configuration includes a CCD sensor with a resolution of just a quarter of a megapixel lens with fixed focal length and 2 MB of internal memory.
In order to somehow mark the 20th anniversary, the company Casio has released a modern action-camera whose color and some design elements similar to what was its predecessor. The camera is called the EX-FR10, the manufacturer released only 2,000 such devices. This camera is a gadget-transformer. You can use it and do self and his bike ride remove.
Whatever it was, but the beginning placed around the same "old», Casio QV-10. Happy Anniversary!
Source: geektimes.ru/post/250382/