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Conceived merely as a technical exercise, the original digital camera was first built by Steven Sasson at Eastman Kodak in December 1975. It weighed 8 pounds with its toaster-size body, and took 23 seconds to capture an image of 0.01 megapixels on a cassette tape.

Steven Sasson was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for the invention of the digital camera, which has revolutionized the way images are captured, stored, and shared, creating new opportunities in commerce, education, and global communication.

Steven Sasson invented the digital camera in 1975 while working at Kodak in Rochester, NY. In this video, he shows off features of the original prototype, and describes how digital imaging...

Steven Sasson pioneered both the digital camera and the DSLR, but his bosses at Kodak never put full effort behind him.