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Kodak DCS (Digital Camera System)

Eastman Kodak Company1991

Musée des arts et métiers

Musée des arts et métiers
Paris, France

Electronic imagery first appeared in research laboratories in the 1980s. By the turn of the 21st century, the revolution in photographic practice that would spell the gradual end of silver-based photography was well underway. Combining the potentialities of computer science and photography, it enabled an entirely new treatment of the image: its storage in miniaturised memories, its modification by data processing and its cloning without information loss. In 1991 Kodak produced its Digital Camera System for professionals. It comprised a Nikon reflex camera, whose back has been replaced by Charge Coupled Device sensors, and a temporary digital storage unit connected to a computer. The image formed on the photographic lens is projected onto sensors (photoelectric cells) replacing the silver-based film’s light-sensitive surface, which are then analysed and converted into digital data.

Details

  • Title: Kodak DCS (Digital Camera System)
  • Creator: Eastman Kodak Company
  • Date: 1991
  • Date Created: 1991
  • Location: United States
  • Provenance: Musée des arts et métiers
  • Contributor: Author: Marie-Sophie Corcy. English translation: David Wharry
  • Inventory number: Inv. 43706
  • Credits: © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam/photo Sylvain Pelly

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