Who Invented the Digital Still Camera (ubiquitous before smart phones)(en.wikipedia.org)
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Who Invented the Digital Still Camera (ubiquitous before smart phones)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson
The title submitted to HN doesn’t match reality- Sasson’s was perhaps the first portable digital still camera, i.e. with onboard battery and storage. Presumably previous examples (like the Fairchild cameras depicted) needed a separate power supply and microcomputer for processing and storage.
Ultimately this feels like calling Tim B-L the “inventor” of the internet. We like to pick a name for credit but of course it’s always a more complicated story with many significant (perhaps more significant) contributors along the way.
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