During the gelid Rochester winter of 1975 , research worker at Kodak pieced together the future a quarter of a C early . build from scavenged parts , the team had create their first “ photographic film - less ” television camera — an idea far ahead of its time .
No celluloid , no ink . And a lot of discomfort when express to try audiences . When demoed to those outside of Kodak , Sasson call back get wind a lot of uneasy questions : “ Why would anyone ever want to view his or her pictures on a TV ? How would you store these images ? What does an electronic photo album look like ? When would this type of attack be useable to the consumer ? ”
The image stay with Sasson as a personal pillage , but not before being patent and receiving a thorough inner writeup on the outre gadget ’s potency . It what did Kodak reason out ?
“ The camera trace in this report represents a first effort demonstrating a photographic organization which may , with improvements in technology , well impact the path pic will be take in the future . ”
To say the least . [ KodakviaNY Times ]
Thanks to reader Adam Cooper for the exposure of Steve Sasson with his camera
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