The Electro-Optic Camera

[raydm6]

I came across this interesting page on the first DSLR and it's designer.

Electro-Optic Camera: The first DSLR

The World's First DSLR Cameras - Created by Eastman Kodak Company

eocamera.jemcgarvey.com

James McGarvey Resume

Resume of James McGarvey.

resume.jemcgarvey.com

Pretty wild stuff watching the evolution of the Kodak DCS.

• The Tactical Camera
• The Hawkeye II Integrated Imaging Accessory
• The Hawkeye II Tethered Imaging Accessory
• The Kodak Professional Digital Camera System

 

[santino]

Thanks for sharing. It’s a shame that Kodak lost so much of its potential in the digital sector.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

This is the first full-spectrum camera sold in the DCS system, the DCS200ir. I had them custom make this. I've seen one other, successive serial number to this one.
Photographed using a Nikon E3.
The engineer laughed when I told him what I wanted, after looking at the spectral response of the KAF-1600. "We spent years making it look like film, and you want us to undo all of that". I miss Kodak. Publish all the technical datasheets, with phone numbers to the engineers. They picked up the phones and would spend some time discussing technical matters.

 

[Deleted member 82967]

I came across this interesting page on the first DSLR and it's designer.

Electro-Optic Camera: The first DSLR

The World's First DSLR Cameras - Created by Eastman Kodak Company

eocamera.jemcgarvey.com

James McGarvey Resume

Resume of James McGarvey.

resume.jemcgarvey.com

Pretty wild stuff watching the evolution of the Kodak DCS.

• The Tactical Camera
• The Hawkeye II Integrated Imaging Accessory
• The Hawkeye II Tethered Imaging Accessory
• The Kodak Professional Digital Camera System

Fascinating stuff - redolent with terms from my days as an engineer - "SCSI" (scuzzy) and such.

Thank you for posting!