Not so long ago, photographers had to wait days to see their results — film had to be developed, printed, and dried. But everything changed when pixels entered the picture!
The beginning of the digital era is traced back to 1974, when an image of the night sky was captured using an electronic telescope.
Just a year later, Steve Sasson, an engineer at Kodak, created the world’s first prototype digital camera. It didn’t use film — it recorded images onto magnetic tape! The resolution? Only 0.01 megapixels, but it was a groundbreaking start.
By the 1980s, digital photography began moving into everyday life. Sony Mavica became one of the first consumer-ready cameras, using special memory cards to save photos. Around the same time, Kodak developed a digital SLR based on the classic Canon New F-1 camera.
Since then, digital photography has evolved at lightning speed — cameras became smaller, faster, and smarter. Today, they’re built into phones, laptops, even smartwatches and doorbells.
Now we can take dozens of shots in seconds, pick the best one, edit it, and share it with the world — all in the blink of an eye.
The digital revolution made photography instant, easy, and available to everyone.
📸 In this exhibit, you’ll find some of the first digital cameras, video still cameras, and memory devices that once seemed like science fiction — but became everyday reality.
