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The first digital camera was built by Kodak in 1975 and weighed over three kilos.

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Engineer Steven Sasson created the prototype using parts from tape recorders and Fairchild's new digital sensor. The camera took twenty seconds to capture a black and white image and stored it on an audio cassette.

Source: IEEE

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