A digital camera is a type of camera that takes photographs or
videos with the use of an electronic image sensor. This device
has the capacity to display photographs on the screen several
seconds after the image has been recorded. Other brands of the
cameras can edit the layout, color as well as the entire
appearance of the picture. Because of the popularity and wide
use of the device, it is incorporated in other devices like
mobile phones and PDAs. To learn about the history of the
device, it is best to start with the person behind the
development of the digital camera. Who invented the digital
camera? This device was first created by Eastman Kodak engineer
Steven Sasson in 1975. The camera used a solid state CCD image
sensor chips manufactured by Fairchild Semiconductor. The device
weighed 3.6 kilograms and it took above 20 seconds to capture an
image. This camera was developed as a prototype and it is not
intended for mass production. However, this device has the
capacity to record black and white pictures