This leaves pretty much only the Nikon D1X as a competitor (for a few months). These were still perfectly capable cameras that I will try to get hold of and review at some point. I wanted to include them here just illustrate the state of the market. ![]() These were smaller, cheaper, less professional models with lower resolution. As a primary camera of the time this would be more annoying, but while I play with the camera it's less bothersome. The thicker grip also pushes some of the buttons away from where they used to sit comfortably to your thumb, like the AF and rear dial, so I tend to favour not using these by leaving focus on the shutter and having the camera in aperture priority. It is helped by the rubber mouldings and hand strap that Kodak have added, but it suffers understandably here. Pretty much any lens will send it over the 2KG mark, so it's a heavy beast and being quite a lot thicker than the F5 (to house the sensor electronics behind the film plane) the grip is not as sure. The F5 is much nicer, prettier & cooler camera (subjective I know) so to be able to use that in digital form now is pretty spectacular! The massive additional bottom to the camera houses the battery and dual memory cards, while moving some of the buttons and dials from the F5 further down to help ergonomics (somewhat). Two decades on it's a bit of a different story. At the time this made the camera huge and it struggled against the dedicated digital bodies. The Nikon D1 was a sleek digital design that was mostly inspired by the F100, but this Kodak DCS is built around an actual Nikon F5 (with the markings to prove it. Macintosh OS 8.6 or later system software with Power PC Processor minimum Windows 98 SE, WIndows 2000, Windows ME or Windows NT 4.0 system software with Pentium II Processor minimumġ00MB minimum (200MB recommended) free hard disk space One set of universal plugs for external battery Charger and AC adapter ![]() KODAK DCS Photo Desk and DCS Camera Manager Software on CDĮxternal battery charger, 12V DC adapter Cable KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS 760 Digital Camera Image storage on removable storage card or RAM card (ATA-PC Card, up to Type III)ĪC adapter/charger power requirement: 50-60 Hz 100-240V AC Supports almost all functions including all metering modes Larger and brighter color liquid crystal display with histogram Provides 6 million-pixel CCD - 3040 x 2008 Being overtaken by manufacturers who also made exceptional cameras was a deathblow to Kodak. Having superior sensors wasn't enough to win the race any more, they simply couldn't compete with purpose built DSLRs. Nothing exemplifies Kodak's dwindling dominance more than the DCS 760's competition in 2001, namely the Nikon D1X. They had little competition early on, but after a decade or so their R&D budget was dwarfed by Nikon, Canon, Fuji and Sony. In 1991 ( after a few prototypes) Kodak entered the consumer market with the DCS 100 A Nikon F3 with a 1.3 megapixel sensor, priced at $30,000. For a decade Kodak's DCS range pretty much dominated the DSLR market by bolting on their cutting edge sensors to Nikon & Canon film SLR's. ![]() ![]() Their early digital sensor R&D jump started the industry, making them one of the bigger players in digital during the 90's.Kodak created technology patents, various compacts and even cameras for other companies (like Apple). Kodak were happy to dip their toes into diversification with digital photography, but never fully committed to it. While Kodak staff could see the future, management's vision was firmly locked into film. Steve Sasson invented the first digital camera in 1975, working for Kodak.
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