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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_RC-470_CP%2B_2011.jpg Canon RC-470 image] at [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiMedia Commons] | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_RC-470_CP%2B_2011.jpg Canon RC-470 image] at [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiMedia Commons] | ||
*[http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/canon_rc-470_large.jpg 1989 magazine advertisement] included in [http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/397 "Retro Scan of the Week: Precursor to the Digital Camera"] from [http://www.vintagecomputing.com/ Vintage Computing & Gaming] | *[http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/canon_rc-470_large.jpg 1989 magazine advertisement] included in [http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/397 "Retro Scan of the Week: Precursor to the Digital Camera"] from [http://www.vintagecomputing.com/ Vintage Computing & Gaming] | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:56, 31 May 2019
Canon exhibited both the compact RC-250 and more full-featured RC-470 electronic cameras at the fall 1988 Photokina show in Cologne, Germany[1]. Neither were truly "digital" cameras, as images were stored as analog scan lines on special 2"-square video floppy disks. The RC-470 offered slightly higher resolution than its smaller sibling, as well as dual lens focal lengths: 9mm f/2.0 or 16mm f/2.5. (Given a 1/2"-format CCD sensor, the 35mm equivalent focal lengths would be about 50mm and 85mm.)
Popular Photography noted that professional users such as insurance investigators and real-estate agents were the intended market—which perhaps explains the list price, approximately USD $3,000. A complete kit with FV-540 floppy drive and computer capture software had a staggering list price of USD $4,900[2].
Notes
- ↑ "The Big Show," December 1988 Popular Photography (Vol. 95, No. 12; page 94).
- ↑ "Canon's Still Video Imaging Kit Lets Users Modify Color, Black-and-White Images" from InfoWorld Mar 18, 1991, (Vol. 13, No. 11; page 38), from Google Books
