Although a Mavica prototype was used by professionals, 7 years earlier, at the LA Olympics, the 1988 C1 was the first consumer digital camera from Sony. It had the horizontal binocular style design that Apple used for their early and abortive foray into the digital camera market.

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2 Responses to “Mavica MVC C1”

  1. Brian Jagielski Says:

    Wow… I have one of these sitting in my garage I forgot about!

  2. Rodger Carter Says:

    The 1988 Sony Mavica C1described on your site as a digital camera was not digital. It was a still video camera.

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