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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June 2nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Wow… I have one of these sitting in my garage I forgot about!
February 26th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
The 1988 Sony Mavica C1described on your site as a digital camera was not digital. It was a still video camera.