In 02/11/2016 09:09 AM, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote:
Sony is not an "old" manufacturer, they bought Minolta.
Yes they did, but they were a camera manufactures long before they did that in 2006. For example, as a pioneer in the digital photography world, in 1997 Sony marketed the MVC-FD5 and MVC-FD7, the first ever digital cameras using a standard floppy disc as the storage. Actually the Sony camera division goes back further. They sold a CCD video camera back in 1981. That year also saw a still version called the Mavica. really it was the same technology just packed in what looked like a camera body with interchangeable lenses. Yes it took still images digitally, 570 x 490 pixels on a 10mm x 12mm chip. If TV vidcon counts as "camera" then Sony was selling these in the usa back in 1974. Actually their video cameras go back even further. The Sony CVC-2000 dating from 1965 was the first domestic video camera. http://www.smecc.org/sony_cv_series_video.htm http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica_%281981%29 http://www.labguysworld.com/Sony_AVC-3250.htm -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org