This post was written by Ron Volmershausen:
Remember a company called Kodak and how they used to be innovators in both film & film-less cameras?
Not many people know this; but not long after having released the world’s first professional digital SLR camera back in 1991 , Kodak went on to release the world’s first DMILC (digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera) with Nikon F mount in 1992-1993.
Many sources claim that the first DMILC was the Epson RD-1 from 2004 but this has now been shown to be incorrect. The Kodak DCS-200 High Speed Target Camera used a 1.54 megapixel (1524 x 1012) colour CCD image sensor, had an internal 80 megabyte hard disk that could store up to 50 images, utilized the very popular Nikon ‘F’ lens mount and used a special rotating shutter mechanism that was specifically designed for longevity.
James McGarvey, lead engineer at Kodak digital products from 1990-2004, says this about the camera:
