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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIGITAL/ZOOM
- DATE
- 1997
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0136.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- MODEL
- DC120
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- EKB80200516
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS COMPONENTS..
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kodak
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS CAMERA USED 1997-2002.
- Canada
-
AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A CONSUMER DIGITAL CAMERA. USED FOR WORK-RELATED PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT LONG, MANAGER- COMMUNITY RELATIONS, NORTEL NETWORKS, OTTAWA. - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES. - Technical
-
THE DC120 USES A CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) CONSISTING OF THOUSANDS OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE DIODES THAT CONVERT PHOTONS INTO ELECTRONS. THE VALUE OF THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE AT EACH DIODE, OR PHOTOSITE, IS THEN MEASURED AND RECORDED IN THE CAMERA'S MEMORY. THE DC120 IS CAPABLE OF A PICTURE RESOLUTION OF 1.2 MILLION PIXELS AND FEATURES A FIXED INTERNAL MEMORY AND AN OPTIONAL REMOVABLE MEMORY CARD. THE OPTICAL SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A 38-114 MM ZOOM LENS, AUTOFOCUS AND MACRO SETTINGS, AND AUTO AND MANUAL EXPOSURE SETTINGS. INTENDED FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC), THE DC120 WAS SHIPPED WITH A SERIAL CABLE AND A PACKAGE OF SOFTWARE FOR TRANSFERRING AND MANIPULATING. (Ref. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "MEGA/ PIXEL/ Kodak [logo]/ digital science/ DC120/ ZOOM/ Digital Camera" printed on camera casing front. "Kodak EKTANAR Lens 38-114mm (Equiv) F2.5-3.8 37mm Threads/ AutoFocus 3X Zoom" printed on lens housing. Decal on camera back reads "Kodak Digital Science DC120 Zoom Digital Camera/ Service Code: 3003/ Rated: 7.5 Volts---2.0 Amps/ [logos] N137/ FCC 1D: LPU120/ [Kodak logo]/ Made in Japan for/ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ Rochester, New York 14650/ S/N: EKB80200516. This device complies with Part 15 of the/ FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the/ following two conditions:/ (1) This device may not cause harmful/ interference and (2) this device must/ accept any interference received,/ including interference that may cause/ undesired operation./ Complies to Canadian ICES-003 class B". All controls, etc. labelled on camera. "Kodak" moulded into handle.
- Missing
- CAMERA IS COMPLETE. WHEN SOLD TO CONSUMERS, IT IS ALSO FURNISHED WITH AN ALTERNATE SERIAL CABLE AND 4-AA BATTERIES, AND BOXED.
- Finish
- SMOOTH DARK PURPLE-BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC CAMERA CASING HAS CONTRASTING BLACK LENS & FLASH HOUSING; WOVEN BLACK FABRIC STRAP & SYNTHETIC HANDLE. ONE CONTROL BUTTON AND SCREEN ARE PINK-PURPLE COLOUR.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Eastman Kodak Co., Camera, circa 1997, Artifact no. 2002.0136, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0136.001/
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