The first consumer digitals were released in 1981, with Sony's Mavica, which stands for MAgnetic VIdeo CAmera. It was not technically a digital camera; it was a still video recorder that did not encode the images. Images taken were recorded to 2 inch floppy discs. The capacity of one disc was 1 MB and the Mavica could store 25 images on each disc. Today's images are usually 6 MB or more!
The first all-digital camera was the Fuji DS-1P, which was released in 1988. The first digital camera sold in the United States was the Dycam Model 1. The majority of these cameras were less than .5 MP. A good quality digital print needs at least 2 MP. Clearly, major improvements in sensor technology and storage were needed.
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