Self Portrait: 17 Years Of Digital Cameras
Photographer Marc Aubry bought the first ever digital SLR, and at least 26 more since. His series of self-portraits tells the story of the first two decades of mainstream digital photography.
1991
The Kodak/Nikon DCS 100 is considered to be the first commercially available DSLR. It had a 1.3-megapixel sensor. You can’t see it here, but the camera’s battery and 200MB hard drive are contained in a giant box.
1992
The DCS 200 was released a year later, and had a self-contained battery pack.
1993
The Kodak NC 2000 carried AP branding, and was marketed directly to photojournalists.
1994
Kodak DCS 460 took 6-megapixel photos, which were at the time considered massive.
1999
The Nikon D1 is the first DSLR that was widely embraced by professional photographers. At just 2.7 megapixels, its photos would look fairly pixelated in a magazine spread.
2000
The Kodak DCS-620X. Kodak stuck to making digital camera backs for other companies’ bodies for a very long time — probably too long.
2008
The Panasonic Lumix G1 represents the next generation of DSLRs: smaller, prettier, and more accessible.
These photos originally appeared as part of a Flickr set called Ma Collection de Reflex Numérique, and were reprinted here with the permission of the photographer.
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