Nikon’s first consumer digital camera

The Nikon Coolpix 100 (1996)

Nikon’s first consumer digital camera
245,000-pixel sensor (512x480)
With an internal 1MB PCMCIA card
6.2mm f/4 lens
Price: between $500 and $700 USD

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Nikon Coolpix 300 (1997)

Nikon's second consumer digital camera
310,000 pixels sensor (640x480)
Storage: 4MB internal
Price: $700 USD

Nikon Coolpix 900 (1998)

Nikon's third consumer digital camera
1,300,000 pixel sensor (1280x960)
Storage: 4MB CompactFlash
$899.00 USD

Fascinating, Thank you for posting this, it is a bit of Nikon history I did not know about.

Hi,

The CP 100 was what I habitually used at Ericsson to document the condition of returned cell phones for failure analysis. I used that so much that it inspired the accessories group to make the CommuniCam for the T68. The first cell phone camera. It snapped onto the system connector at the bottom of the phone.

I was given the first prototype and used it in place of the CP 100. It connected via Bluetooth rather than plugging in via the PCMCIA connector.

The next model, we put the camera into the phone. And so began a trend.

Stan

Thanks, that's nice 🙂

In the end, you are somewhat responsible for the disappearance of compacts and the collapse of the photographic industry 😈

Bravo 👍🏻 😂 😂

Hi,

Yep. I did that. I didn't know I was doing that at the time. Which was when I would have been comparing shots from the CommuniCam against my Nikon D1 and Kodak 460c. So, even though that was 2.75 and 6 MP respectively - low res by today's standard - that was against VGA. No one had anything to worry about back then.

It was the old case of the lousy camera you have with you being better than the really good camera you left at home.

Stan

It's a bit like my comparison, which I really like

Between Kodak DCS 100 (1991) and Dycam 1 (1991)
The first in their respective categories

The Kodak DCS 100 Pro (1991) 1.3MP (1280x1024) $25,000.00 USD
The Dycam model 1 (1991) 0.10MP (376x276 ) $995.00 USD

The Nikon Coolpix 910 (1998)
*only sold in Japan
1,300,000 pixel sensor (1280x960)
Storage: 8MB CompactFlash
$800.00 USD

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Nikon Coolpix 950 Millennium (1999)
2,100,000 pixel (2MP) 1600x1200 sensor
Storage: 8MB CompactFlash
$2000 USD

My Little History of Digital Compacts