filmless camera

Film companies, which might be expected to resist the rise of filmless cameras, have instead embraced them enthusiastically.

Ten years ago, a filmless camera like Sony's Mavica was aimed at the general public.

More than 15 years ago, Sony came out with a filmless camera called Mavica, which became popular only in the last few years.

The Kodak system comes at a time when leading Japanese consumer electronics companies, notably Sony, are trying to establish filmless cameras.

Burkhardt & Christy has the My First Sony line of children's electronic products and the company's so-called filmless camera.

The cop would ask to see his filmless camera - and then he would want to see some ID - and then it would be all over.

Harvey Bernstein, product designer, Bernstein Design Associates, New York City Filmless cameras - the ones that plug into the TV set - are modern.

"This industry thinks of digital capture devices as 'filmless cameras,' in the same way that the auto industry thought of the first motor cars as 'horseless carriages,' " he said.

Texas Instruments engineer Willis Adcock designed a filmless camera that was not digital and applied for a patent in 1972, but it is not known whether it was ever built.

High-Quality Image Unlike the Japanese, who are marketing filmless cameras, Kodak said its system would combine the high image quality of traditional silver halide film with the display options of electronics.

And in 1951, Mr. Mullin and another engineer, Wayne R. Johnson, working again with Crosby Enterprises, also developed a prototype of the video camera, which they called "the filmless camera."