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January 1966 Kodak introduced the DC40 camera. It could store up to 48 pictures, but it did have a card slot. The instruction book offered this advice: When the camera is full, the count displays "0" and the "0" flashes if you press the shutter button. No pictures can be taken at this point until you have deleted stored pictures. Then there was the Kodak DC50 which added a zoom lens. But compared to today, the operation was pretty lame. From the Kodak website: KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE DC50 Zoom Camera Specifications: Type CCD still frame camera. Image size 756 x 504 high resolution. Bit depth 24-bit color. Speed: With flash—pictures can be taken every 8 seconds / Without flash—pictures can be taken every 5 seconds / Power sources Batteries:  4 AA batteries or Power Adapter. / Dimensions: Approximately 6.1 x 5.3 x 2.2 in. (155 x 135 x 55 mm) / Weight: Approximately 1 lb (0.5 kg)  ----------  And the street price back then: $699! In today’s dollars that’s probably more than a grand! Imagine what you can buy today for that kind of money! ….I wish Kodak luck in reorganizing. I sure owned an awful lot of Kodak products in my life, and many are still in Dick’s Gadget Warehouse!

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