[contrarian1234]

Amazing, a whole article about a camera without a single photo from that camera

[syncsynchalt]

The PetaPixel article has a sample, though the original photo from this article is lost.

https://petapixel.com/how-steve-sasson-invented-the-digital-...

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digit...

[Sharlin]

I wonder if any exist on the internet and if the camera is still functional.

Edit: it's very likely that no photos exist because the tapes were being reused and there are many reasons why the camera has been nonfunctional for a long time now.

[syncsynchalt]

Here's an example image: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digit...

Captured on Kodak film, I suspect.

[Sharlin]

I wonder if that's actually original capture or just an emulation for the purposes of the exhibit.

[ginko]

Yeah, the camera probably hasn't been in functioning condition for decades and people at Kodak likely didn't see much historical value in archiving those tapes.

[pnut]

I don't doubt this description of what happened, but the sad irony in a company whose product was producing tools to generate archival copies of images, not recognising the value of retaining archival copies of images... facepalm.