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EPISODE · Feb 27, 2026 · 8 MIN

WM-565: The History of Digital Photography | Photography Clips Podcast

from Photography Clips · host Will Moneymaker

Digital photography, as we know it, has only been around for about two decades. In truth, however, its origins go much deeper than that. The 1990s saw the first commercially available digital cameras, but the technology that we so often take for granted – with its unlimited storage space, live view displays, and other conveniences – actually first came into being during the 1950s. It all started with the first videotape recorders that were developed in 1952. These were the first devices to use something other than film (a coded signal on tape) as a recording medium. With a tape player, people could convert the code into a picture... Podcast Notes: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/history-digital-photography/ Photography Clips Podcast: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/podcast/ Music From the Doctor's Office: https://www.moneymakerphotography.com/music-from-the-doctors-office/

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Digital photography, as we know it, has only been around for about two decades. In truth, however, its origins go much deeper than that. The 1990s saw the first commercially available digital cameras, but the technology that we so often take for...

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