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Olympus foresaw the use of electronic technology in conventional film cameras and was among the first manufacturers to commence research focusing on electronic technology for cameras. In 1991 it launched an analog still video camera, and two years later it introduced a digital still camera.

Still Video VC-100

VC-1000 Digital Still Camera

Still Video VC-100 Announced in 1988, the VC-100 went on sale in 1991 as a still video camera for commercial use. It was an analog electronic still camera that used an analog video camera to take still images as single frames. The images were stored on floppy disks.

VC-1000 Digital Still Camera Olympus launched the VC-1000 digital still camera in 1993 for commercial use. It had a resolution of 380,000 pixels and was equipped with a 2x zoom lens capable of macro photography across its entire range. Images taken with this camera could be played back and checked immediately through the LCD viewfinder. The 2-megabyte IC memory cards could store 31 images.

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