List of the most important digital cameras in history: iPhone makes the cut

by anonymous on 2013-11-16 18:39:03

Recently, the well-known photography magazine PopPhoto has released a list of the most important digital cameras in history, and Apple's 2007-released iPhone was undoubtedly included. In addition to the iPhone, Apple's QuickTake 100, which was released in 1994, also made it onto this list, making the iPhone the only smartphone on this list.

PopPhoto's official explanation for why the iPhone made it onto the list of the most important digital cameras is:

"Of course, before the iPhone came out, companies like Nokia and Sony Ericsson had already launched phones with very powerful camera capabilities. However, Apple created a simple camera interface that turned taking photos and sharing them into a popular trend. And after 2008 (the launch of App Store), the iPhone also led to the emergence of a large number of third-party photo apps, greatly enriching the ecosystem of mobile platform photography."

In 2010, the iPhone began to become the most popular camera device on photo-sharing platform Flickr. Today, the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5 rank third among the most popular devices on the Flickr platform, showing just how popular the iPhone is in the photography community. Finally, let’s take a look at the complete list of PopPhoto's most important digital cameras in history:

1975 Kodak Digital Camera Prototype

1988 Fuji Fujix DS-1P

1990 Dycam Model 1

1991 Kodak DCS

1992 Leaf Digital Camera Back I

1993 Fuji DS-200F

1994 Apple QuickTake 100

1994 Kodak/AP NC2000

1994 Olympus Deltis VC-1100

1995 Casio QV-10

1995 Ricoh RDC-1

1997 Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD5/FD7