First Canon PowerShot: PowerShot 600
Canon PowerShot 600 (1996): The Beginning of Canon PowerShot Explore the history of Canon's PowerShot 600, introduced in 1996 as Canon's first consumer digital camera and the beginning of a 30-year legacy. Vernon Chalmers Photography examines the Canon PowerShot 600 from a photographic-system and camera-architecture perspective, placing Canon's first consumer PowerShot within the broader transition from film photography to digital imaging. The analysis connects the 1996 camera with the subsequent development of Canon's PowerShot G and SX series and considers how early digital-camera design established principles that remain relevant to compact photography today. What was the Canon PowerShot 600? The Canon PowerShot 600 was introduced in July 1996 and was Canon's first consumer-oriented compact digital camera. It used a 570,000-pixel CCD sensor, a fixed 7mm f/2.5 lens equivalent to approximately 50mm on 35mm film, and supported digital image storage and computer conn...