A Historical Perspective: Sony Digital Cameras

The Sony Corporation has been on the cutting edge of digital camera technology for years. In point of fact, the history of the Sony digital camera starts as far back as the early evolution of television in the 1940s and 1950s. The combination of the creation of the VTR that recorded electrical impulses onto magnetic tape together with the development of computers were the foundation upon which the digital age was built.

Sony was founded in 1946, originally being called Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company. In 1958, the company adopted the Sony name.

One of the precursors to the modern day digital camera was the Sony created Trinicon single tube camera. This advancement in photography was created by Sony labs during the 1970s.

Building on this technology, Sony became what many experts maintain is the market leader when it came to the development and manufacture of digital cameras at the cusp of the 21st century. A major breakthrough in this technology was the revolutionary Sony Memory StickTM?. The Sony Memory StickTM? has the storage capacity of a standard floppy disk. But, the Sony Memory StickTM? is as small a stick of gum.

In 1955, the proud history of Sony in Canada began, when the first export of a Sony product outside Japan was made to Canada. Albert Cohen, founder of General Distributors of Winnipeg, placed an initial order with TTK, for 50 TR-55 transistor radios. In 1956, the TR-72, a mantel-top transistor radio was ready, and Mr. Cohen reached a deal with the T. Eaton Co. to take 500 radios as an initial shipment.

Most industry experts maintain that Sony will be a flagship company in the manufacture and sales of digital cameras on into the future. (Another industry leader is Canon for which more information can be found at AHistoricalPerspectiveCanonDigitalCameras.)