Fascinating! I was struck by how profound and forward thinking Steven Sasson was in 1975. He know in order for the digital camera to take off it had to be similar enough to the current cameras customers were used to working with. He also surmised, correctly, that it would be 15-20 years before digital cameras would have a large impact on the general consumer. Watch the whole thing. It’s brilliant.
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