Wednesday, January 15, 2014

A Short History of Camera and Discman


Chinese and Ancient Greek philosophers had studied the essential principles of camera several centuries back. It was by the 19th century when the first genuine camera was invented. The Discman also known as the Sony Discman is used for listening music. It is a battery powered portable disc players with a headphones and the user can listen to music in any position like sitting, walking or jogging.

These days, camera is most used by people for photography. The camera of today took several years of failed experiments and innovations to become a useful medium today. There were several evolutions in the Discman product line including the addition of radio reception and the ability to play Writable and Re-Writable discs that could include traditional format music or MP3 format.

The first permanent photograph was made by Joseph Niépce in 1826. With the advancement of technology and processing techniques, paintings and other mediums of portraits were replaced by photography. The only reason was that the camera had the ability to capture realistic and natural images.

Sony was the first companies to introduce a mini radio in the market by the late 1950s. Due to the development of culture of miniaturization, the first Sony Walkman was introduced in the market in 1980. This sort of miniaturization was considered almost impossible at that because of the technology. By 1984, Sony engineers had managed to fit a CD player into a little case smaller than the size of a wood block. It was nicknamed as the Discman which was the first portable CD player released which was wonderful news for the Japanese music lovers.

The old cameras were big in size but in the modern era the camera functions have advanced as compared the early camera although the basic function remains the same. The features of camera have also developed with the advancing technology. The modern camera comes in several features. Camera has an amazing effect in today's modern world. Memorable events can be preserved; events and places can be captured in the camera that can be viewed from thousands of miles away.

The year 2000 saw a change in the major design of Sony Discman with an improvement in its technology like G Protection and anti-skipping system. The beginning of 2000s saw the growth of MP3 music format and a major design change in Sony Discman's which were now round portable CD players and incorporated Sony's 'The new name of CD Walkman was introduced in 2000 when the old name of Discman was eventually retired. The new "W" logo was introduced composed of several joined together dots for the range of products. Sony still owns the Discman trademark and they reserve the right to revive their brand in the future.

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