<s>
The	O
Kodak	B-Device
DC	I-Device
series	I-Device
was	O
Kodak	O
's	O
pioneering	O
consumer-grade	O
line	O
of	O
digital	O
cameras	O
;	O
as	O
distinct	O
from	O
their	O
much	O
more	O
expensive	O
professional	O
Kodak	B-Device
DCS	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
early	O
digital	O
cameras	O
supported	O
RS-232	O
serial	O
port	O
connections	O
because	O
USB	B-Protocol
hardware	O
was	O
not	O
widely	O
available	O
before	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
DC	O
series	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
short	O
lived	O
DigitaOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
camera	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
allowed	O
third	O
party	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DC	O
series	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
Kodak	B-Device
EasyShare	I-Device
camera	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DC20	O
only	O
had	O
the	O
most	O
basic	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
digital	O
camera	O
:	O
It	O
had	O
no	O
liquid	B-Device
crystal	I-Device
display	I-Device
(	O
LCD	B-Device
)	O
for	O
reviewing	O
pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sleek	O
compact	O
size	O
would	O
remain	O
unrivaled	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Canon	B-Application
Digital	I-Application
Ixus	I-Application
and	O
Casio	B-Algorithm
Exilim	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
DC25	O
was	O
considerably	O
larger	O
than	O
the	O
DC20	O
because	O
it	O
carried	O
an	O
LC	B-Device
display	I-Device
for	O
picture	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
Kodak	O
DC25	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
cameras	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
slot	O
to	O
support	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
cards	I-Device
for	O
external	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
DC40	O
shared	O
its	O
lineage	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
QuickTake	I-Device
100	I-Device
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Chinon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
LCD	B-Device
for	O
picture	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kodak	O
DC50	O
featured	O
a	O
3:1	O
zoom	O
lens	O
(	O
37mm	O
to	O
111mm-equivalent	O
)	O
,	O
built-in	O
photo	O
flash	O
and	O
a	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
slot	O
for	O
Type	O
I	O
and	O
II	O
ATA	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
monochrome	O
LCD	B-Device
to	O
report	O
basic	O
camera	O
statistics	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	O
LCD	B-Device
for	O
picture	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
2	O
megabytes	O
of	O
internal	O
picture	O
storage	O
and	O
supported	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
external	O
memory	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
color	B-Device
LCD	I-Device
for	O
picture	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
