An interactive data story to present a visual retrospect of digital cameras over the past two decades. With detailed information on nearly 4000 cameras, the visualization of any factor(s) in their technical specification will show the temporal development of related technologies and markets under the animated timeline.
Interesting Findings
Data Source
All the data used in this project were scraped from Digital Camera Database in May 2020. Check out the raw data here. Details about my scraper scripts can be found here.
Data Type
Basic Information
Primary Specifications
- Brand
- Model Name
- Release Year
Primary Specifications
- Sensor Resolution
- Sensor Size
- Sensor Type
- Lens System
- Weight
- Body Size
Secondary Specifications
- Screen Resolution
- Screen Size
- ISO Range
- Shutter Speed Range
- Raw Support
- Acquirement of Exposure Modes (Aperture/Shutter Priority)
- Built-in Flash / External Flash Supports
- USB Version
- HDMI
- Wi-Fi
- Battery Type
Acknowledgement
This work is completed under the course Critical Data & Visualization taught by Leon Eckert at NYU Shanghai.
