Color display system for a camera

An electronic image recording and viewing device comprising:

• an image sensor that senses an image, the sensor being positioned within a housing;
• a signal processor that processes signals from the image sensor;
• a memory connected to the processor that stores an image;
• a color sequential matrix display within the housing for displaying the image and having an array of pixel electrodes;
• a light source that directs a plurality of colors onto the matrix display in sequence;
• and
• a display lens that magnifies an image on the color matrix display.

A method of recording and displaying an image comprising the following steps:

• providing a camera housing having an image sensor, a matrix display, a lens that magnifies an image on the display and a battery;
• sensing an image with the sensor;
• recording the image in a memory electrically connected to the sensor;
• and
• displaying the image with the display for viewing through the lens.