Cameras & Film Over Time

Camera Invented

Apr 4, 1826

Charles and Vincent Chevalier from Paris, built the first camera

Camera Obsucra

Feb 1, 1827

Joseph Nicephore takes the first photograph with a camera obsucra

Permanent Photos

Mar 7, 1835

William Fox Talbot produces early permanent photos

Positive/Negative

Feb 4, 1839

William Talbot invents positive/negative process

Glass Negative

Apr 11, 1839

John Herschel makes the first glass negative

Rotating Camera

Aug 14, 1854

Disderi introudces a rotating camera

Celluoid Film

Jan 24, 1887

Celluoid film is introduced

Box Camera

May 3, 1888

No 1 Box camera is mass marketed by Kodak

Kinetoscopic

Oct 7, 1891

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscopic camera

Folding Pocket

Jun 15, 1898

Kodack introduce Folding Pocked Kodak

Brownie

Sep 12, 1900

Kodak introduce their first brownie

120 Film

Mar 22, 1901

Kodak introuce 120 film

Kodachrome

Nov 14, 1935

Multi-layered reversal colour film

Lens Reflex Camera

Nov 13, 1936

First single Lens reflex camera

Kodacolour

Apr 28, 1942

Kodak's first print film

Hasselblad

Feb 4, 1948

Hasselblad camera is introduced

Polaroid

Dec 6, 1948

Land introduces first polaroid instant image camera

SLR

Jul 17, 1957

First Asahi Pentax SLR introduced

Nikon

Aug 20, 1959

Nikon F introduced

Automatic Camera

Nov 13, 1959

AGFA introduces the first fully automatic camera

Instamatic

Apr 5, 1963

Kodack introduces the first Instamatic camera

Pentax Spotmatic SLR

Mar 18, 1964

First Pentaz Spotmatic SLR introduced

Digital

May 14, 1975

Steven Sasson invents the digital camera

Sony

Nov 18, 1981

Sony introduces first commercial electronic camera

Professional

Feb 4, 1991

Kodak releases their first professional camera