History of Cameras

Daguerreotype

Jan 1, 1839

First American patent

Jan 1, 1840

Issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott's camera

Panoramic Camera

Jan 1, 1859

Thomas Sutton patented the first panoramic camera

Stereoscope

Jan 1, 1861

Stereoscope invented by Oliver Wendall Holmes

Kodak roll-film Camera

Jan 1, 1888

Patents Kodak roll-film camera by george Eastman

Reise Camera

Jan 1, 1900

A travel camera that was extremely light and small, grteat for landscape photographers

35mm Camera

Jan 1, 1913

First 35mm still camera became standard for all film camera's

First Polaroid

Jan 1, 1948

Created by Edwin Land

Konica C35

Jan 1, 1978

First point and shoot autofocus camera named Jasupin

Sony Mavica

Jan 1, 1981

First digital electronic still camera.

Canon Eos 5D

Jan 1, 2005

First consumer priced DSLR