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The Beggining
Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors. -
Camera Obscura
Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded. -
Alexander Wolcott
First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera. -
Kodak
Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. -
George Eastman Company
The George Eastman Company produces the first autographic roll-film camera. Autographic film has two layers, the front layer for recording the image and the back layer for writing information about the photo. Photographers write on the back of the film by opening a small door in the back of the camera. This is the first form of photographic data collecting. -
Polaroids
Date when Polaroid introduces its revolutionary instant color film. -
Earth's Picture
The First Photograph of planet Earth taken from the moon! -
The Mavica
Although the technology is already being used for government purposes, Sony introduces the Mavica, the first commercially available electronic still camera. This camera does not use film. Instead, it records images onto a minidisk, which can then be connected to a computer for viewing. While this camera is not digital, its technology is the precursor to the digital revolution. -
The First Digital camera
The first digital camera for consumer use is the Apple QuickTake 100. This camera can be connected to a computer using a serial cable. -
The Present
Digital cameras continue to increase in quality and capacity as technology advances. A range of professional digital SLRs, like the 50-megapixel Hasselblad H3D11- 50, point-and-shoot digital cameras, like the Sony DSCW300 Cyber-shot, and models in between, like the Nikon D-40, are being produced.
