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Memory technology
George E. Smith and Willard S. Boyle were both studying different ways to create memory technology, they were funded with enough money in order to create another camera. -
CCD Sensor
Smith and Boyle in one hour, emerged with the basic plans for the CCD, the sensor still used in digital photography today. This can measure certain light sensors and adapt them. -
First true digital camera
In 1975 the scientist Steven Sasson created and tested the camera. The camera was created by spare parts around the Kodak laboratory. -
The Sony Mavica (Magnetic Video Camera)
The Sony Mavica (Magnetic Video Camera) was unveiled in 1981 and, it used a CCD, it was not technically a digital camera, as it recorded television signals as single images to a floppy disc. It didn't fare very well on the market and was not widely released. -
Modified Nikon F3 which became the first digital SLR camera
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The Apple Quicktake-100
The Apple Quicktake-100, one of the first consumer-friendly digital cameras. -
Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
One of the now mostly unused Kodak factories in Rochester, New York. In 2013 Eastman Kodak Company filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known companies
