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The First Camera
Niépce creates the first permanent image, it was a view from a window at Le Gras. The first time an image had been permanently created. -
The First Look At Coloured Photo
James Clerk-Maxwell demonstrates a colour photography system involving three black and white photographs, each taken through a red, green, or blue filter. -
The Invention of Film
George Eastman invented roll film, the invention was used for motion picture film, it was also used by early film makers and Thomas Edison. -
The First Underwater Colour Photo
First underwater colour photo was invented by Charles Martin & W.H. Longley. They equipped the cameras encased in waterproof housing and pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder for underwater illumination. -
First Photo Taken in Space
The first photo in space was taken from an altitude of 65 miles above the surface of New Mexico. It was captured by a 35-millimeter motion picture camera as that camera was propelled skyward on a German V-2 missile. -
Kodak builds the first working CCD-based digital still camera
It used the then-new solid-state CCD image sensor chips developed by Fairchild Semiconductor in 1973. The camera weighed 3.6 kg, recorded black and white images to a compact cassette tape, had a resolution of 0.01 megapixels, and took 23 seconds to capture its first image in December 1975. -
Kodak introduces disk camera
Kodak introduces disk camera, using an 8x11mm frame. The same as in the Minox spy camera. The film was in the form of a flat disc, and was fully housed within a plastic cartridge. Each disc held fifteen 10 × 8 mm exposures, arranged around the outside of the disc, with the disc being rotated 24° between each image. -
Rob Silvers publishes Photomosaics
Photomosaics is a large-scale detailed picture or map built up by combining photographs of small areas. -
Camera phone introduced in Japan by Sharp/J-Phone
The J-SH04 was a mobile phone made by Sharp Corporation, It was Japan's first ever phone with a built-in camera -
Pentax introduce the K-1 FF/35mm
Pentax introduce the K-1 FF/35mm 36Mpx camera with GPS, Wi-Fi, 5 Axis 5 stops in body stabilisation, astro-tracer, pixel shift HD images, and other advanced features.