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First Asahi Pentax SLR introduced.
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– AGFA introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima.
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Fairchild Semiconductor releases the first large image forming CCD chip; 100 rows and 100 columns.
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The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera. The camera weighed 8 pounds only took black and white pictures to a tape, took 23 seconds to capture its first picture.
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Bryce Bayer of Kodak develops the Bayer filter mosaic pattern for CCD color image sensors.
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Kodak scientists invent the world’s first megapixel sensor, records 1.4 million pixels that could produce a 5×7-inch digital picture.
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The first digital camera is available to consumers.
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Photoshop 1.0 was introduced.
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The Hubble space craft took their first picture in space using a megapixel.
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Kodak presents the DSC 100, which was the first useful digital camera for the public. The 1.3-megapixel camera retails at $20,000.
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Mosaic is released. it was the first browser to allow users to see pictures over the Internet.
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Kodak introduces the photo CD
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The CompactFlash memory card is made public
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The Apple QuickTake 100 is the first regular public made color digital camera. It retails at about $1,000.
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The first consumer camera with a liquid crystal display on the back was the Casio QV-10.
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First camera to use CompactFlash was the Kodak DC-25.
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J-SH04 was the first camera phone ever invented
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The first digital SLR designed and manufactured by a single camera company is released. It is 2.7 megapixels.
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Canon’s 6.3 megapixel EOS Digital Rebel is available for less than $1,000. It is the first digital SLR to make a major impact on the consumer market.
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Digital camera sales exceed film camera sales for the first time.
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Kodak ceases production of film cameras.
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The first muti-touch screen.
