Camera TIMELINE
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1839
1839
The Daguerreotype Camera was announced by the
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The first pinhole camera
(also called the Camera
Obscura)
was invented
by Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham).
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1840
The first American
patent issued in 
photography to Alexander Wolcott
for his camera.
l-Haytham).
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1859
The panoramic camera
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1861
stereoscope viewer.
tham).
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1888 Kodak roll-film camera
George Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. Eastman was a pioneer in photographic films usage. He also started manufacturing paper films in 1885. His first �Kodak� box camera was very simple and very cheap.
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1900
First mass-marketed camera – the Brownie was presented by Eastman. It was on sale until 1960s..
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The Raisecamera (travel camera) was invented. Extreme light weight and small dimensions when it is folded made this photo camera the most desirable thing for landscape photographers.
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1913/1914
The first 35mm still camera (also called candid camera ) developed by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera. Later it became the standard for all film cameras.
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| Polaroid camera |
1948
Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in about one minute.
Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in about one minute.
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1960
EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.
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1978 Konica C35 AF
Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. It was named “Jasupin”.
Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. It was named “Jasupin”.
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1981 Sony Mavica
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1981 Sony Mavica
Sony demonstrates the Sony Mavica – the world’s first digital electronic still camera. Digital photography and television images are related to the same technology, so this camera recorded images into a mini disk and then put them into a video reader. Images could be displayed to a television monitor or color printer.
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1991
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| Nikon F-3 |
Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was of a great use for photojournalists. It was a modified Nikon F-3 camera with a 1.3 megapixel sensor.
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| Apple QuickTake |
Apple QuickTake1994-1996
The first digital cameras for the consumer-level market that worked with a home computer via a serial cable were the Apple QuickTake 100 camera (February 17 , 1994), the Kodak DC40 camera (March 28, 1995), the Casio QV-11 (with LCD monitor, late 1995), and Sony’s Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera (1996).
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| Cell Phone Cameras |
Cell Phone Cameras
For some weird reason, someone at Japan’s Sharp Corporation decided to make a cell phone with a camera built in. Despite its seeming randomness, this combination worked well. These days, it’s hard to imagine a cell phone without a camera.
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CANON EOS 5D
The Canon EOS 5D is
launched.
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| Canon EOS 5D |
This is first consumer-priced full-frame
digital SLR with a 24x36mm
CMOS sensor. In 2005
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| Sony Ericsson S750 |
Sony Ericsson S750
By 2005, consumers proved to love having cameras built in to their phones, so manufacturers starting racing gainst one another to produce the best, smallest cameras they could. Enter the Sony Ericsson S750.
The S750 was the first camera phone to feature auto focus (not counting Samsung’s ridiculous SCH-V770) and a 2MP sensor. This phone helped fuel an arms race of sorts
between Sony Ericsson and Nokia, and probably every other cell phone manufacturer at the time.
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| samsung_m8910 |
samsung_m8910
Somewhere along the way during this camera phone war, companies started really upping their games. Samsung launched a major salvo in this war with the release of the M8910.
It marked phone camera megapixel counts moving into double-digits with its 12MP sensor. The M8910 was also the first phone to introduce many features found on pro-level digital cameras.
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| Nokia-Lumia-1020 |
Nokia-Lumia-1020
In 2013, Nokia released the camera phone equivalent of a mic drop, the Lumia 1020. This phone features a 41MP sensor, which was larger than any prosumer-level DSLR available.
The 1020 also featured a Carl Zeiss lens, image stabilization, and PurView Pro technology, which enables loss less digital zoom.
These cameras didn’t represent the average quality of cameras built into phones during this time, but they have served to motivate manufacturers to improve overall camera quality across the board.
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| Mirrorless Cameras |
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Fujifilm FinePix X100
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| Fujifilm FinePix X100 |
Technically, the first mirrorless camera, the Epson RD1, made its debut in 2004. But it proved to be ahead of its time, as it would be a few more years before mirrorless cameras gained a foothold in the camera market.
Fujifilm certainly didn’t make the first mirrorless camera, or even the first really popular mirrorless. But Fuji’s FinePix X100 displayed a willingness to cater to niche users: advanced photographers who wanted the aesthetics and controls of vintage film cameras. The X100 featured a wide-angle prime lens and the option to shoot with an in-body rangefinder-like viewfinder.
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SonyAlpha7
In 2013, Sony made a
big jump in its
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| SonyAlpha7 |
mirrorless camera offerings with the Alpha 7 and the Alpha 7R. These were the first mirrorless cameras to feature a full-frame sensor. At this point, mirrorless cameras became full-fledged contenders with prosumer-level DSLRs.
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GoProHero
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A surfer named Nick Woodman wanted a way to capture photos while he was surfing, so he began tinkering with 35mm cameras. Woodman continued to improve on his design, and in 2010, his company, GoPro, released the
GoPro HD Hero.
The HD Hero marked the first rugged, waterproof camera able to capture video in 1080p. Since then, the Hero line of cameras has become the standard in the now-idespread market of action cameras.
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Lytro_FirstGen_2up-1Leaning-RedHot_grande
Lytro introduced the
first light-field
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camera to the general public in 2012.
This camera opened up
an entire world of new possibilities for
photographers and audiences. The technology featured in the Lytro captures
information from the subject being photographed that allows the resulting image
to be refocused after it’s been taken.
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Nikon D1.
Other notable
achievements in this
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decade were the invention and release
of the Compact Flash
memory storage
card as well as the release of the first
Digital Single Lens
Reflex camera the Nikon D1.
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Kodak CCD image sensor
1991: Another
milestone in the
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digital photography timeline was
when Kodak released the first
professional digital camera system
marketed towards journalists. It
used a
Nikon F-3 camera film body
adapted with a 1.3 megapixel
Kodak CCD image sensor
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Nikon D1_
1999: Another milestone on the
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| Nikon D1 |
digital photography timeline came when Nikon released the Nikon D1 which was the first DSLR (digital single lens reflex camera). It had a 2.74 megapixel APS-C image sensor weighed about 3.75 lbs. and cost slightly under $6,000. It also used the standard Nikon F-mount lenses which allowed film photographers could use many of the
lenses they already owned. Nikon continued using an APS-C image sensor, known as the “DX sensor” in their digital SLR’s from 1999 to 2007.
lenses they already owned. Nikon continued using an APS-C image sensor, known as the “DX sensor” in their digital SLR’s from 1999 to 2007.
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| Nikon Coolpix L120 14.1 Megapixel |
Nikon Coolpix 900
1999: Nikon also releases two
2 megapixel cameras capable of producing smaller photo quality prints. The Coolpix 900 came with a zoom lens while the Coolpix 700 had a fixed focal length lens.
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