• 2020
    2020 BCE

    2020

    A brilliant full-frame all-rounder mirrorless
  • 2019
    2019 BCE

    2019

    This offers double the pixel count, and a substantial increase in overall image quality
  • 2018
    2018 BCE

    2018

    the R system is hugely important for Canon, representing a major leap forward in technology, and one for which the company had been carefully preparing for some time.
  • 2016
    2016 BCE

    2016

    Pentax K-1 full-frame DSLR built around the K lens mount. It becomes the only conventional DSLR to offer a full frame sensor with image stabilization.
  • 2013
    2013 BCE

    2013

    The Alpha 7 and the Alpha 7R. These were the first mirrorless cameras to feature a full-frame sensor.
  • 2005
    2005 BCE

    2005

    The canon EOS 5D is launched.
  • 1981
    1981 BCE

    1981

    Sony Mavica – The world’s first digital electronic still camera.
  • 1978
    1978 BCE

    1978

    First autofocus camera Konica C35 AF by Konica.
  • 1913/1914
    1913 BCE

    1913/1914

    Candid camera, the first 35mm still camera by Oskar Barnack.
  • 1900
    1900 BCE

    1900

    The Kodak Brownie Camera by Eastman.
  • 1888
    1888 BCE

    1888

    George Eastman, a pioneer in photographic films usage, patented Kodak roll-film camera
  • 1861
    1861 BCE

    1861

    Stereoscope viewer was invented by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
  • 1859
    1859 BCE

    1859

    The panoramic camera
  • 1840
    1840 BCE

    1840

    The development of images on paper was made possible by the invention of the camera by Alexander.
  • 1839
    1839 BCE

    1839

    The Daguerreotype Camera by Louis Daguerre
  • 1500
    1500 BCE

    1500

    Camera Obscura, the first pinhole camera was invented by Ibn Al-Haytham.
  • 1948

    1948

    Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in about one minute was invented by Edwin Land.
  • 1991

    1991

    Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was widely used by photojournalists.
  • 2000

    2000

    The world’s first camera phone.