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The first photograph was made by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
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The first photographic method called daguerreotype was inveted by Louis Jacques Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
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William Fox Tallbot Perfected a different process process called the calotype.
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The theory of 3 color photography published by Maxwell.
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Maxwell demonstrates first color photo.
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ichard Leach Maddox invented the gelatine dry plate.
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George Easatman started manufacturing paper film.
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George Eastman's first camera, Kodak, was offered for sale.
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George Eastman switched to Celluloid.
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F.E. Ives patents 1st commercial color process.
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George Eastman took mass-market photography one step further with the Brownie, a simoke and very inexpensive box camera that introduced the conceot of the snapshot.
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London offers 1st color portriat.
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Mannes and Godowsky patented the 3 layer color process.
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The Japanese camera industry began to take off with Conon 35mm rangefinder.
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Agfa and Kodak introduced color paper.
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Eye-level viewfinder first appeared on the Hungarian Duflex in 1947.
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The eye-level viewfinder was refined in 1948 with the Contax S.
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Polaroid introduces first instant color film.
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Canon made a 35mm camera with built in microprocessor.
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The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera was by Steven Sason, an engineer at Eastman Kodak
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Sony Introduced the first camcorder for domestic use.
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Handheld electronic cameras appeared in 1981.
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Analog electric cameras appear on the market.
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The capability to transmit images without a satellite link. This was usefulk during the Tiananmen Square protests.
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The first commercially available camera.
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Kodak brought to market the Kodak DCS-100.
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The first megapixel cameras for consumers were marketed.
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The introduction of Nikon DI.