Camera

The Camera Was Born

Jan 1, 1685

1851 Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process, i.e. Photography within a camera began.

Fredrick Scott Archer invented collodion process

Feb 1, 1851

images required only two or three seconds of light exposure

New Film

Feb 1, 1884

1884 Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film

Kodak

Feb 1, 1888

1888 Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.

Still Camera

Feb 1, 1913

1913/1914 First 35mm still camera developed

Polaroid

Feb 1, 1948

1948 Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera.

Digital image

Feb 1, 1990

1990 Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium.

Nikon D4

Feb 1, 2012

Nikons newest camera, D4, takes pictures in landscape mode, portrait mode, and many other features