Camera By dmoritz11 Jan 1, 1664 Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors Jan 1, 1794 First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker Jan 1, 1814 Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura More Info It needed eight hours of light exposure and later faded Jan 1, 1840 First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera Jan 1, 1913 First 35mm still camera developed Jan 1, 1942 Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography Jan 1, 1968 Photograph of Earth from the moon More Info Jan 1, 1984 Canon demonstrated first digital electronic still camera More Info