Camera

1500

Jan 1, 1500

Ibn Al-Haytham invents the first camera.

1816

Jan 1, 1816

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invents the camera.

1839

Jan 1, 1839

The Daguerreotype Camera by Louis Daguerre is one of the world’s most expensive cameras.

1948

Jan 1, 1948

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

1978

Jan 1, 1978

First autofocus camera Konica C35 AF by Konica.

1981

Jan 1, 1981

Sony Mavica – The world’s first digital electronic still camera

1991

Jan 1, 1991

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

2000

Jan 1, 2000

The world’s first camera phone.

2005

Jan 1, 2005

The canon EOS 5D is launched.