Cameras timeline.

1040

First pinhole camera invented by Alhazen
1664

Isaac Newton discovers white light is composed of different colors
1717

Johann Heinrich Schulze makes fleeting sun prints of words by using stencils, sunlight, and a bottled mixture of chalk and silver nitrate in nitric acid.
1727

Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.
1794

First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker
1814

Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image using an early device for projecting real-life imagery called a camera obscura.
1837

Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype, an image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure
1839

The Daguerreotype camera was announced by the French Academy of Sciences
1840

First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
1841

William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process, the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.
1843

The first advertisement with a photograph is published in Philadelphia.
1851

Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process so that images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.
1859

First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
1859

Panoramic camera, called the Sutton, is patented.
1861

Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.
1865

Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright law.
1871

Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process, which means negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.
1880

Eastman Dry Plate Company is founded.
1884

George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.
1898

Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
1900

First mass marketed camera, "the brownie" was presented by Easton
1913

First 35mm still camera is developed.
1933

Folding camera made for 120 roll film
1984

Edwin Land invented the polaroid camera which could take a picture and print in one minute.
1986

Fuji introduces disposable cameras
2000

First camera phone developed
2005

Canon EOS 5D launched
2013

Nokia camera phone released

First pinhole camera invented by Alhazen

Isaac Newton discovers white light is composed of different colors

Johann Heinrich Schulze makes fleeting sun prints of words by using stencils, sunlight, and a bottled mixture of chalk and silver nitrate in nitric acid.

Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.

First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker

Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image using an early device for projecting real-life imagery called a camera obscura.

Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype, an image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure

The Daguerreotype camera was announced by the French Academy of Sciences

First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process, the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

The first advertisement with a photograph is published in Philadelphia.

Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process so that images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.

First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

Panoramic camera, called the Sutton, is patented.

Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.

Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright law.

Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process, which means negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.

Eastman Dry Plate Company is founded.

George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.

Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.

First mass marketed camera, "the brownie" was presented by Easton

First 35mm still camera is developed.

Folding camera made for 120 roll film

Edwin Land invented the polaroid camera which could take a picture and print in one minute.

Fuji introduces disposable cameras

First camera phone developed

Canon EOS 5D launched

Nokia camera phone released