History of Animation and Photo By devonparker Mar 25, 1827 First Picture Taken Mar 25, 1829 The First Practical Process of Photography Created Mar 25, 1841 First Negative Picture Formed Mar 25, 1856 First Tintype Created Mar 25, 1861 First Color Picture Developed Mar 25, 1879 Dryplate Invented Mar 25, 1889 Flexible Roll Film Invented Mar 25, 1940 Color Film Brought to Market Mar 25, 1973 First Large Image-capturing CCD chip Released Mar 25, 1986 Kodak Scientists Develop World's First Megapixel Sensor Mar 25, 1990 First Commercially Availible Digital Camera Mar 25, 2000 First Camera Phone Introduced Mar 25, 2012 Peak of Digital Camera Sales at 11 million a month