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Digital Image Scanner
Invention of the digital image scanner by Russell A. Kirsch -
CCD Picturephone
The semiconductor device was capable of gathering data from photoelectric sensors and then transferring that charge to a second storage capacitor. As the data was transmitted, the analog data from the light-sensitive chip was converted into a digital grid which could render an image from that data. -
First Digital Camera
Eastman Kodak created the prototype for the world's first digital camera. Created by Steve Sasson, and used CCD image sensor technology. -
Sony's First Consumer Camera
Sony produced the first consumer camera that did not require film and was based off a charge-coupled device. -
Kodak Jumps In
Kodak created the first sensor that could detect megapixels. -
Nikton Jumps In
Nikon created a prototype for an analog electronic SLR camera. -
Kodak Does More
Kodak also released seven new products that changed the way images could be stored, transferred and used. This paved the way for future digital cameras to use megapixels in the manner that they do nowadays. -
Kodak Does More
Kodak developed its photo CD system. In the same year, Kodak released the Kodak Professional Digital Camera System. -
Apple Joins The Party
The Apple Quicktake 100 camera was the first to connect to the home computer. -
Nikon Progresses
Nikon released the Nikon D1. -
Canon Jumps In
Canon introduced the EOS-1D and entered the world of professional digital SLR cameras. -
Kodak Had Enough
Kodak announced it would no longer be producing film cameras. -
Nikon and Canon Move On Too
They stoped their production of film cameras.
