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Invention of the digital image scanner by Russell A. Kirsch
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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.
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Eastman Kodak created the prototype for the world's first digital camera. Created by Steve Sasson, and used CCD image sensor technology.
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Sony produced the first consumer camera that did not require film and was based off a charge-coupled device.
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Kodak created the first sensor that could detect megapixels.
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Nikon created a prototype for an analog electronic SLR camera.
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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.
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Kodak developed its photo CD system. In the same year, Kodak released the Kodak Professional Digital Camera System.
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The Apple Quicktake 100 camera was the first to connect to the home computer.
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Nikon released the Nikon D1.
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Canon introduced the EOS-1D and entered the world of professional digital SLR cameras.
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Kodak announced it would no longer be producing film cameras.
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They stoped their production of film cameras.
