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Joseph Nicephore Niepce takes first fixed photograph of nature.
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William Fox Talbot invents photogenic drawing: the first positive/negative process.
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The first colour photograph is shown by James Clerk Maxwell
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Eadweard Muybridge makes a high-speed photogenic demonstration using a trip wire system
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Kodak no. 1 is introduced as the first mass marketed easy to use camera.
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The first colour photography process is marketed; Autochrome Lumiere
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Kodak introduces 35mm acetate film to replace highly flammable nitrate film used for motion pictures.
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The Leica introduces 35mm to still photography
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Asahi Pentrax introduces first single Lens Reflex (SRL) Camera.
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Kodak invents first megapixel sensor
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Kodak releases first fully digital SLR camera the DCS-100
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J-SH04 introduced by J-Phone is the first mobile phone equipped with a point and shoot camera.