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Thomas Wedgwood
Made permanent pictures of camera images by using a durable surface coated with a light-sensitive chemical. He succeeds only in producing silhouettes and other shadow images, and is unable to make them permanent -
Edmond Becquerel
Makes the first full-color photographs, but they are only laboratory curiosities: an exposure lasting hours or days is required and the colors are so light-sensitive that they sometimes fade right before the viewer's eyes while being examined. -
First Kodak
The Kodak n°1 box camera, the first easy-to-use camera, is introduced with the slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest. -
Kinemacolor
Kinemacolor, a two-color process known as the first commercial "natural color" system for pictures and movies, is introduced. -
Colored Cartoons
"Flowers and Trees", the first full-color cartoon, is made in Technicolor by Disney -
Instant Cameras
Edwin H. Land introduces the first Polaroid instant camera. -
Phone Camera
Kyocera Corporation introduces the VP-210 VisualPhone, the world's first mobile phone with built-in camera for recording videos and still photo. -
2007-Now. Smartphones, GoPros and Cameras
High-end DSLRs from Canon, Kodak, etc offer superb image quality and video recording at 4K resolution in a compact body. GoPro introduced a small camera that was able to shoot videos at 1080p and could be taken along with you on mountain biking, surfing or any other adventurous sport that you can think of. The iPhone camera has superb imaging technology and delivers great photos in every lighting condition that are able to be stored right on your phone and shared however you want.
