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Henry Fox Talbot introduces his patented calotype (or "talbotype") paper negative process, an improved version of his earlier process that greatly reduces the required exposure time
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Francis Ronalds invents the first successful camera for continuous recording of the variations in meteorological and geomagnetic parameters over time.
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Introduction of the collodion process by Frederick Scott Archer, used for making glass negatives, ambrotypes and tintypes.
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Louis Le Prince makes Roundhay Garden Scene. It is believed to be the first-ever motion picture on film.
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The Autochrome plate is introduced. It becomes the first commercially successful color photography product.
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Vest Pocket Kodak using 127 film.
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The Hasselblad camera is introduced.
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First digital computer acquisition of scanned photographs, by Russell Kirsch et al. at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.
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introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima.
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first known publicly shared picture via a cell phone, by Philippe Kahn.
