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The first photo ever taken was taken by Nicéphore Niépce in France of 1826. while he was making the photo he wanted to make sure the light was perfect, which made him name the photo a heliography, or "light writing."
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The Brownie camera, designed for Eastman by Frank Brownell, is introduced at a retail price of one dollar.
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A photographic method that allows images to be reduced or enlarged, known as the photostat, was introduced.
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In France, Auguste and Louis Lumiere introduce the Autochrome, the first color photography system that can be used by amateurs.
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Siegrist and Fisher develop the first subtractive color photography process, which will become the basis for Kodachrome.
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AT&T sent photographs to wire in an important step toward the invention of television.
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John Logie Baird, transmits the first photographic image with a full range of half-tones without the use of wires.
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George Eastman goes to Kenya on a six-month safari, during which he films a wild rhinoceros charging him on Cine-Kodak film.
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Harold Edgerton develops the stroboscope, a precisely timed flash that allows photographers to capture motions of infinitesimally short duration.
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Chester Carlson invents "electron photography," which later comes to be known as xerography, or photocopying.
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Edwin H. Land announces his invention of the Polaroid camera, which can develop images inside the camera in one minute.
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Kodak introduces the Instamatic line, the first point-and-shoot cameras.
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Fuji introduces the Quicksnap, a disposable camera that revisits the original Kodak principle the user sends the camera into the manufacturer, which then develops the film.
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Kodak introduces the Photo CD, the first method of storing digital images to become available to the general public.
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