– AGFA introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima.
Fairchild Semiconductor releases the first large image forming CCD chip; 100 rows and 100 columns.
The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera. The camera weighed 8 pounds only took black and white pictures to a tape, took 23 seconds to capture its first picture.
Bryce Bayer of Kodak develops the Bayer filter mosaic pattern for CCD color image sensors.
Kodak scientists invent the world’s first megapixel sensor, records 1.4 million pixels that could produce a 5×7-inch digital picture.
The first digital camera is available to consumers.
Photoshop 1.0 was introduced.
The Hubble space craft took their first picture in space using a megapixel.
Kodak presents the DSC 100, which was the first useful digital camera for the public. The 1.3-megapixel camera retails at $20,000.
Mosaic is released. it was the first browser to allow users to see pictures over the Internet.
Kodak introduces the photo CD
The CompactFlash memory card is made public
The Apple QuickTake 100 is the first regular public made color digital camera. It retails at about $1,000.
The first consumer camera with a liquid crystal display on the back was the Casio QV-10.
First camera to use CompactFlash was the Kodak DC-25.
J-SH04 was the first camera phone ever invented
The first digital SLR designed and manufactured by a single camera company is released. It is 2.7 megapixels.
Canon’s 6.3 megapixel EOS Digital Rebel is available for less than $1,000. It is the first digital SLR to make a major impact on the consumer market.
Digital camera sales exceed film camera sales for the first time.