1900	First Eastman fixed focus Brownie introduced
1900	Kodak No. 3 Folding Pocket Camera - The design of fold down front with bellows and pull out lens would set the style of folding cameras for the next 50 years.
1912	Speed Graphic Camera introduced - Becomes dominant "press" camera for decades
1913	Tourist Multiple Camera - First commercially produced 35 mm camera utilized 35mm, adapted as a standard at a 1909 Paris meeting. The still 35mm camera was an idea born for the use of "short ends" of unexposed film left on commercial movie reels and sold at a huge discount.
1916	Famous photographer Ansel Adams receives his first camera, a Kodak Brownie Box Camera.
1925	First flashbulb invented in Germany Dr. Paul Vierkotter. Previously open flash powders were used.
1925	First Leica rangefinder. Introduction of "miniature" 35mm camera revolutionized photo journalism and is considered to be the main forerunner of modern day 35mm cameras.
1929	Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex - Medium Format 6 x 6cm or 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in square. A huge success story and a camera heavily used by professionals for the next 2 decades. Dozens of versions and imitations made.
1932	Weston Universal 617 claims prize as first lightmeter with a photoelectric cell.
1932	George Eastman takes his own life on March 14. He was 78 years old.
1933	Ihagee Exakta proves to be the truly first compact roll film (127) SLR.
1935	Kodachrome - The world's first slide film is sold.
1936	The Kine Exakta - Generally agreed to be the first 35mm SLR
1938	Super Kodak Six-20 - First production still camera to have automatic exposure control.
1941	Kodacolor film - The world's first practical color negative film.
1945	Carl Zeiss Foundation split in W.W.II aftermath - Russians take most of manufacturing gear and start the Kiev camera works. Americans relocate employees and key personnel to Stuttgart.
1948	Hasselblad 1600F - First of a long line in what is called the best professional medium format camera system ever.
1948	Polariod Land Camera Model 95 - First commercially successful instant print camera by Dr Edwin Land goes into production
1948	Nikon I - First Nikon, a rangefinder camera.
1949	Contax S - First successful 35mm Single Lens Reflex with eyelevel pentaprism viewfinder.
1951	Highly flammable cellulose nitrate film base is replaced by acetate film stock -"safety film"
1959	Nikon F - First system 35mm camera. Most successful 35mm camera in history
1961	Kodak Carousel slide projector introduced with round 80 slide trays.
1963	Kodak Instamatics with 126 film cartridge loading hit the market
1968	Konica Autoreflex - First TTL autoexposure - Shutter priority AE
1969	Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. Uses Hasselblad to photograph scenery. Leaves camera behind to reduce liftoff weight.
1972	Kodak 110 Pocket Instamatic
1976	Canon AE-1 - Microprocessor used for the first time in an SLR.
1976	Kodak EK4 - Kodaks first instant camera. Sued by Polaroid for patent infringement, the last Kodak Instant cameras were made in 1986
1977	Konica C35 AF - Worlds first autofocus still camera in a series production.
1978	Polaroid SX-70 - World's first autofocus SLR. It's Sonar Autofocus used sound waves reflected back from the subject to gauge the distance and focus the camera.
1979	Canon A-1 - Programmed exposure with the use of computerized software is introduced
1980	Nikon F3 - Last of the non manually focused F series and the first Nikon to use an LCD display (housed in the viewfinder) and an electronic shutter.
1982	Kodak Disc - Manufacturing of camera ended in 1990.
1982	Sony Mavica - First still video camera starts digital camera revolution.
1984	Minolta Maxxum 7000 -First full system AF Single Lens Reflex 35 mm camera.
1987	Fugi Quicksnap and Kodak Funsaver start the disposable camera market
1990	Kodak Photo CD - Digital storage of photographs on CD-ROM disks begins.
1996	Nikon F5 - Auto everything including a meter that takes into account the subject's color.
1996	Advanced Photo System (APS) - Collaborative effort by Canon, Fugi, Kodak, Nikon & Minolta. The Canon Elf leads the market. Elaborate photo system which includes interface between camera, film cartridge and photofinishing.
1997	Users can download their film based processed images from the photofinishers directly to home using the World Wide Web
2000	Kodak introduces digital color screen previewer for a film based APS camera