1822 – Nicéphore Niépce takes the first fixed, permanent photograph, of an engraving of Pope Pius VII, using a non-lens contact-printing "heliographic process", but it was destroyed later; the earliest surviving example is from 1825. 1826 – Nicéphore Niépce takes the first fixed, permanent photograph from nature, a landscape that required an eight hour exposure. 1835 – William Henry Fox Talbot creates his own photography process. 1839 – Jacque Louis Mande Daguerre patents the daguerreotype. 1839 – William Henry Fox Talbot invented the positive / negative process widely used in modern photography. He refers to this as photogenic drawing. 1839 – John Herschel demonstrates hyposulfite of soda (also known as hypo, or sodium thiosulfate) as a fixer, and makes the first glass negative. 1851 – Introduction of the collodion process by Frederick Scott Archer.
1854 – André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri credited with introduction of the carte de visite (French "visiting card"). Disdéri introduced a camera with multiple lenses, which could reproduce eight individually exposed images on a single negative. After printing on albumen paper, the images were cut apart and glued to calling card-sized mounts. 1861 – The first color photograph, an additive projected image of a tartan ribbon, is shown by James Clerk Maxwell. 1868 – Louis Ducos du Hauron patents a method of subtractive color photography. 1871 – The gelatin emulsion is invented by Richard Maddox. 1876 – F. Hurter & V. C. Driffield begin systematic evaluation of sensitivity characteristics of photographic emulsions – science of sensitometry. 1878 – Eadweard Muybridge made a high-speed photographic demonstration of a moving horse, airborne during a trot, using a trip-wire system. 1887 – Celluloid film base introduced. 1887 – Gabriel Lippmann invents a "method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference". 1888 – Kodak n°1 box camera is mass marketed; first easy-to-use camera. 1888 – Louis Le Prince makes Roundhay Garden Scene, considered the first film ever made. 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the "kinetoscopic camera" (motion pictures). 1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière – Invented the cinématographe. 1898 – Kodak introduced their Folding Pocket Kodak. 1900 – Kodak introduced their first Brownie. 1901 – Kodak introduced the 120 film. 1902 – Arthur Korn devises practical phototelegraphy technology (reduction of photographic images to signals that can be transmitted by wire to other locations); Wire-Photos in wide use in Europe by 1910, and transmitted intercontinentally by 1922. 1907 – The Autochrome Lumière is the first color photography process marketed. 1908 – Kinemacolor, a two-color process that is the first commercial "natural color" system for movies, is introduced. 1909 – Kodak introduces a 35 mm "safety" motion picture film on an acetate base as an alternative to the highly flammable nitrate base. The motion picture industry discontinues its use after 1911 due to technical imperfections. 1912 – Vest Pocket Kodak using 127 film. 1912 – Kodak introduces the 22 mm amateur motion picture format, a "safety" stock on acetate base. 1913 – Kodak makes 35 mm panchromatic motion picture film available on a bulk special order basis. 1914 – Kodak introduced the Autographic film system. 1914 – The World, the Flesh and the Devil, the first dramatic feature film in color (Kinemacolor), is released. 1920s – Yasujiro Niwa invented a device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio. 1922 – Kodak makes 35 mm panchromatic motion picture film available as a regular stock. 1922 – Kodak introduces 16 mm reversal film, on cellulose acetate (safety) base. 1923 – Doc Harold Edgerton invents the xenon flash lamp and strobe photography. 1925 – The Leica introduced the 35mm format to still photography. 1926 – Kodak introduces its 35 mm Motion Picture Duplicating Film for duplicate negatives. Previously, motion picture studios used a second camera alongside the primary camera to create a duplicate negative. 1932 – The first full-color movie, the cartoon Flowers and Trees, is made in Technicolor by Disney. 1932 – First 8 mm amateur motion-picture film, cameras, and projectors are introduced by Kodak. 1934 – The 135 film cartridge was introduced, making 35mm easy to use. 1935 – Becky Sharp, the first feature film made in full color (Technicolor), is released. 1936 – Introduction by IHAGEE of the Ihagee Kine Exakta 1, the first 35mm. Single Lens reflex camera. 1936 – Development of Kodachrome multi-layered reversal color film. 1937 – Agfacolor-Neu reversal color film. 1939 – Agfacolor negative-positive color material, the first modern "print" film. 1939 – The View-Master stereo viewer is introduced. 1942 – Kodacolor, Kodak's first "print" film. 1947 – Dennis Gabor invents holography. 1947 – Edgerton develops the Rapatronic camera for the U.S. government. 1948 – The Hasselblad camera was introduced. 1948 – Edwin H. Land introduces the first Polaroid instant image camera. 1949 - The Contax S camera was introduced, the first 35mm SLR camera with pentaprism for eye-level viewing. 1952 – The 3-D film craze begins. 1954 – Leica M Introduced 1957 – First Asahi Pentax SLR introduced. 1957 – First digital image produced on a computer by Russell Kirsch at U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST). 1959 – Nikon F introduced. 1959 – AGFA introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima. 1963 – Kodak introduces the Instamatic. 1964 – First Pentax Spotmatic SLR introduced. 1973 – Fairchild Semiconductor releases the first large image forming CCD chip; 100 rows and 100 columns. 1975 – Bryce Bayer of Kodak develops the Bayer filter mosaic pattern for CCD color image sensors. 1986 – Kodak scientists invent the world's first megapixel sensor. 2005 – AgfaPhoto files for bankruptcy. Production of Agfa brand consumer films ends. 2006 – Dalsa produces 111 megapixel CCD sensor, the highest resolution at its time. 2008 – Polaroid announces it is discontinuing the production of all instant film products, citing the rise of digital imaging technology. 2009 - Kodak announces the discontinuance of Kodachrome film.