Recently, I was doing some research regarding the history of Photography and came across some interesting time-lines.  Please read below if interested the history of Camera and Software. 

1888: First Kodak camera, containing a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures.

1889: Improved Kodak camera with roll of film instead of paper

1934: Fuji Photo Film founded. By 1938, Fuji is making cameras and lenses in addition to film.

1948: Polaroid sells instant black and white film

1959: Nikon F introduced.

1980 – ME-F, the world’s first 35 mm SLR Auto Focus camera

1983: Kodak introduces disk camera, using an 8x11mm frame (the same as in the Minox spy camera)  **I had one**

1986 - world’s first 35 mm compact with a built in zoom lens **No more moving back and forth**

1990: Adobe Photoshop released.

1991: Kodak DCS-100, first digital SLR, a modified Nikon F3

1992: Kodak introduces PhotoCD

1999: Nikon D1 SLR, 2.74 megapixel for $6000, first ground-up DSLR design by a leading manufacturer.

2000: Camera phone introduced in Japan by Sharp/J-Phone

2001: Polaroid goes bankrupt

2003: Four-Thirds standard for compact digital SLRs introduced with the Olympus E-1; Canon Digital Rebel introduced for less than $1000

 information provided from: http://photo.net/history/timeline