Kodak cameras

George Eastman founded Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York, and sold photography as a service: "You press the button, we do the rest." The Brownie of 1900 brought the price of a camera down to one dollar.

Kodak's film stocks became references in their own right. Tri-X, introduced in 1954, is still the default black-and-white film for many photographers, and Portra is known for natural skin tones.

Kodak engineer Steven Sasson built the first digital camera prototype in 1975. The company's consumer digital cameras, such as the DC25, followed in the 1990s.