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of photo history

1944

Editor FJ Mortimer

is killed in a rocket

attack on the way to

the AP offi ce

1948

The Hasselblad is

introduced and Edwin

Land introduces

the Polaroid

Instant Camera

1950

The fi rst Photokina

trade show is held in

Cologne, Germany

1959

The Nikon F is

introduced. At the

time it’s one of the

most advanced

cameras in the world,

and continues to be

produced until 1973

1962

First full colour

issue of AP

1975

Steven Sasson

invents the fi rst

self-contained digital

camera at Kodak. It

has a resolution of

0.01 million pixels

1977

First annual AP

Awards held for the

best photographic

products, services

and retailers

1980

AP boasts its

biggest ever

circulation fi gures

of 106,

1983

AP boasts world’s

fi r s t h o l o g r a m

magazine cover

1984

AP celebrates its

10 0 th anniversary

1985

Minolta revolutionises

the camera market

with its Dynax 7000

• the fi rst 35mm SLR
  with body-integral
  autofocus

1996

Kodak, Fujifi lm, Agfa

and Konica introduce

the shortlived APS

fi l m f o r m a t

1999

The fi rst purpose-

built-from-the-

ground-up DSLR, the

Nikon D1, makes its

debut

1999

The Amateur

Photographer website

is launched – fi nd it

today at amateur

photographer.co.uk

2007

Apple introduces the

iPhone, and begins

a transformation

of consumer

photography

towards instant

online sharing

2008

The Panasonic Lumix

G1, the world’s fi rst

mirrorless camera,

goes on sale

2013

AP’s 16th and current

editor, Nigel Atherton,

begins his tenure

2016

AP’s long-standing

news editor, Chris

Cheesman, dies

suddenly at the age

of 51. The Chris

Cheesman Memorial

Award is introduced

at AP’s annual awards

event, in his honour

2019

Roger Hicks, a

long-time AP

contributor, dies after

a short illness. His

popular back-page

column, Final

Analysis, is taken over

by a rotating roster of

guest contributors

AP SINCE THE BEGINNING

The impressive Nikon

F was the company’s

first SLR camera

The landmark Lumix

G1 was the world’s

first mirrorless camera

The iPhone heralded

changes in how

images were taken