It took well over a decade between Kodak's invention of digital cameras and the first ones for consumers. What were the ...

Although the best camera phones have done irreversible ... Above: you can see the full zoom range of the Kodak PixPro AZ405.

Kodak invented the world's first portable, digital camera in the 1970s, but didn't release the technology for public sale until years later to avoid hits to the company's photographic-film business.

But it does still make digital and instant cameras for consumers. Kodak began making drug ingredients four years ago and will now dramatically expand production at its New York and Minnesota ...