Camera

First Camera invented

Dec 8, 1021

Johann Zahn designed the first camera in 1685. But the first photograph was clicked by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the year 1814. It was thousands of years back that an Iraqi scientist Ibn- al- Haytham made a mention of this kind of a device in his book, Book of Optics in 1021.Dec 8, 2010

Daguerre’s invention of the first audible photograph

Jan 7, 1839

On January 7, 1839, members of the French Académie des Sciences were shown products of an invention that would forever change the nature of visual representation: photography. The astonishingly precise pictures they saw were the work of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), a Romantic painter and printmaker most famous until then as the proprietor of the Diorama, a popular Parisian spectacle featuring theatrical painting and lighting effects. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm

Kodak Brownie 127

Jan 4, 1952

This camera was completely restyled from the two earlier Brownie 127 models with a more angular plastic moulded body. It kept the optical direct vision finder but enclosed it more into the camera to help accommodate the hot shoe for use with an Instamatic flasholder. It also featured a handy film wind-on reminder and double exposure prevention. http://www.brownie-camera.com/8.shtml

Box cameras

Dec 18, 1980

Box cameras rely on the most basic form of photographic technology, utilizing a sealed rectangular container with a fixed focus lens on one end and film at the other. Early designs from the mid-1800s generally lacked any control over focus, aperture, or shutter speed. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/cameras/box-cameras

Camera 5

Jun 20, 1997

Various models were marketed in the IXY series, synonymous with the Advanced Photo System. The “IXY 25″ camera released in June 1997 incorporated a 2X high image quality zoom lens of 30mm-60mm. In March of the following year, as a result of development efforts aimed at loading the world’s first smallest and lightest 3X zoom lens, the “IXY 330″ was introduced. At the same time, the APS SLR cameras were progressing. http://global.canon/en/c-museum/history/story09.html

camera 6

Dec 31, 1997

In 1997 Canon marketed its first digital video camcorder, the “MV-1,” bringing Canon into the digital age based on the DV format. The “MV-1″ employed a progressive-scan CCD that decreases video image shake in comparison with an interlace-scan CCD used by other companies. http://global.canon/en/c-museum/history/story09.html

camera 7

Feb 20, 1998

For the advanced amateurs as well as for the professional videographers, Canon introduced the “XL1″ digital video camcorder in February 1998. It allowed the use of interchangeable lenses.

Camera 8

Oct 9, 1998

In October 1998, four companies including Canon, Eastman Kodak, Fuji Photo Film, and Matsushita Electric Industrial, jointly announced a new standard digital printing format called DPOF (Digital Print Order Format). For digital printing, each manufacture had so far had different rules to specify images and the number of prints. http://global.canon/en/c-museum/history/story09.html

Camera 9

Sep 20, 2000

Digital cameras for the consumer market first appeared in the second half of the 1990s, but by the turn of the millennium had reached massive market penetration. The landmark product that expanded the user base of digital SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras was the EOS D30, launched in September 2000.

Camera 10

Feb 10, 2003

The result was a camera with 21-zone evaluative metering sensor linked to the focusing points, 45-point Area AF, and eye-controlled focusing system with improved focusing speed and precision. Among the innovative features, the great advance in AF mechanism was astonishing. The number of focusing points started with one in the center and increased three and then five points. http://global.canon/en/c-museum/history/story09.html