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Camera Obscura
Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a Camera Obscura. -
The Daguerreotype
Louis Daguerre developed a more convenient and effective method of photography. -
Calotype
Henry Fox Talbot invented the first negative which multiple positive prints were made. -
Wet Plate Negative
Frederick Scoff Archer invented the wet plate negative. -
Tintype
Hamilton Smith patented the tintypes, another medium that heralded the birth of photography. -
Dry Plate Negative/Hand-held
It was the first camera invented that was hand-held. -
Flexible Roll Film
George Eastman invented film with a base that was flexible, unbreakable, and could be rolled. -
Photographic Filters
Frederick Wratten and Kenneth Mees invented the first panchromatic plates. -
Photoflash bulb
The first commercially available photoflash bulb was patented by Johannes Ostermeier. -
Color Photographs
These films used the modern technology of dye-coupled colors in which a chemical process connects the three dye layers together to create an apparent color image. -
Instant Photos
Edwin Herbert Land was the American inventor and physicist whose one-step process for developing and printing photos created instant photography. -
Digital Camera
Canon demonstrated the first digital electronic still camera.
