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A tool used by artists to draw/paint realistic landscapes. Used by projecting a scene in dark room that the artist can trace over. -
Muslim Arab mathematician invents the first pinhole camera, a small box with a hole in it, where light is reflected through a surface to project a coloured image. -
The italian artist, scientist and inventor sketched diagrams about the camera obscura, including both pinhole cameras and simple glass lenses. -
The German astronomer an mathematician referred to telescopic optics used to project an image onto a sheet of paper to draw the stars. -
German author envisions the idea of the first camera, for his book 'Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium. -
'View from the Window at Le Gras' is the earliest surviving photograph, taken by the French inventor, with the aid of the camera obscura. -
The British scientist invented a method of spreading a gelatine emulsion on paper, making a reflective film. -
Named after its inventor, the daguerreotype was the first successful photographic process. Being an accurate, sharp and detailed camera, it was only affordable for the rich and wealthy. -
The American photographer designed the photographic plate used for the first photograph taken in the US -
The American photographer created the world's first portrait studio and patented the first U.S camera, alongside partner John Johnson. -
Using images to tell a news story. First used only to show still images, but the term now refers to videos in broadcast journalism. -
The Swiss manufacturer invented the first glass camera lenses. They also designed and manufactured brass barrel lenses. -
The American Entrepreneur founded the (still running) Kodak Company and invented the first -
Named the 'Baird Televisor', It still took around 70 years before modernizing this camera, as it wasn't completed until 1977. -
Created the world's first commercially successful 35mm Still Camera. -
This was a revolutionary event, as the american scientist had invented a camera that could instantly capture a photo. -
This camera was invented for the US Navy, and was able to photograph up to 20 feet underwater. -
The camera was about the size of one's head and took 23 seconds to capture a single image. -
A milestone camera in that it was the first revolutionary 'autofocus' camera. -
A prototype of Sony's first Still Video Camera was released. -
The camera worked with a TV screen display, and wasn't updated until 1996, with the release of Sony's first Cyber-Shot model. -
This revolutionary phone had an 0.11MP camera that could take up to 20 photos before its storage was full. -