Nikon

History of Photography

  • The development begins

    The development begins

    Thomas Wedgwood and a French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce had the developement of the camera.
  • Negatives turn to positives

    Negatives turn to positives

    Thomas Wedgwood and a French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce had the developement of the camera.
  • Carte-de-visite era started

    Carte-de-visite era started

    Adolphe Disderi created carte-de-visite photographs, and soon it became worldwide in portrait studios all over for a decade.
  • Stereoscopic era

    Stereoscopic era

    The Stereoscopic era started(1855-1857), along with direct imaging on glass in the US
  • Color imaging begins

    Color imaging begins

    James Clerk Maxwell invented the first color images and called it the “The Color Separation Method”. It is three black in white pictures taken through a red, blue, and green filter.
  • First paper roll camera

    First paper roll camera

    The first Kodak camera was made with 20 foot roll of paper. A year later they improved the camera and switched the paper to film.
  • Cameras give exposure to child labor

    Cameras give exposure to child labor

    Lewis Hine was hired by Child labor Committee to photograph kids working in the mills.
  • Nikon is establishing

    Nikon is establishing

    Nippon Kogaku creates Nikon and it was established in Tokyo.
  • First colored film camera

    First colored film camera

    Polaroid created the first camera to produce colored film instantly.
  • First camera phone

    First camera phone

    The first camera phone was invented in Japan by Sharp and was called the J-Phone.