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History of photograpy

  • First photograph was taken in 8h exposure time

    First photograph was taken in 8h exposure time
    French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce uses a camera obscura to burn a permanent image
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    History of photography

    The cameras progress a lot in this time. From the first old cameras to the current modern cameras. They have changed a lot.
  • The first daguerreotype was created

    The first daguerreotype was created
    This was the first image that was fixed, did not fade, and needed under less than thrity minutes of light exposure.It was invented by Louis Daguerre
  • Niepce and Daguerre improved the short exposure time(30 minutes)

    Niepce and Daguerre improved the short exposure time(30 minutes)
    In early 1839, French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre photographs a Paris street scene from his apartment window using a camera obscura and his newly invented daguerreotype process.
  • Calotype was invented

    Calotype was invented
    Henry Talbot patens his process and names it Calotype which is greek for beautiful impression
  • The first permanent color photo

    The first permanent color photo
    The enormously influential Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell creates a rudimentary color image.
  • Photographic film was invented

    Photographic film was invented
    Eastman was an American inventor and philanthropist.
  • 35mm camera was released

    35mm camera was released
    35mm still camera was the Tourist Multiple from 1914 with standard 35mm film for 750 exposures that utilized the 18x24mm so-called half frame like 35mm motion picture cameras did. Its inventor was Oskar Barnack.
  • Modern flash bulb was invented

    Modern flash bulb was invented
    GE is an advanced technology, services and finance company. It was invemted by Joshua Lionel Cowen.
  • Kodrachrome film was released

    Kodrachrome film was released
    Colour roll film, created in 1935, was officially invented by Kodak. This company used a projecter, which brought colour to images.
  • Polaroid camera appeared

    Polaroid camera appeared
    Edwin Land was the American inventor and physicist whose one-step process for developing and printing photographs created a revolution in photography - instant photography.
  • Digital camera was designed

    Digital camera was designed
    Building upon Steven Sasson’s landmark invention of the digital still camera, Kodak released the first commercially available digital SLR in 1991.