Photography

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  • The Beginning

    Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of difference colors.

  • Camera Obscura

    Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded.

  • First Photograph

    The first photograph was made by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.

  • First Photographic Method

    The first photographic method called daguerreotype was inveted by Louis Jacques Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce.

  • Alexander Wolcott

    First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

  • Perfecting of Daguerreotype

    William Fox Tallbot Perfected a different process process called the calotype.

  • 3 Color Photography

    The theory of 3 color photography published by Maxwell.

  • First Color Photo

    Maxwell demonstrates first color photo.

  • Gelatine Dry Plate

    Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatine dry plate.

  • Paper Film

    George Eastman started manufacturing paper film.

  • Kodak

    George Eastman's first camera, Kodak, was offered for sale

  • Celluloid

    George Eastman switched to Celluloid.

  • Commercial Color Process

    F.E. Ives patents 1st commercial color process.

  • The Brownie

    George Eastman took mass-market photography one step further with the Brownie, a simoke and very inexpensive box camera that introduced the conceot of the snapshot.

  • First Color Portrait

    London offers 1st color portrait.

  • George Eastman Company

    The George Eastman Company produces the first autographic roll-film camera. Autographic film has two layers, the front layer for recording the image and the back layer for writing information about the photo. Photographers write on the back of the film by opening a small door in the back of the camera. This is the first form of photographic data collecting.

  • 3 Layer Color Process

    Mannes and Godowsky patented the 3 layer color process.

  • Japanese Camera Industry

    The Japanese camera industry began to take off with Conon 35mm rangefinder.

  • Color Paper

    Agfa and Kodak introduced color paper.

  • Eye-Level Viewfinder

    Eye-level viewfinder first appeared on the Hungarian Duflex in 1947

  • Eye-Level Viewfinder Refined

    The eye-level viewfinder was refined in 1948 with the Contax S.

  • Polaroids

    Date when Polaroid introduces its revolutionary instant color film.

  • Instant Color Film

    Polaroid introduces first instant color film.

  • Earth's Picture

    The First Photograph of planet Earth taken from the moon!

  • 35mm Camera

    Canon made a 35mm camera with built in microprocessor.

  • First Attempt at Digital Camera

    The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera was by Steven Sason, an engineer at Eastman Kodak

  • First Camcorder

    Sony Introduced the first camcorder for domestic use.

  • Handheld Electronic Cameras

    Handheld electronic cameras appeared in 1981.

  • Analog Electronic Cameras

    Analog electric cameras appear on the market.

  • Capability to Transmit Images

    The capability to transmit images without a satellite link. This was usefulk during the Tiananmen Square protests.

  • First Commercially Available Cameras

    The first commercially available camera.

  • Kodak DCS-100

    Kodak brought to market the Kodak DCS-100.

  • The First Digital Camera

    The first digital camera for consumer use is the Apple QuickTake 100. This camera can be connected to a computer using a serial cable.

  • The Mavica

    Although the technology is already being used for government purposes, Sony introduces the Mavica, the first commercially available electronic still camera. This camera does not use film. Instead, it records images onto a minidisk, which can then be connected to a computer for viewing. While this camera is not digital, its technology is the precursor to the digital revolution.

  • First Megapixel Cameras

    The first megapixel cameras for consumers were marketed.

  • Nikon DI

    The introduction of Nikon DI.

  • The Present

    Digital cameras continue to increase in quality and capacity as technology advances. A range of professional digital SLRs, like the 50-megapixel Hasselblad H3D11- 50, point-and-shoot digital cameras, like the Sony DSCW300 Cyber-shot, and models in between, like the Nikon D-40, are being produced.