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Aug 23, 1500
First camera in Europe
The camera first appeared in Europe. The first camera obscura was a darkened room with a convex lens inserted in one wall. The image or scene outside the wall passed through the lens and was projected on the opposite wall inside the room in color. -
Camera shrinks
The camera obscura had shrunk to the size of a portable box. A mirror reflected the image onto a horizontal ground glass surface -
The first breakthrough in light-sensitive material came out which was discover by Johann Schulze
Was discovered when certain silver salts were exposed to light they changed color. He dissoled a mixture of chalk and silver in nitric acid and place this combination in a clear glass container. Wherever light struck the liquid mixture, the mixture changed from white to dark purple -
Niepce made a negative image in a camera that was similar to the basic camera obscura
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James Maxwell made the first color photagraphs.
His technique was complicated and expensive -
Richard maddox invented the dry plate process
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George eastman introduced a simple 100-box shot camera
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Eastman replaced the paper backing with a clear, flexible celluloid film
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Edwin Land invented the polaroid camera
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First photograph from the earth to the moon
