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Jan 1, 1000
Alhazen invents first pinhole camera
Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham), a great authority on optics in the Middle Ages who lived around 1000AD, invented the first pinhole camera -
Joseph Nicephore Niepce makes first photographic image
In 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a camera obscura. -
Louis Daguerre creates process for 'fixed' images
In 1839 after several years of experimentation and Niepce's death, Louis Daguerre developed a more convenient and effective method of photography, naming it after himself - the daguerreotype. -
Henry Foxt Talbot creates calotype.
In 1841, Henry Fox Talbot perfected the paper-negative process and called it a calotype, -
Hamilton Smith patents tintypes
Tintypes patented in 1856 by Hamilton Smith, made a more positive image. -
Dr. Richard L. Maddox invents the dry plate and hand-held camera
In 1879, the dry plate and hand-held camera were invented by Dr. Richard L. Maddox. -
George Eastman invents flexible roll film
In 1889, George Eastman invented flexible roll film with a base that was flexible, unbreakable, and could be rolled. -
Commercially viable color films come along.
In the early 1940s, commercially viable color films were brought to the market in order to create colored images.
