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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
History Of Camera
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May 1, 1500
Pinhole camera
The first pinhole camera was invented in 1000-1600. This is the simplist camera because it doesn't have a lens but a small hole that is lifeproof. It was invented by Alhazen. -
Discovery That Silver Nitrate Changes Color When Exposed To Light
The discovery that silver nitrate changes Johann Heinrich Schulz discovered that a substance called silver nitrate would change color when exposed to light. This paved the way for the first pictures to be taken and processed. -
First camera
In 1816 the first black white camera was invented by an inventor was Nicéphore Niépce. They used a paper coated with silver chloride, which darkened where it was exposed to light. -
Multiple Photo Copies Possible
Making multiple copies possible William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to make multiple copies of the same picture. -
Color Camera
The first color camera was invented in 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell. It uses three separate black-and-white photographs taken and projected through red, green and blue color filters. -
Invention of Roll film camer-George Eastman
Invention of the roll film camera by George Eastman. He was issued an 1881 patent for a roll film holder which he licensed to George Eastman (it was used in Eastman's Kodak 1888 box camera). Houston sold the patent (and an 1886 revision) outright to Eastman for $5000 in 1889. -
color photography
In 1907 the first color photography was invented by the French Lumière brothers. They made the first screen from a camera out of potato grains which are too small to be seen. -
First Deep Sea underwater Camera is invented
EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy. -
First Full Frame DSLR is released
The Canon EOS 5D is launched. This is first consumer-priced full-frame digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor.
