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History of Photography

By andrews247
  • Period: Sep 1, 1500 to

    History of Photography

  • Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.

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

  • Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.

    Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.

  • First Panorama opens

    First Panorama opens
    The forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker

  • First photography image achieved

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

  • First daguerrotype

    First daguerrotype
    The first image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thrity minutes of light exposure.

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

  • Calotype process patented

    William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process - the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.

  • First advertisement

    First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia.

  • Collodion process patented

    Collodion process patented
    Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process - images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.

  • Panoramic camera patented - the Sutton

    Panoramic camera patented - the Sutton

  • Stereoscope viewer patented

    Stereoscope viewer patented
    Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.

  • Photographs and negatives copyrighted

    Photographs and negatives copyrighted
    Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright.

  • Gelatin dry plate silver bromide process invented

    Gelatin dry plate silver bromide process invented
    Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.

  • Eastman Dry Plate Company founded

    Eastman Dry Plate Company founded

  • George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographc film

  • Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera

    Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera

  • Revered Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photograph film

    Revered Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photograph film

  • First mass-marketed camera - the Brownie

    First mass-marketed camera - the Brownie

  • First 35mm still camera developed

    First 35mm still camera developed

  • General Electric invents the modern flash bulb

    General Electric invents the modern flash bulb

  • First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced

    First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced

  • Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film

    Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film

  • Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film

  • Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera

    Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera

  • Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film

    Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film

  • EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for US Navy

    EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for US Navy

  • Polaroid introduces instant color film

    Polaroid introduces instant color film

  • Photograph of the moon from Earth

    Photograph of the moon from Earth

  • Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera

    Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera

  • George Eastman and Edwin Land inducted into the Nation Inventors Hall of Fame

  • Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera.

    Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera.

  • Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder

    Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder

  • Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera

    Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera

  • Pixar introduces digital imaging processor

    Pixar introduces digital imaging processor

  • Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium

  • Canon launches the Digital Rebel, one of the first affordable DSLRs

    Canon launches the Digital Rebel, one of the first affordable DSLRs

  • Google Glass is launched with a camera built into glasses

    Google Glass is launched with a camera built into glasses

  • Nikon D90 becomes first DSLR to record video

    Nikon D90 becomes first DSLR to record video