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1800 birth of William Fox Talbot
Born in February 1800, English scientist and philologist, he was one of the pioneers in the photographic field. He studied mathematics in Cambridge, but had various concerns in other fields, such as botany.Because of his problems as a draftsman, he became interested in another kind of mechanical methods to capture and retain images. Through the use of the camera obscura and the camera of light, he began his investigations during his vacation stay on the shores of Lake Como. -
1839 First photo that did not fade with sodium thiosulfate
This application as photographic fixer was discovered by John Herschel. Sodium thiosulfate is known as photographic fixative, and is often referred to as "hiccup", from the original chemical name, soda hyposulfite. Sodium thiosulfate is not a toxic material and is usually used for medical purposes. However, when it decomposes, it produces toxic fumes of sulfur oxide, which can cause irritation to the eyes, skin and mucous membranes. -
1888 Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company (popularly known as Kodak) is a multinational company dedicated to the design, production and marketing of photographic equipment. The current company has its antecedent in the Eastman Dry Plate Company founded by the inventor George Eastman in 1888 and the businessman Henry Strong in 1889.
Its great commercial success was the introduction of the paper reel in the market in 1888, which led to the replacement of the glass plates used so far. -
Concept of flash
Flash is a term that comes from English and can refer to the device that provides the light needed to take a snapshot by a flash. That same flash also receives the name of flash. -
Kodachrome
Kodachrome is the commercial name of a type of film for color slides manufactured by Eastman Kodak between the years 1935 and 2009. Kodachrome was the first type of large-scale commercialized movie of renown that used a subtractive development method, unlike the oldest "screenplate" such as Autochrome and Dufaycolor, becoming the oldest of its kind. Kodachrome films were produced in various formats: 8mm, Super 8, 16mm and 35mm; and for 35mm, 120, 110, 126, 127, 828 and large format cameras. -
Polaroid
Polaroid is a US company dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of cameras and instant photographic film. The commercialization of the product began in 1937. His most important invention would come in times of peace. In January 1947, he would astonish the world by presenting the first snapshot to the American Optical Society: a camera that revealed and positive the image in only 60 seconds. This invention would become the flagship of the company until the advent of digital photography. -
Instamatic
The Instamatic are a series of cheap and easy-to-carry cameras 126 and 110, manufactured by Kodak in early 1963. The Instamatic were incredibly successful, and introduced a whole generation to low-budget photography. They also originated a large number of imitations. Likewise, it is also used, equally wrongly, to name the line of instant cameras (Instant Camera) of Kodak. -
Minolta
He developed the first functional autofocus reflex camera, the Maxxum, and was part of the so-called "five big" Japanese photography brands of the 1980s and 1990s. In the 1980s the production of SLR was continued with the X series, which was used by the exceptional MD Rokkor. Since 1985, the first truly operative autofocus SLR, Maxxum or Dynax, has been introduced, according to markets.