Multiplane Camera

  • Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image

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

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    Peter Mark Roget, who did research in physiology at the University of London, published "Persistence of Vision with Regard to Moving Objects." This book presented the idea that a succession of still images could create the appearance of motion.
  • predecessor to the multiplane camera

    Lotte Reiniger was the predecessor of the multicamera. She made it for her animated feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).
  • Disney Producese it's first multiplane camera

    Disney Producese it's first multiplane camera
    The multiplane camera was made by walt Disney in order to creat countless animated pictures.
    The multiplane camera used stacked planes of glass each painted with different elements of a cell animation. The multiplane allowed the animator to re-use the same background, foreground or any elements not in motion, saving hours of labor. The exposure differences for each plane of glass was calculated. using parts from an old Chevrolet automobile.
  • Urb Inwek created a multi-plane camera

    Urb Inwek created a multi-plane camera capable of filming several seperate layers of cals giving the final frame a 3D look.