Photography lens

photography

By luke69breene

  • 1841

    1841
    Henry Fox Talbot introduces his patented calotype (or "talbotype") paper negative process, an improved version of his earlier process that greatly reduces the required exposure time

  • 1845

    1845
    Francis Ronalds invents the first successful camera for continuous recording of the variations in meteorological and geomagnetic parameters over time.

  • 1851

    1851
    Introduction of the collodion process by Frederick Scott Archer, used for making glass negatives, ambrotypes and tintypes.

  • 1888

    1888
    Louis Le Prince makes Roundhay Garden Scene. It is believed to be the first-ever motion picture on film.

  • 1907

    1907
    The Autochrome plate is introduced. It becomes the first commercially successful color photography product.

  • 1912

    1912
    Vest Pocket Kodak using 127 film.

  • 1948

    1948
    The Hasselblad camera is introduced.

  • 1957

    1957
    First digital computer acquisition of scanned photographs, by Russell Kirsch et al. at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.

  • 1959

    1959
    introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima.

  • 1997

    1997
    first known publicly shared picture via a cell phone, by Philippe Kahn.