Photography

Camera obscure

1666

Camera obscure was invented in 17th century in China by Alhazen. In the 18th century, scientists found out certain chemicals turned darker when exposed to sunlight.

Permanent photograph

1826

Permanent photograph was invented in 1826 in France by Nicéphore Niepce. He covered a sheet of metal with tar, put it in a box with a lens and pointed it out of the window, 8 hours later he had made the Permanent photograph.

Negative

1830

The negative was invented in 1830 in Great Britain by william fox talbot. Negative, photographic image that reproduces the bright portions of the photographed subject as dark and the dark parts as light areas.

daguerreotype

1839

The Daguerreotype was invented in 1839 in france by Louis Daguerre. The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process (1839-1860) in the history of photography.

Kodak

1888

Kodak was invented in 1888 in America by George Eastman.
For the first time you did not need to know anything about optics or chemistry to take a picture.

Brownie

1900

Brownie was invented in 1900 in Rochester, New York by Eastman. The Brownie cost only 5 shilling so at last everyone could buy a camera.

Digital cameras

1970

Digital cameras where invented in 1970 in Kodak by Steven Sasson. CCD( Charge-coupled device) silicons chips with millions of light sensitive elements are called pixels. The pixels combine to convert light into electronic data.