Photography Throughout Time

By philbanno

  • The First Permanent Photograph

    The First Permanent Photograph
    YoutubeThe first permanent photograph was taken in 1826 (no specific date given), by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. It was created using a technique called 'heliography', which he invented. He was experimenting with lithographic printmaking when he came across this discovery, due to him not being able to create images by hand.

  • Calotype

    Calotype
    YoutubeWilliam Henry Fox Talbot created permanent negative-positive images in 1834 (specific date not given). He did this using paper soaked in silver chloride and fixed with an ordinary salt solution. He then used the method of contact printing and printed it onto another sheet of paper. He named this the 'calotype' process.

  • Daguerreotype Process

    Daguerreotype Process
    YoutubeLouis Daguerre created images using what would be known in the future as the 'daguerreotype process' in 1837, by coating silver-plated copper with silver iodide. He then developed them with warm mercury. This was the first instance in which an image was 'developed'. This method was extremely popular during its time, but was unfortunately a technological dead end.

  • Photographic Resolution

    Photographic Resolution
    Youtube (a sculptor in London), was able to improve photographic resolution in 1851, by using sheets of glass and pouring a mix of collodion (nitrated cotton dissolved in ether and alcohol). This method was much more affordable than 'daguerreotypes' and could be produced an unlimited amount of times.

  • Colour Vision

    Colour Vision
    Youtube A scottish physicist named James Clerk-Maxwell introduced colour into the world of photography in 1861 (no specific date given). His system involved 3 black and white photographs, each taken through a filter of 1 primary colour. The images were then layered on top of each other, creating a colour image.

  • Kodak Camera

    Kodak Camera
    YoutubeGeorge Eastmen, the founder of the camera company Kodak, invented the first Kodak camera in 1888. This camera contained a 20-foot roll of paper, which would allow for 100 circular pictures with a 2.5 inch diameter. This camera used roll film and was one of the first of its kind.

  • First SLR camera

    First SLR camera
    YoutubeProduced in Germany by the camera company, Exakta, the first consumer available 35mm SLR (single-lens reflex) camera was created in 1936 (no specific date given). It was called the Ihagee Kine Exakta, and used a waist-level finder and with a single lens built into the camera.

  • Colour Instant Film

    Colour Instant Film
    YoutubeA company called Polaroid created and introduced to proffesionals and amateurs, the first instant colour film in 1963 (no specific date given). This was extremely popular as the new film would develop in 5 minutes or less, unlike black and white film that would take up to hour.

  • First DSLR Camera

    First DSLR Camera
    YoutubeThe first DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera to be invented and released was the Kodak DCS-100, by Kodak in 1991 (no specific date given), although it was being developed in association with Sony since 1981. The camera had incorporated into it manual exposure and a mechanical shutter, and had a built in hardrive for storage.

  • First Consumer Priced Full-Frame DSLR

    First Consumer Priced Full-Frame DSLR
    Youtubewas produced in 2005 by Canon. It contains, sensor (35.8 x 23.9 mm) and image processing, autofocus, metering and a shutter. It is known to be the first full frame 'non-professional' camera with a standard body size.