Photography throughout time: A visual Timelines

By 15nimmo

  • the first image

    the first image
    Niépce creates a permanent image, This image is of a window at Le Gras' and estate in france. This was the first image to ever be created permanently

  • the first look at colour photos

    the first look at colour photos
    Scottish physicist James Clerk-Maxwell reveals his method to colour photography. His method was to compile 3 black and white photos each taken through red green and blue filters. The photos were turned into lantern slides and projected in registration with the same colour filters. This is the "colour separation". The image he created was called the tartan ribbon.

  • Invention of film

    Invention of film
    George Eastman the inventor of roll film. This was the basic for the invention of motion picture film otherwise called movies. This was used by early film makers and Thomas Edison.

  • first commercial colour film

    first commercial colour film
    The autochrome plates where a major invention to the world of photography. These plates manufactured by Lumiere brothers in France.

  • first under water colour photo

    first under water colour photo
    the photo was taken by a national geographic photographer (Charles Martin & W.H. Longley) The picture was of a hogfish, In addition to some special waterproof camera housing, the duo used pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder to illuminate the scene.
    The powder was actually in a raft on the surface of the water. When they pressed the camera shutter, it tripped a battery on the raft, which triggered a powerful explosion that illuminated the underwater scene up to 15 feet deep.

  • world war 2

    world war 2
    Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras, photographic equipment and image scanners based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company is best known for the classic medium-format cameras it produced since World War II. They delivered 342 cameras to the Swedish military Continued development of multi-layer colour negative films Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Carl Mydans, and W. Eugene Smith cover the war for LIFE magazine

  • First photo taken in space

    First photo taken in space
    The grainy, black-and-white photos were taken from an altitude of 65 miles by a 35- millimeter motion picture camera riding on a V-2 missile launched from the White Sands Missile Range. a black-and-white image shot from a mere 65 miles above the ground may not seem like much. In 1946, though, that image was a very big deal.

  • first integrated auto focus

    first integrated auto focus
    The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 was 35mm SLR camera that was introduced in February 1985. It was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus (AF) and motorised film advance, the standard configuration for later amateur and professional single lens reflex cameras.

  • introduction of compact flash card

    introduction of compact flash card
    CompactFlash. CompactFlash (CF) is a flash memory mass storage device used mainly in portable electronic devices. The format was specified and the devices were first manufactured by SanDisk in 1994. ... Canon also chose CompactFlash as the recording medium for its professional high-definition tapeless video cameras.

  • camera sales decline

    camera sales decline
    Dedicated camera sales decline primarily due to improved smart device cameras and the diminishing level of improvement between camera models. the improvement in camera on smartphones has a detrimental effects on the industry and will continue if the photography market doe snot come up wiht something better