The Camera to the Renaissance

By AveryPM18
  • Period: Jan 1, 1452 to

    timeline

  • May 5, 1502

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci, he describes pinhole image
    formation in his “Codex atlanticus” 1502
  • Mar 16, 1544

    Gemma Frisius

    Gemma Frisius, he was an astronomer who uses the pinhole
    in his darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544.
  • Aug 26, 1558

    Giovanni Battista della Porta

    Giovanni Battista della Porta, he describes the
    camera obscura in his “Magiae Naturalis”

  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler, he coined the term “Camera
    obscura” and invents a portable camera obscura

  • oseph Nicéphore Niépce

    oseph Nicéphore Niépce made The first permanent photograph of a camera image.

  • Steven Sasson

    Steven Sasson invented the digital camera