the history of photography By darkhorse98 Period: Feb 27, 1644 to May 30, 1666 Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors. Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors. Mar 27, 1664 Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors Isaac Newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors Jun 30, 1727 Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light. Mar 30, 1794 First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker Mar 30, 1814 Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded. Mar 30, 1837 Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype - the first image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure. Mar 30, 1840 First American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera. Mar 30, 1841 William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process - the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies. Mar 30, 1843 First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia Mar 30, 1851 Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process - images required only two or three seconds of light exposure. Mar 30, 1859 Panoramic camera patented - the Sutton Mar 30, 1861 Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer Mar 30, 1861 Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright Mar 30, 1865 Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright Mar 30, 1871 Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately. Mar 30, 1871 Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately. Mar 30, 1880 Eastman Dry Plate Company founded Mar 30, 1884 George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film. Mar 30, 1888 Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. Mar 30, 1898 Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film. Mar 30, 1900 First mass-marketed camera—the Brownie Period: Mar 30, 1913 to Mar 30, 1914 First 35mm still camera developed. Mar 30, 1927 General Electric invents the modern flash bulb Mar 30, 1932 First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced Mar 30, 1935 Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film. Mar 30, 1941 Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film Mar 30, 1942 Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography (xerography). Mar 30, 1948 Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera. Mar 30, 1954 Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film Mar 30, 1960 EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy Mar 30, 1963 Polaroid introduces instant color film Mar 30, 1968 Photograph of the Earth from the moon. Mar 30, 1973 Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera Mar 30, 1977 George Eastman and Edwin Land inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Mar 30, 1978 Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera. Mar 30, 1980 Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder. Mar 30, 1984 Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera. Mar 30, 1985 Pixar introduces digital imaging processor. Mar 30, 1990 Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium