Photography

The History of Photography

By Danny45
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Camera Obscura

    Camera Obscura
    • Created by Ibn al-Haitham (aka Alhazen)
    • This is an ancient technique
    • Estimated to be invented in 11th century
    • It was basically a dark room or a box. A inverted image was reflected through a hole in the wall.
    • The artist would then trace the silhouette of the object.

  • First Photograph Taken and Preserved

    First Photograph Taken and Preserved
    • Titled "View from the Window at Le Gras"- Taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce- The exposure time was an estimated 8 hoursThe chemical used was "Bitumen of Judea”. When exposed to light, Bitumen hardens so when washed, the unhardened material was removed. The metal plate was polished creating a negative image. This was coated in ink, which produced a print.

  • First Photo with a Human In It

    First Photo with a Human In It
    -Titled “Boulevard du Temple”-Taken in 1839 by Louis Daguerre-Exposure was 10 minutes-The male captured was getting his shoes shined

  • First Colour Photograph

    First Colour Photograph
    • A picture of a tartan ribbon- Taken in 861 by physicist James Clerk Maxwell

  • Photographic Gun

    Photographic Gun
    • created by Etienne-Jules Marey in the 1880s- It was constructed so the French scientist that created it could learn how birds could fly - It operates by using a rotating glass plate to take 12 continuous pictures per second

  • Roll of Film

    Roll of Film
    • Invented by George Eastman- Created in 1889

  • First Underwater Photo

    First Underwater Photo
    • The camera was created by French scientist, Louis Boutan.
    • Developed in 1893

  • Kodak Brownie

    Kodak Brownie

  • Colour Photographs

    Colour Photographs
    • Colour film was introduced to the market in the 1940s

  • First Digital Camera

    First Digital Camera
    • There is debate of what company created the first digital camera.
    • It is more widely believed that Kodak created it.
    • Apparently, a man named Willis Adcock invented the filmless camera for Texas Instruments, but there is no evidence.

  • Prototype for Digital Camera

    Prototype for Digital Camera
    • Created December, 1975
    • Was a sizable 8-pound box, several inches high.
    • Took 30-seconds to take a photograph

  • Fuji DS-1P

    Fuji DS-1P
    • First to store digital images
    • First to act like a digital camera
    • Released in 1988, with a memory card
    • Never sold in the U.S.

  • Image/ Storage Formats

    Image/ Storage Formats
    • Most of the first digital cameras used video floppy formats, besides the one by Kodak. That particular camera used a digital cassette tape.
    • Later on, in the 1990s, they used other types of memory forms such as SD.

  • First Digital Camera with LCD Screen

    First Digital Camera with LCD Screen
    • Released in 1995
    • Released by Casio

  • First Compact Flash Sensor

    First Compact Flash Sensor
    • Kodak released the first digital camera with a compact flash sensor.