The History of the Camera

By jhamilton

  • Finding the Mixture to take the Pictures

    Finding the Mixture to take the Pictures
    First Camera Invented Johann Heinrich Schultz discovered this silver and chalk method in 1724.

  • The Sliding Camera Box

    The Sliding Camera Box
    Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the wooden slidng box to take pictures. He used the silver and chalk mixture exposed under a light source, to capture the image.

  • The First Camera

    The First Camera
    First Camera Invented The first camera invented was made by Alexander Wolcott. But the earliest photographs were not taken with Alexander Wolcott's camera.

  • The Calotype

    The Calotype
    Early Photogenic Process The attraction of the calotype process was that it allowed an image on the paper to be turned into an actual image after the paper had been taken from the camera.

  • The Panoramic Camera

    The Panoramic Camera
    Panoramic Camera The panoramic camera was invented by Friedrich von Martens.

  • The Daguerreotype

    The Daguerreotype
    Camera Timeline Louis Daguerre invented the first daguerreotype which only needed 30 minutes of light exposure and the image wouldn't fade over time whereas the sliding box camera which needed 8 hours of light exposure and the image would fade over time.