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- 5th-4th Centuries B.C.
Chinese and Greek philosophers describe the basic principles of optics and the camera.
- 1664-1666
Isaac newton discovers that white light is composed of different colors.
- 1727
Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that silver nitrate darkened upon exposure to light.
- 1794
First Panorama opens, the forerunner of the movie house invented by Robert Barker.
- 1814
Joseph Niepce achieves first photographic image with camera obscura - however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded.
- 1837
Louis Daguerre's first daguerreotype - the first image that was fixed and did not fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure.
- 1840
First American patent issued in Photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
- 1841
William Henry Talbot patents the Calotype process - the first negative-positive process making possible the first multiple copies.
- 1843
First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia.
- 1851
Frederick Scott Archer invented the Collodion process - images required only two or three seconds of light exposure.
- 1859
Panoramic camera patented - the Sutton.
- 1861
Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.
- 1865
Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under copyright.
- 1871
Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process - negatives no longer had to be developed immediately.
- 1880
Eastman Dry Plate Company founded.
- 1884
George Eastman invents flexible, paper-based photographic film.
- 1888
Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.
- 1898
Reverend Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- 1900
First mass-marketed camera-the Brownie.
- 1913/1914
First 35mm still camera developed.
- 1927
General Electric invents the modern flash bulb.
- 1932
First light meter with photoelectric cell introduced.
- 1935
Eastman Kodak markets Kodachrome film.
- 1941
Eastman Kodak introduces Kodacolor negative film.
- 1942
Chester Carlson receives patent for electric photography (xerography).
- 1948
Edwin Land markets the Polaroid camera.
- 1954
Eastman Kodak introduces high speed Tri-X film.
- 1960
EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.
- 1963
Polaroid introduces instant color film.
- 1968
Photograph of the Earth from the moon.
- 1973
Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera.
- 1977
George Eastman and Edwin Land inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- 1978
Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera.
- 1980
Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder.
- 1984
Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera.
- 1985
Pixar introduces digital imaging processor.
- 1990
Eastman Kodak announces Photo CD as a digital image storage medium.
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Which element was discovered first nobelium or niobium?
Niobium was discovered first.
What company's first camera was a box camera named No 1?
The box camera called The Brownie was made by the Eastman Kodak Company.
Who was the first person who discovered?
you are the first person that first discovered, because suppose if you not a human being you wouldn't ask this question so you must considered that you discoveredd first.
When was the first electric bell discovered and who discovered it?
Doug Hougen, from Flint in Michigan discovered it in 1930
What were the first cameras called?
camera obscura
Who discovered the digital camera?
carlson
Who discover the camera?
No one discovered the camera. It was invented. To have something discovered it has to all ready exist in nature. As early as the 5th century BC the Chinese and Greeks had basic optics/camera. In 1814 Joseph Niepce invented the camera obscura.
How did they feel with they first saw the titanic?
Dr. Ballard's team were elated when they discovered the wreck (but after the camera's were off, Ballard wept for the victims).
Who discovered digital camera?
I discovered one in a drawer just a couple of days ago!The digital camera was not discovered; it is the result of many years of invention and product development.
Who invented the small box camera?
The first camera was made by Alhazen, it was made around 1000AD! It was a Pinhole camera. He was born in Basra, Iraq ***This was not a camera in the modern sense. It did not produce photographic images of any sort as the application of silver salts for imaging was not discovered until around the 17th century. It was not until appx. 1826 that the first permanent image was made.
Where was pinhole camera discovered?
It was discovered independently several times in history; probably credit should go to Abū 'Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham who not only discovered the affect but wrote a book on optics to describe it. He discovered the affect in Cairo, Egypt.
Which came first the camera or internet?
The camera came first
Who discovered the pin hole camera?
Bill Clinton, the mother of cheese.
What is the first camera ever invented that is handheld?
the first camera ever that is handheld is called camera obscura
What was the first camera called?
The first camera was absolutely called the Zoopraxiscope in 1800's
Who discovered digitize?
I discovered one in a drawer just a couple of days ago!The digital camera was not discovered; it is the result of many years of invention and product development.
When was the first digtal camera made?
the first digtal camera was in 1918
