HISTORY OF THE CAMERA

Alyssa Brown

Camera Obscura • A Frenchman called Joseph Nicéphore

Niépce made the first camera and took the first picture in 1814 it was called Camera Obscura

• the picture was taken by having the shutter left open for eight hours and faded shortly after.

First photo ever taken

Camera Obscura

Daguerreotype • French artist took first fixed image on the

daguerreotype • Picture didn’t fade and took less than

thirty minutes of exposure

Calotype• William Henry Talbot created the process

of calotype in 1841• This involves the first negative-positive

printing process then making multiple copies of that picture

Collodion Camera • The collodion process was invented by

Frederick Scott Archer in 1851• Allowed him to take a picture with only

two or three seconds of sunlight exposure

Panoramic Camera • In 1859 Thomas Sutton developed a

camera with a wide angle lens • The lens was a glass sphere filled with

water

Gelatin Dry Plate Silver Bromide Camera

• Was invented in 1871 by Richard Leach Maddox

• Made a gelatin dry plate made of silver bromide

• Negatives are no longer needed

Dry plate

Dry plate camera

Picture taken

Eastman Kodak Roll Film Camera

• Eastman invents the Kodak roll film camera in 1888

First mass Marketed Camera

• In 1900 the first mass marketed camera called the Browning hit the stores

35mm• In 1914 the 35mm camera is invented• Smaller than the browning and easier to

carry

Polaroid Camera • In 1948 Edwin Land sells his invention

the Polaroid camera• First instant camera

First Underwater Camera• In 1960 EG&G create the first underwater

camera• Could withstand great underwater depths • Was made for the U.S navy

First “Out of This World” Picture

• In 1968 Frank Borman took the first picture of the Earth with a Hasselblad camera

Instant colour film and Camera

• Polaroid makes instant color film in 1973• Just shoot and print in one click

Auto Focus• Konica invents point and shoot auto focus

camera in 1978

Electronic Still Camera • In 1984 canon releases the next big thing

the electronic still camera

Good Quality Pictures These are good quality photos because they are very focused and clear with great lighting

Bad Quality Photos

These are all bad quality pictures because they are terribly focused and blurry

Bibliography http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01824/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_camera