OriginsChinese and Greek philosophers describe

principles of cameras and optics. This took place in the 1500’s.

Important DiscoveryIn 1727, Johann Schulze discovered that

silver nitrate became darker in light.

Early PhotosIn 1816, Joseph Niepce took the first

photographic picture with camera obscura, the first camera. Unfortunately, the photo faded quickly, and took eight hours to develop.

In 1826, Niepce makes a permanent picture.In 1837, Louis Daguerre invents the

daguerreotype process, which took under thirty minutes to develop, and didn’t fade.

Early CamerasThe first camera was made on January 10, 1839, and was

wooden.In 1843, the first advertisement using a photo was created in

Philadelphia.In 1851, Fredrick Scott Archer invented the Collodion

Method, which required only two or three second of light exposure to fully develop.

In 1859, the panoramic camera is patented in Sutton.From 1861 to 1865, Mathew Brady and his photography staff

take pictures of the American Civil War. In 1871, Richard Leach Maddox proposes the use of a paste

of gelatin and silver bromide on a glass plate, which was called the "dry plate" process.

Seven years later, Dry Plates are commercially manufactured by the Eastman Dry Plate Company.

Filming HistoryIn 1888, Eastman patents the Kodak camera that

used a 20 foot long piece of paper, which could print 100 2.5 inch circular pictures.

A year later, the camera used a roll of film instead of paper.

In 1895, The Lumiere brothers presented the first motion picture

In 1900, the Lumiere brothers sell their camera patent to Pathe.

The first mass production camera, the Brownie, is released in 1900.

A New AgeIn 1907, the Lumiere brothers manufactured the first

commercial color film, the Autochrome plates.In 1913, the first 35mm still-cam is created. In 1919, the first filming school, The Gerasimov

Institute of Cinematography, is opened.In 1948, Edwind Land markets his creatoin, the

Polaroid Camera.In 1956, The Ampex Corporation made the first video

tape recorder, called the Ampex VXR-1000.In 1960, EG&G makes the first underwater camera for

the U.S. Navy.In 1975, Sony released the first consumer video

cassette recorder, called the Betamax.

Video Cameras in the PresentIn 1976, Cannon comes out with the AE-1 , the first

camera with a microprocessor in it.In 1980, Sony gives a public demonstration of their newest

idea, the camcorder.In 1995, Sony released the DCR-VX1000, which was the

first digital video camcorder.In 1997, shareyourworld.com was created by Chase

Norlin, which allowed users to upload and share videos to a universal website, which opened a new window for sharing video production.

In 2000, Sony's new HDW-F900 Camcorder with digital 24-frame progressive high definition technology was used to shoot Star Wars: Episode II.