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How has photography changed the way we do things? 1727

 Professor J. Schulze mixes chalk, nitric acid, and in a flask; notices darkening on side of flask exposed to .  Accidental creation of the first photo-sensitive compound. 1801

 Thomas Young suggested that the contains three types of sensitive receptors. One sensitive to , one to and one to .  Varying signals from these receptors produce, in our brain, any visible color.  When green, red and blue overlap the combination is white light. J. Nicephore Niepce

 1826 - produced the first successful permanent (Heliograph)  Used material that hardened on to light  Required 8 hours to expose

View from Niepce’s Window at Le Gras.

 1829 - Niepce and went into partnership  1837 - The Daguerreotype was formed  Latent could be formed into visible images and then fixed  The images were very fragile, and laterally reversed (like looking into a )  While the daguerreotype made commercial photography possible, its end product was a single photo.  For patrons wanting copies of their portraits, a second sitting was necessary. Daguerreotype

 Earliest known image of the Capitol Building. Taken around 1846.  This daguerreotype of the east front of the Capitol Building shows the original copper-topped wooden dome. 1839

 Sir first used the term “Photography”  The word is derived from the Greek words for light and writing  The photographic process became public 1839

 This photo gives the impression of empty streets because of the long exposure  The once exception is when a man stopped to have his shoes shined.  Although they remain anonymous, they may be the first people to every have been photographed. 1842

 The first modern picture appeared in “The Illustrated News.” 1844

 The first to contain was “The Pencil of Nature” by William Fox Talbot  About 150 copies were made between 1844-1846 Matthew Brady

 1860 - Brady takes a photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in New York  1861-1865 – Brady and staff expose over 7000 negatives while covering the 1865

 Photographs and photographic negatives are added to protected works under

 1884 - George Eastman invented flexible, -based photographic  1888 - Eastman founded the Eastman Company by introducing the first mass developing and processing service and the first simplified system for the general public, The Kodak Number 1.  Contained a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures. 1889

 Improved Kodak camera with roll of film instead of paper

 first transparent

 In 1890 the first independent system to give speed numbers was developed.  This essentially led to the current ISO numbers on film boxes today

 In 1900, the Brownie becomes the first mass- marketed camera. 1912

Camera introduced  Became dominant “press” camera for decades 1913

 First 35mm still camera was developed , 1902-1984

 In 1916 Ansel Adams received his first camera  It was a Kodak Brownie

"There are always two people in every picture: the and the viewer." ~ Ansel Adams Ansel Adams, 1902-1984

 1917 - Nippon Kogaku K.K., which will eventually become Nikon, established in Tokyo.

First Nikon camera: The Nikon 1 1920s

was born in the 1920s when the was mature enough to support mass production.

 What is the difference between Photography and Photojournalism? New Additions

 1925 - First flashbulb invented in Germany by Dr. Paul Vierkotter  Previously open powders were used

 1934 - Fuji Photo Film founded. By 1938, Fuji is making and in addition to film.  1935 - is sold  The world’s first slide film 1939

 Cover of 1947

 Dr. Edwin Land invented an “instant” picture process, first called Polaroid Land.  The special camera sandwiched the exposed with a receiving positive paper and spread the processing chemicals between the two.  After processing these were peeled apart. 1948

 Cover of Life 1951

 The first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic tape. 1963

 The ’s research team invented the first instant color picture material.

1964

 Built in electronic flash first appears on the Voigtlander Vitrona 1968

of the Earth from the moon 110-format

 In 1972 110-format cameras introduced by Kodak with a 13x17mm frame 1978

 The first camera with , C35AF, was introduced. 1980s

 A system called DX coding was introduced for 35mm . The cassettes have an auto- sensing code printed on them which enable certain cameras to automatically set the film speed.  This information can also be used by processing laboratories. 1981  released the electronic still camera  The camera was the first commercial electronic camera  Images were recorded onto a mini disc and then put into a video reader that was connected to a television monitor or color 1985  Pixar introduces digital processor  Minolta markets the world's first autofocus SLR system (called "Maxxum" in the US) 1987

 Kodak and Fuji introduced novel disposable cameras, the Kodak Fling and the Fuji Quicksnap.  Both were sold in foil wrappers ready loaded with film.  The complete camera was given to the film processor after exposure. 1990

1.0 is introduced for Apple Macintosh computers also  Eastman Kodak announced Photo CD as a storage medium 1992  JPEG is described in a paper for IEEE for the first time 1993  Adobe Photoshop is made available for MS-Windows computers Digital SLR camera beginnings

 1991- Introduced Kodak DCS-100, first digital SLR, a modified  1.3 MP  2000 - Canon introduced the EOS D30, the first digital SLR for the consumer market.  3.25 MP 2000

 Sharp and J-Phone introduced first in Japan

How did the of the camera phone change photography? 2002 2003

 More than 80% of Canon and Nikon’s sales are digital 2004

 Sales of new point-and-shoot cameras are 90% digital.  Nikon completely stops production of new point-and-shoot 35mm cameras  Kodak ceases production of film cameras  One year later, in 2005, Kodak announced it would discontinue production of its 2006

 Samsung announces first 10 megapixel camera phone  Nikon stops production of film cameras and lenses 2007

 Eastman Kodak implodes several buildings on their Rochester, NY campus formerly used for film & production  Canon announces plans to build an additional 55 billion-yen ($585 MM) factory to double production of CMOS sensors used in digital cameras  Apple unveiled its first iPhone 2009

 First official U.S. Presidential picture taken with a  Kodak announces it will dis- continue Kodachrome film after 74 years of production  Nikon integrates a digital pro- jector with a 12 MP camera 2010

was launched and distributed through the Apple App Store.