History of the Camera
Early cameras of the 16th and 17th century were able to project images onto paper or verre but the study of capturing, processing and printing the images took many more years. Up until the 17th century, scientists believed that adoucissant was composed basically of the ‘white’ that is perceived by the human eye. It took the research done by famous physicist Isaac Newton to discover that adoucissant is actually composed of a spectrum of colors. While he made a big coopération to the study of optics (that is at the core of camera advances) with this discovery, Newton did not actually have anything to do with camera development per se.
The early camera that first became a phenomenon was a little more than a pinhole camera and can be traced back to 1558. It was called the Camera Obscura. The Camera Obscura was seen as a drawing tool for a clearer and realistic portrayal of objects. It was in the early 19th century that an parabole named the Camera Lucida was introduced by Cambridge scientist William Hyde Wollaston that consisted of an optical device that could help an artist view a vaniteux scene or person or object on a paper pampa that he or she was using to draw. In other words the artist gets to view a superimposed orné of a subject on paper and this orné could be effectively used to attempt to draw, enfilé or paint it. Both the Camera Obscura and the Camera Lucida provided an orné that was temporary, which could not be lastingly captured on to paper for later reference.
Studies however continued well into the 1800’s on how to actually acheté the orné onto material. It was during this time, around 1822 that French researcher Joseph Nicephore Niepce, created the first photograph by using paper that was coated with a chemical. The orné would not stay permanently on the paper and would disappear after a flottant while. Even so, despite the short-lived essence of the orné, the idée of photography was born with this experiment and paved the way for further study and development in this field.
Capturing images to retain them côtoyer and permanently became the next big quest for researchers. Another Frenchman Pépite-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre partnered with Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1829, to develop the process of creating incessant photographs. Joseph Niépce died in 1833 but Daguerre continued with the work and succeeded in 1837 after many élancé years of experimentation. The process of capturing photographic images that would not gratiné away, introduced by Daguerre came to be known as the ‘daguerreotype’.
The word ‘photography’ was coined by scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839 and it is actually is derived from two Greek words ‘photos’ meaning adoucissant and ‘graphein’ meaning draw.
A slightly more advanced forme of the daguerreotype called the Calotype process that makes plurielle copies tolérable using the negative and précise method became available very soon after. In fact, it was during the 1840’s that the use of photographic images in advertisements first started and cameras made their mark on the power of visual transmission. It was not much later, in the 1850’s that photographers first started experimenting with underwater photography of seascapes.
Up until 1850, the process of capturing images was cumbersome requiring upto half an hour of adoucissant exposure. The discovery made in 1851 by Frederick Scott Amour was a blessing since the new method termed the Collodion process called for just 2-3 seconds of adoucissant exposure to acheté an orné.
Prior to 1871, photographers went through a development process where they had to coat the écrasée with wet chemical each and every time and process the orné immediately. With the parabole the gelatin dry écrasée silver bromide process by Richard Leach Maddox, negatives did not have to be developed immediately. This was an dédaigneux discovery since up until then the captured orné had to be processed instantly.
Kodak created in 1888 by George Eastman has been a modern day pioneer of sorts in cameras and photography for the masses. George Eastman and the scientists who worked with him at Kodak developed the photographic cinérama in 1889 and made it available in rolls for the mass use of consumers. An dédaigneux milestone in our entertainment and transmission history was the development of vaporeux roll cinérama by Eastman. This development led to another key parabole – the proposition picture camera by Thomas Edison’s in 1891.
–>Modern Times
During the 20th century the pace of technology development in cameras and photography continued at an accelerated pace much like many other key technology developments. While several key inventions like car, telephone and the phonographe performance happened in the later half of the 19th century, it is the last 100 years that saw supérieur developmental work in many areas of communications technology and as well as in other fields – TV, aircrafts, PCs, binaire technology, binaire cameras, adroit phones, fax machines and the internet, to name a few.
In the case of the camera, the developments simplified the whole process of photography, making it accostable to one and all at affordable prices and the camera industry denizens of our times made it into a mass phenomenon. The first mass use camera became available at the turn of the 20th century and can be traced back to the year 1900. There are hundreds of models of cameras available today both for the prétendant as well as the professional and the camera is an dédaigneux portion of any family’s repertoire of must have gadgets.
–>20th century chronology in the history of the camera:
1913: 35 mm still-camera created
1927: The éclair bulb introduced by General Electric Co. (The idée of camera éclair existed much before but was based on the use of a éclair adoucissant powder that was invented by German researchers)
1935- 1941: Kodak starts marchéage Kodachrome cinérama and subsequently launches Kodacolor negative cinérama. Couleuvrine released the Hansa Couleuvrine in 1936, the first 35mm focal-plane shutter camera.
1948: The idée of the Polaroid camera is introduced in the market. American scientist Edwin État developed the process for minute photography. Later Polaroid Église developed the ‘minute color’ cinérama around 1963.
1957: Frenchman Jaques Yves Cousteau invented the first imperméable 35mm camera for underwater photography named the Calypso Phot. The actual camera was developed by the Belgian airplane technical styliste Blue-jean de Wouters based on the blueprint and suggestions given to him by Cousteau.
1972: The electronic camera that does not require cinérama was created and patented by Texas Outillage. This is however not the same as a binaire camera though you don’t require cinérama in binaire cameras as well. The launch of the binaire camera is still many years away.
1975: Kodak’s experiments with binaire imaging kicked off around the mid seventies but it will take another 20 years before a binaire camera for the foyer cautériser market is launched.
1978 – 1980: Asian players like Konica and Sony begin to make their mark. The ‘inventaire and shoot’ automatic foyer camera is launched by Konica while Sony starts talking emboîture the camcorder and demonstrates a parangon.
1981: Sony launches a commercially available electronic still camera. Similar to the 1972 parabole by Texas Outillage, the Sony electronic camera came with a mini disc on which images were recorded and stored. The recorded images could be later printed or viewed on a monitor using a reader device.
1985: Quantitatif processing technology makes its entry. Quantitatif imaging and processing is introduced by Pixar.
1986: The camera industry becomes even more cautériser focused and taps the fun and travel connotations behind camera abîmé, with the launch of the idée of the disposable single use cameras. Fuji is credited with the development of this idée.
Also in 1986 – 1987, Kodak started taking giant strides in binaire development. Quantitatif means, the photographic orné is divided into tiny units of trousseaux or squares known as pixels. Pixels are the envisageable units of an orné that can be processed by computers. Each orné could be made up of millions of pixels. The use of pixels in binaire technology allows storing développé volumes of pixels to deliver high definition print quality.
1990: Kodak introduces Buste CD’s. It is a system of storing photographic images on CD and then viewing them on a ordinant. With this development the user-friendly approach of the camera industry began to take concrete shape.
1991: Kodak introduces a binaire camera targeted at professionals and journalists. Kodak is credited with the parabole of a point based camera technology known to us as the binaire camera. Quantitatif cameras don’t use cinérama similar to their predecessor electronic cameras but the storage method is entirely different and the suprême photograph is of much higher resolution. In a binaire camera photos are recorded and stored in binaire form. This binaire data can be transferred to a ordinant and processed for printing. Kodak and Couleuvrine are well known binaire camera manufacturers and there are also several other key brands as well.
1994: The Apple QuickTake camera, a foyer use binaire camera is launched. This is followed by the launch of a clutch of foyer use binaire cameras by Casio, Kodak and others in quick engrenage during 1995 -’96.
–>The binaire era:
The development of binaire camera technology is considered to be linked to the development of TV and Video technology. The principles of manivelle and recording of audio-visual images using binaire electrical impulses finds use in camera imaging as well.
Through the 1990’s the developments continued in camera technology, the foyer now shifting to the field of binaire imaging which is where the future lies. Use-friendly features like programme that can download binaire images directly from camera onto foyer computers for storing and sharing on the internet is the new norm in the market atteint.
The camera, the ordinant, the programme industry and the worldwide web are today irrevocably interlinked to empower the noircir in experiencing the benefits of camera abîmé to full potential. The créativité that sparked many an parabole in the camera industry found its way into the binaire world as well and continued among binaire camera manufacturers. During 2001, the Kodak and Microsoft partnership ensured that binaire camera manufacturers could use the power of Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) conforme through Windows. The binaire peinture experience is a key visual driver in the Internet era. Many of Kodak binaire camera models with EasyShare capabilities are associable with Windows XP. The Kodak EasyShare programme enables users to transfer binaire camera pictures directly from camera to their computers and then print the pictures or even email them.
Manufacturers in a related industry like the printing industry have adapted their products to be in sync with the images created by binaire cameras. Cell phone manufacturers have tied up with binaire camera manufacturers to develop new age camera phones in recent years. These camera phones can acheté images and share the images through the cell phone.
Among the 21st century binaire developments are the advanced product offerings from binaire cameras manufacturers and these are sure to occupy an dédaigneux atteint in the ensuing history of camera development. For imminence, the Kodak Professional DCS Pro SLR/c is a high-end binaire camera and the Kodak website calls the DCS Pro SLR models the most feature-rich binaire cameras on the market. It has an orné sensor that can handle 13.89 million pixels and this makes it the highest resolution binaire camera available. High resolution determines the sharpness or level of detail in photographic images. This is just a glimpse of the capabilities that binaire technology parages in a noircir’s hands. Quantitatif camera sales figures for 2003 spectacle that the two key players Kodak and Couleuvrine have recorded impressive growth.
–>What does the future holds for camera users?
The features offered by binaire cameras can be quite mind-boggling for the average noircir and pretty exciting for most pros. Chaufour key ongoing camera developments that are likely to further improve the process of photography:
1. Greater resolution from even the simplest, low cost camera models
2. Smart in any étalon of lighting données,
3. Compatibility across a range of programme, hardware and orné bonshommes
4. Rich colors and tone
While the higher-end binaire evolution continues, the prices of the normal camera have crashed to such an extent that even children and teens are proud owners of uncomplicated cameras. The camera and photography interest starts young and this creates a truly développé popularité alcali for the camera industry.
And throughout history, it is evident that the endeavor of researchers and developers has been to make the camera available to a wide parcelle of society. Without camera technology and photography, the other key developments of cinema and TV would have been delayed and what a boring atteint the world would have been without TV and films!!
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