Tuesday 29 December 2015

CAMERA TIMELINE

Camera TIMELINE


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1500


pinhole camera
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Daguerreotype Camera



















1839
1839
The Daguerreotype Camera was announced by the French Academy of Sciences. One of these inventions   is now the world’s most expensive cameras.




The first pinhole camera 

(also called the Camera Obscura) 

was invented 
by Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham).






















               













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1840

The first American patent issued in      

photography to Alexander Wolcott 

for his camera. l-Haytham).


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1859
The panoramic camera
panoramic camera
patented by Thomas Sutton. tham).












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 stereoscope1861


Oliver Wendell Holmes invents     
stereoscope viewer. tham).






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1888  Kodak roll-film camera





Kodak roll-film cameraGeorge Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. Eastman was a pioneer in photographic films usage. He also started manufacturing paper films in 1885. His first �Kodak� box camera was very simple and very cheap.







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1900
                 
First mass-marketed camera – the Brownie was presented by Eastman. It was on sale until 1960s..














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Raisecamera (travel camera

The Raisecamera (travel camera) was invented. Extreme light weight and small dimensions when it is folded made this photo camera the most desirable thing for landscape photographers.











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1913/1914

The first 35mm still camera (also called candid camera ) developed by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera. Later it became the standard for all film cameras.



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Polaroid camera
Polaroid camera
1948

Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in about one minute.









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underwater camera
underwater camera

1960

EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.







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Konica C35 AF
Konica C35 AF




1978   Konica C35 AF

Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. It was named “Jasupin”.

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1981  Sony Mavica
1981  Sony Mavica




1981  Sony Mavica



Sony demonstrates the Sony Mavica – the world’s first digital electronic still camera. Digital photography and television images are related to the same technology, so this camera recorded images into a mini disk and then put them into a video reader. Images could be displayed to a television monitor or color printer.





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1991
Nikon F-3
Nikon F-3


Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was of a great use for photojournalists. It was a modified Nikon F-3 camera with a 1.3 megapixel sensor.



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Apple QuickTake
Apple QuickTake
Apple QuickTake1994-1996
The first digital cameras for the consumer-level market that worked with a home computer via a serial cable were the Apple QuickTake 100 camera (February 17 , 1994), the Kodak DC40 camera (March 28, 1995), the Casio QV-11 (with LCD monitor, late 1995), and Sony’s Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera (1996).


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Cell Phone Cameras
Cell Phone Cameras



Cell Phone Cameras
For some weird reason, someone at Japan’s Sharp Corporation decided to make a cell phone with a camera built in. Despite its seeming randomness, this combination worked well. These days, it’s hard to imagine a cell phone without a camera.






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CANON EOS 5D

The Canon EOS 5D is launched.       
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 5D 
This is first consumer-priced full-frame
 digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor. In 2005








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Sony Ericsson S750
Sony Ericsson S750
Sony Ericsson S750
  By 2005, consumers proved to love having cameras built in to their phones, so manufacturers starting racing gainst one another to produce the best, smallest cameras they could. Enter the Sony Ericsson S750.

 The S750 was the first camera phone to feature auto focus (not counting Samsung’s ridiculous SCH-V770) and a 2MP sensor. This phone helped fuel an arms race of sorts 
between Sony Ericsson and Nokia, and probably every other cell phone manufacturer at the time.
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samsung_m8910
samsung_m8910
samsung_m8910



Somewhere along the way during this camera phone war, companies started really upping their games. Samsung launched a major salvo in this war with the release of the M8910.
 It marked phone camera megapixel counts moving into double-digits with its 12MP sensor. The M8910 was also the first phone to introduce many features found on pro-level digital cameras.



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Nokia-Lumia-1020
Nokia-Lumia-1020




Nokia-Lumia-1020
In 2013, Nokia released the camera phone equivalent of a mic drop, the Lumia 1020.  This phone features a 41MP sensor, which was larger than any prosumer-level DSLR available. 
The 1020 also featured a Carl Zeiss lens, image stabilization, and PurView Pro technology, which enables loss less digital zoom.

These cameras didn’t represent the average quality of cameras built into phones during this time, but they have served to motivate manufacturers to improve overall camera  quality across the board.


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Mirrorless Cameras


Mirrorless Cameras
Mirrorless Cameras
If you’re not familiar with mirrorless cameras,          you can check out my article on them. They’re typically smaller than a consumer-level DSLR and produce images that compete with DSLRs in quality. And they’re gaining popularity, especially among traveling photographers, street photographers and photography enthusiasts who want great pictures without lugging a giant DSLR around.





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Fujifilm FinePix X100
Fujifilm FinePix X100
Fujifilm FinePix X100


Technically, the first mirrorless camera,  the Epson RD1, made its debut in 2004. But it proved to be ahead of its time, as it would be a few more years before mirrorless cameras gained a foothold in the camera market.
Fujifilm certainly didn’t make the first mirrorless camera, or even the first really popular mirrorless. But Fuji’s FinePix  X100 displayed a willingness to cater to niche users: advanced photographers who wanted the aesthetics and controls of  vintage film cameras. The X100 featured a wide-angle prime lens and the option to  shoot with an in-body rangefinder-like viewfinder.
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SonyAlpha7

In 2013, Sony made a big jump in its                  
SonyAlpha7
SonyAlpha7
mirrorless camera offerings with the Alpha 7 and the Alpha 7R. These were the first mirrorless cameras to feature a full-frame sensor. At this point, mirrorless cameras became full-fledged contenders with prosumer-level DSLRs.





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GoProHero
GoProHero
GoProHero

A surfer named Nick Woodman wanted  a way to capture photos while he was surfing, so he began tinkering with 35mm cameras. Woodman continued to improve on his design, and in 2010, his company, GoPro, released the 
GoPro HD Hero.
The HD Hero marked the first rugged, waterproof camera able to capture video in 1080p. Since then, the Hero line of cameras has become the standard in the  now-idespread market of action cameras.   

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Lytro_FirstGen_2up-1Leaning-RedHot_grande

Lytro introduced the first light-field             
RedHot_grande
Lytro_FirstGen_2up-1Leaning-RedHot_grande
camera to the general public in 2012. 
This camera opened up an entire world of new possibilities for photographers and audiences. The technology featured in the Lytro captures information from the subject being photographed that allows the resulting image to be refocused after it’s been taken. 

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Nikon D1.



Other notable achievements in this        
Nikon D1
Nikon D1
decade were the invention and release 
of the Compact Flash memory storage 
card as well as the release of the first 
Digital Single Lens 
Reflex camera the Nikon D1.











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Kodak CCD image sensor

1991: Another milestone in the        
Kodak CCD image sensor
Kodak CCD image sensor
digital photography timeline was 
when Kodak released the first 
professional digital camera system 
marketed towards journalists. It 
used a Nikon F-3 camera film body 
adapted with a 1.3 megapixel 
Kodak CCD image sensor



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Nikon D1_
1999: Another milestone on the          
Nikon D1
Nikon D1
digital photography timeline came when Nikon released the Nikon D1 which was the first DSLR (digital single lens reflex camera). It had a 2.74 megapixel APS-C image sensor weighed about 3.75 lbs. and cost slightly under $6,000. It also used the standard Nikon F-mount lenses which allowed film photographers could use many of the 
lenses they already owned. Nikon continued using an APS-C image sensor, known as the “DX sensor” in their digital SLR’s from 1999 to 2007.
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Nikon Coolpix L120 14.1 Megapixel
Nikon Coolpix L120 14.1 Megapixel

Nikon Coolpix 900

1999: Nikon also releases two                            
2 megapixel cameras capable of  producing smaller photo quality prints. The Coolpix 900 came with a zoom  lens while the Coolpix 700 had a fixed  focal length lens.



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CAMERA HISTORY
1840
The first American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.
1859
The panoramic camera patented by Thomas Sutton.
1861
Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.
1888
George Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. Eastman was a pioneer in photographic films usage. He also started manufacturing paper films in 1885. His first Kodak  box camera was very simple and very cheap.
1900
First mass-marketed camera – the Brownie was presented by Eastman. It was on sale until 1960s.
1900
The Raise camera (travel camera) was invented. Extreme light weight and small dimensions when it is folded made this photo camera the most desirable thing for landscape photographers.
1913/1914
The first 35mm still camera (also called candid camera ) developed by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera. Later it became the standard for all film cameras.
1948
Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in about one minute.
1960
EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.
1978
Konica introduces the first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. It was named “Jasupin”.
1981
Sony demonstrates the Sony Mavica – the world’s first digital electronic still camera. Digital photography and television images are related to the same technology, so this camera recorded images into a mini disk and then put them into a video reader. Images could be displayed to a television monitor or color printer.
1986
Fuji introduced the disposable camera. The inventors also call this device “single-use cameras”.
1991
Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was of a great use for photojournalists. It was a modified Nikon F-3 camera with a 1.3 megapixel sensor.
1994-1996
The first digital cameras for the consumer-level market that worked with a home computer via a serial cable were the Apple QuickTake 100 camera (February 17 , 1994), the Kodak DC40 camera (March 28, 1995), the Casio QV-11 (with LCD monitor, late 1995), and Sony’s Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera (1996).
2000
In Japane Sharp’s J-SH04 introduced the world’s first camera phone.
2005
The Canon EOS 5D is launched. This is first consumer-priced full-frame digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor.

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