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    The document provides a brief history of cameras from pinhole cameras in 1000 AD to modern digital cameras. Key developments include the first photographs using bitumen-coated plates in 1825-1827, the daguerreotype in 1839 which used silver-coated copper plates, the introduction of roll film in 1885 which brought photography to the masses, the first 35mm camera in 1925 which helped popularize the format, and the first digital SLR camera in 1999 which helped usher in the age of digital photography. The document traces the evolution of camera technology from early pinhole cameras to modern digital SLRs.

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    The document provides a brief history of cameras from pinhole cameras in 1000 AD to modern digital cameras. Key developments include the first photographs using bitumen-coated plates in 1825-1827, the daguerreotype in 1839 which used silver-coated copper plates, the introduction of roll film in 1885 which brought photography to the masses, the first 35mm camera in 1925 which helped popularize the format, and the first digital SLR camera in 1999 which helped usher in the age of digital photography. The document traces the evolution of camera technology from early pinhole cameras to modern digital SLRs.

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    The document provides a brief history of cameras from pinhole cameras in 1000 AD to modern digital cameras. Key developments include the first photographs using bitumen-coated plates in 1825-1827, the daguerreotype in 1839 which used silver-coated copper plates, the introduction of roll film in 1885 which brought photography to the masses, the first 35mm camera in 1925 which helped popularize the format, and the first digital SLR camera in 1999 which helped usher in the age of digital photography. The document traces the evolution of camera technology from early pinhole cameras to modern digital SLRs.

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    Brief history of

    the camera
    Pinhole cameras/camera obscura

    Pinhole cameras/
    camera obscura

    • 1000 AD – Ibn al-Haytham


    Wet plate cameras

    1100 – early 1800s


    • Discovery of
    silver nitrate,
    silver chloride,
    diaphragm,
    photochemical
    effect
    Wet plate cameras

    1825-1827 – Joseph
    Nicephore Niepce

    • The first
    photographs

    • Used a pewter
    plate coated with
    bitumen and
    exposed to light
    Wet plate cameras

    1836 – Louis Jacques


    Daguerre

    • Daguerreotype
    camera

    • Copper plate
    coated with silver,
    treated with iodine
    vapor

    • Developed using
    mercury vapor and
    fixed with a salt
    solution
    Wet plate cameras

    1840 – William Fox


    Talbot

    • Calotype camera
    Dry plate cameras

    1855 – von Monckhoven

    • Collodian dry plates


    Dry plate cameras

    1871 – Richard Maddox


    • Gelatin dry plates
    • Began to rival wet
    plates
    • Pros: Photographers
    could use commercially
    made dry plates instead
    of preparing their own
    emulsions in a mobile
    dark room
    • Allowed cameras to be
    small enough to be
    hand-held
    • Shortened exposure
    times lead to invention
    of the shutter
    Photographic film

    1885 – George Eastman


    • Invented paper film
    Photographic film

    1888 – Kodak camera


    • Simple box camera
    • Fixed-focus lens with
    single shutter speed
    • Low cost – brought
    photography to the
    “masses”
    • Preloaded with 100
    exposures, had to be
    returned to the
    factory for
    processing and
    reloading
    Photographic film

    1889 – Celluloid film


    Photographic film

    1910 – Kodak
    Brownie
    • Simple and
    inexpensive enough
    to introduce the
    snapshot
    • On sale until the
    1960s
    First modern cameras

    1925 – Leica 1
    • Introduced 35mm
    film
    First modern cameras

    1928 – Rolleiflex
    medium format
    TLR
    First modern cameras

    1933 – Exakta
    SLR
    The modern cameras

    1938 – Super Kodak


    Six-20
    • First auto-exposure
    camera
    The modern cameras

    1948 – Polaroid Model


    95
    • First instant picture
    camera
    The modern cameras

    1960 – TTL metering


    The modern cameras

    1977 – Konica C35AF


    • First mass produced
    AF point and shoot
    The modern cameras

    1978 Polaroid SX-70


    • First AF SLR
    The modern cameras

    1981 – Pentax ME-F


    • First 35mm AF SLR
    • Utilized a motorized
    lens
    The modern cameras

    1986 – Minolta Maxxum


    7000
    • Integrated AF system
    The digital camera

    1986 Canon RC-701


    • First analog digital
    camera

    • First used by
    USAToday for the
    1986 World Series

    • Poor quality, could


    transmit pictures
    over the phone
    The digital camera

    1988 Canon RC-250


    Xapshot
    • Analog camera
    marketed to consumers
    The digital camera

    1990s – Introduction of
    the digital P&S
    The digital camera

    1999 – Nikon D1
    • 2.74MP, first
    professional digital
    SLR
    The digital camera

    2003 – Canon 300D


    (digital rebel)
    • First DSLR under $1000
    The digital camera

    2007 – Canon 40D


    • First live view DSLR
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