{"id":2580,"date":"2018-08-17T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T04:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snapartists.com\/snapline\/invention-and-obsolescence-a-timeline-of-photographic-processes\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T21:12:19","slug":"invention-and-obsolescence-a-timeline-of-photographic-processes","status":"publish","type":"snapline","link":"https:\/\/snapartists.com\/snapline\/invention-and-obsolescence-a-timeline-of-photographic-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Invention and Obsolescence – A Timeline of Photographic Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~400 BCE: <\/b><\/span>Chinese mathematician Mozi explained how the inverted image works in camera obscura.<\/p>\n

~1027: <\/b><\/span>Arab physicist Ibn al-Haytham experimented with camera obscura by passing light through small pinholes, and contributed significantly to the study of light with his work Book of Optics.<\/p>\n

1826: <\/b><\/span>Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce took the earliest known surviving permanent photograph, calling his process heliography.<\/p>\n

1839: <\/b><\/span>Louis Daguerre announced the invention of the daguerreotype in Paris, which became the first publicly available photographic process.<\/p>\n

1841: <\/b><\/span>William Henry Fox Talbot invented the calotype, allowing for a shorter exposure time and could make multiple positive prints.<\/p>\n

1842: <\/b><\/span>Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype process.<\/p>\n

1849: <\/b><\/span>Sir David Brewster developed the lenticular stereoscope, which produced the illusion of a 3-dimensional image.<\/p>\n

1856: <\/b><\/span>Hamilton Smith patented the tintype process, a cheaper alternative to the daguerreotype.<\/p>\n

1861: <\/b><\/span>James Clerk Maxwell created the first color photo, an image of a tartan ribbon.<\/p>\n

1871: <\/b><\/span>Richard Maddox invented gelatin emulsion.<\/p>\n

1874: <\/b><\/span>Silver gelatin paper, a key component to one of the most common black-and-white photographic print processes, became available commercially.<\/p>\n

1877\u201378: <\/b><\/span>Eadweard Muybridge completed human and animal locomotion studies.<\/p>\n

1888: <\/b><\/span>George Eastman ignited the mass use of cameras with the Kodak No. 1 box camera, which featured unbreakable flexible film that could be rolled, with the slogan: \u201cYou press the button, we do the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

1900: <\/b><\/span>Eastman Kodak sold the easy-to-use, inexpensive Brownie camera, a very popular camera that greatly expanded the market for photography to amateurs.<\/p>\n

1903: <\/b><\/span>The Lumi\u00e8re brothers patented the first commercial colour photography process, Autochrome Lumi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

1925: <\/b><\/span>The first practical and portable 35mm camera, the Leica I by the Leitz camera company, became a favourite among photojournalists and general public.<\/p>\n

1929: <\/b><\/span>Franke & Heidecke developed the Rolleicord, a twin-lens reflex camera.<\/p>\n

1935: <\/b><\/span>Eastman Kodak introduced the first colour transparency film Kodachrome.<\/p>\n

1939: <\/b><\/span>The View-Master 3D viewer corresponding \u201creels\u201d of small stereoscopic images are introduced.<\/p>\n

1942: <\/b><\/span>Eastman Kodak developed the Kodacolor process using colour negatives to make colour prints.<\/p>\n

1948: <\/b><\/span>Edwin Land introduced the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, taking about 60 seconds to produce prints.<\/p>\n

1963: <\/b><\/span>Kodak released the Instamatic, the first point-and-shoot camera.<\/p>\n

1975: <\/b><\/span>Steven Sasson, of Eastman Kodak, made the first digital camera, which used a cassette tape to record black-and-white images.<\/p>\n

1986: <\/b><\/span>Nikon introduced the Nikon SVC, the first digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera.<\/p>\n

1987: <\/b><\/span>Thomas and John Knoll developed Photoshop and sold the licence to Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1988.<\/p>\n

1992: <\/b><\/span>The Joint Photographic Experts Group defined the standard for the JPEG file format.<\/p>\n

1994: <\/b><\/span>Apple launched QuickTake, one of the first digital cameras for consumers, at less than $1000.<\/p>\n

1996: <\/b><\/span>Epson introduces the Epson Stylus Color Photo, a six-colour photo quality desktop printer.<\/p>\n

1999: <\/b><\/span>The Nikon D1 was introduced, a 2.74 megapixel DSLR camera that was affordable to professional photographers and high-end consumers.<\/p>\n

2000: <\/b><\/span>Samsung\u2019s SCH-V200 and Sharp\u2019s J-SH04 were the first commercially available mobile phones with a built-in camera.<\/p>\n

2000: <\/b><\/span>The Epson Stylus Pro 9500 large-format inkjet printer is introduced and uses newly developed ColorFast ink to produce high-quality output.<\/p>\n

2003: <\/b><\/span>The Canon Rebel, the first digital SLR priced below $1000, was very popular as its price point allowed amateur photographers to switch to digital photography.<\/p>\n

2004: <\/b><\/span>Kodak stopped selling traditional film cameras in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n

2004: <\/b><\/span>Web-based image hosting service Flickr is created by Ludicorp.<\/p>\n

2007: <\/b><\/span>Apple launched the first iPhone and GoPRO launched the Digital Hero 3 camera.<\/p>\n

2008: <\/b><\/span>Polaroid discontinued the production of instant film products and the Impossible Project was founded to relaunch instant film for Polaroid cameras.<\/p>\n

2009: <\/b><\/span>Kodak discontinued of Kodachrome film.<\/p>\n

2010: <\/b><\/span>Photo-sharing social networking app Instagram is launched. By its first year it had 10 million users.<\/p>\n

2017: <\/b><\/span>Kodak announced the return and relaunch of its Ektachrome slide film.<\/p>\n

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Compiled by Cindy Couldwell
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