THE HISTORY OF THE
CAMERA
UNIT 3: PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
WILT:
• Understand the development of the camera
• Create a timeline for the development of the
camera
• Explore the history of the photographic process
KWL Chart – Unit 3 Photographic History
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CAMERA OBSCURAS
• In the ancient times,
camera obscuras were
used to form images on
walls in darkened rooms –
like a projector!
• Known to the Chinese and
Ancient Greeks (Aristotle)
more than 2,000 year ago
• Although designs existed
earlier, it wasn’t until the
1800s that practical
cameras were created
DAGUERRETYPE CAMERA
• In 1837, he created
images on silver-plated
copper, coated with silver
iodide and developed
with warmed mercury
• He was given a state
pension from the French
government in exchange
for publicising this method
and for others to be able
to use the “Daguerreotype
Process”
• One of the world’s most
expensive cameras
ALEXANDER WOLCOTT
• In 1840, first American patent issued in photography
for his camera
PANORAMIC CAMERA
• Patented by Thomas Sutton in 1859
STEREOCOPE VIEWER
• In 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes invents the
stereoscope viewer (3D imagery)
KODAK CAMERA
• Created by George
Eastman and first
went on sale in 1888
• This pioneered the
use of photographic
film
• It had a single shutter
speed and fixed
focus lens
THE BROWNIE
• First mass marketed
camera by George
Eastman
• It was on sale until
the 1960s
THE RAISECAMERA (TRAVEL CAMERA)
• Invented in 1900
• Extreme light weight
and small when it was
folded
• Landscape
photographers loved
this!
35MM CAMERA
• Created between 1913
to 1914
• Also called candid
camera
• Developed by Oskar
Barnack from the
German Leica Camera
• The standard for all film
cameras
POLAROID CAMERA
• Edwin Land invented
the Polaroid camera
• First “instant” camera –
less than one minute to
take and print
POINT AND SHOOT
• Konica introduces the first point and shoot,
autofocus camera
• It was called Jasupin
SONY MAVICA
• 1981 - 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 colour printer
• In 1991, Kodak released their first professional digital
camera system (DCS) which was highly used by
photojournalists
CONSUMER DIGITAL CAMERAS
• Between 1994-96, the
first digital cameras
became on market for
consumers
• It worked with home
computers via serial
cables
• Apple QuickTake 100
camera (February 1994)
• Kodak DC40 Camera
(March 1995)
• Casio QV-11 (Late 1995)
• Sony’s Cybershot Digital
Still Camera (1996)
2000S
• The world’s first camera
phone – J- SH04
• Also known as the “J
Phone”
CANON EOS 5D
• Launched in 2005
• First consumer-priced
full framed digital SLR
with 24 x 36mm CMOS
sensor
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
• The evolution of the photographic process was driven by the relationship
between artistic, technical and scientific attention during this time period
• There were many different processes that were introduced during
photography’s first half-century
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Daguerreotype
Cyanotype
Salt Prints
Callotype
Carbon Print
Collodion Negative
Albumen Print
Ambrotype
Tintype
Dry Plate
Autochrome
Digital Images
ROLE REVERSAL:
In pairs and one group of 3, pick 4
photographic processes to research
and present to the class. Make sure
to include the following:
- People who contributed
- Dates
- Description of process
- Photo Examples (if possible)
- USE your notes from pre-departure
activity!!!