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History of Photography Page 3 1900 - 2004 |
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 Eastman Kodak ad for their first Brownie. (5) |
1900
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Eastman Kodak's Brownie debuts selling for $1 with film at 15¢ per roll. | ||
| George Albert Smith and Charles Urban develop the first commercially successful photographic color process; Kinemacolor. |
1906 -
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1908
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Gabriel Lippmann wins a Nobel Prize for his method of reproducing color by photography. | |||
| Vest Pocket Camera is introduced. |
1912
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1914
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First 35mm still cameras are developed. | |||
| First transatlantic telephoto transmission is made between Annapolis, Md. and La Malmaison, Fr. |
1921
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1923
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Kodak introduces 16mm movie film for amateur use. | |||
| General Electric invents the modern flashbulb. |
1927
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1928
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Kodak introduces 16mm lenticular KODACOLOR Film for making motion pictures in color. | |||
| First light meter with photoelectric cell is introduced. |
1932
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1935
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Kodak develops Kodachrome (color) film. | |||
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American combat photographer, Robert Capa captures on film the Spanish Civil War, notably Death of a Loyalist Soldier. American photographer Margaret Bourke-White takes the cover photo for first issue of Life magazine. |
1936
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 Color montage of the destruction of the Hindenburg. |
1937
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The Zeppelin Hindenburg crashes in New Jersey and is destroyed by fire. | ||
| Nickolas Muray's photographs from the 1930s. |
1930's
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1941
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Eastman Kodak introduces KODACOLOR negative film. | |||
| U.S. flag waves over Iwo Jima. |
1945
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 U.S. Marine and flag over Iwo Jima |
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1947
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Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, introduces the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera. First film is black and white, color is introduced in 1963. | |||
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First 35mm Nikon camera is introduced. Hasselblad 1600F introduced. |
1948
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1963
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126 Cartridge / Instamatic Cameras are introduced. Polaroid introduces instant color film. |
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| Photograph of Earth from the moon. |
1969
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1972
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Kodak Pocket Instamatic Camera-110 is introduced. Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera. |
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| Canon AE-1, first 35mm camera with built in microprocessor, is introduced. |
1976
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1987
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Eastman Kodak announces the 1.4 megapixel CCD for digital cameras. USA Today begins to cover special events with the Canon RC-760 camera. Both Kodak and Fuji introduce novel disposable cameras, such as the Kodak Fling. |
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Kodak announces a 4 megapixel CCD. PhotoMac is the first image manipulation program available for the Macintosh computer |
1988
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1990
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Kodak announces the development of its Photo CD system. | |||
| Digital camera technology is released by most major camera manufacturers. |
1991 -
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Advanced Photo System (APS) is introduced, a new system of photography integrating a 24-mm film format, cameras, and photofinishing equipment. Features of the system include: leaderless cassette, easy loading and unloading, smaller cameras, three print formats - standard, moderate wide-angle, and panoramic - interchangeable on the same roll of film. Advantix Camera is introduced. |
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Digital Cameras widely available. Next geneartion able to capture 10 Megapixel and above. PC's, in some cases, now offer front access slots to plug in memory modules and devices. |
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