Photographic Technology

TimelineQuinn Caesar-Williams

Table of Contents• 3. Calotype Process• 5. Wet Plate Collodtion• 7. Color Separation Method• 9. First Simplified Camera• 11. Film Rolls• 12. Color Film• 14. Camcorder• 16. Digital Cameras• 17. Camera Phones

1841 – Calotype Process

• •Introduced by Fox Talbot • •Later known as the "Talbotype” process• •This was a negative/positive process that only took a few minutes• The process involved much shorter exposure times in the camera

(one hour compared to one minute)• Because of this production became much more convenient which

allowed work to get out faster

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1851 – Wet Plate Collodtion

• Introduced by English sculptor Fredrick Scott Archer• This process was done by spreading a mixture of collodion

and chemicals on sheets of glass• Being much simpler, this process quickly became popular• The wet plate process is also able to capture extremely

sharp detail making it the best, and most used option at the time

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1861 – Color Separation Method• Introduced by Scottish physicist James Clerk-Maxwell• This method was achieved by using three black and white photographs• *Each photo must be taken using a colored filter*• After this, the photos were turned into lantern slides and projected in

registration with the same color filter• This was important because color separation allows viewers to focus on

sole parts of an image• The color separation brought greater detail to images thus making

peoples work more attrative

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1888 – First Simplified Camera

• Introduced by George Eastman• The Kodak Number 1• First general camera open for the public• Also the first mass developing service• This was a huge milestone fortechnology everywhere

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1889 – Film Rolls

• The first commercial transparent roll film put out by Eastman and his team was in 1889

• The availability of this made possible the development of Thomas Edison's motion picture camera in 1891

• This advance made development much easier and more convenient thus making workflow much faster

1963 – Color Film

• Company founded by Edwin H. Land in 1937• Developed by Polaroid • First color instant film (Instamatic)• Also was the first to introduce underwater photography

(Nikonos) • Color was new at the time so any pieces of work involvingIt often grabbed peoples attention

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1980 - Camcorder

• Sony introduced the first camcorder for capturing moving picture

• The Betamovie BMC-100P used a Betamax cassette• Being able to record video allowed photojournalists

everywhere to bring their work to another level• This device paved the way for video recording of the

future

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1984 – Digital Cameras

• Introduced by Canon • This device was the first digital still camera on the market• Allowed photojournalists to take images at the best

possible quality and easily upload to the computer if need be

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2000 - Camera phone

• Introduced in Japan by Sharp/J-Phone• This allowed access to capture a moment at virtually

anytime• Images were able to be uploaded to computers• The above device also paved the way for camera phones of

the future• Today camera phones are one of the more popular ways of

capturing an image due to the veratility

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