Scribd
Upload
694 views6 pages

The Evolution of Camera

The document traces the evolution of the camera from its earliest conceptualizations to modern digital cameras. It details key developments such as the first photograph taken by Niépce in 1827 using a "dark room", the invention of the daguerreotype by Daguerre in 1839, the development of roll film making cameras more portable by Eastman in the 1880s, and the creation of the first instant print camera by Land in 1948. The document also discusses the invention of the first digital camera by Kodak in 1975 and the introduction of the first camera phone in 1999. Modern cameras have become highly sophisticated technologies combining excellent image quality with video and computer-like features.

Uploaded by

Birsan Laurentiu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
694 views6 pages

The Evolution of Camera

The document traces the evolution of the camera from its earliest conceptualizations to modern digital cameras. It details key developments such as the first photograph taken by Niépce in 1827 using a "dark room", the invention of the daguerreotype by Daguerre in 1839, the development of roll film making cameras more portable by Eastman in the 1880s, and the creation of the first instant print camera by Land in 1948. The document also discusses the invention of the first digital camera by Kodak in 1975 and the introduction of the first camera phone in 1999. Modern cameras have become highly sophisticated technologies combining excellent image quality with video and computer-like features.

Uploaded by

Birsan Laurentiu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as ODT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 6

THE EVOLUTION OF CAMERA

1. Introduction
An indispensable object nowadays, whether we use it only for important events in
our lives and holidays or we are passionate about photography, the camera needed more than
200 years to become what it is today.
From the time of Aristotle (384-322 BC) there was talk of the so-called "dark
room", noting that if a hole was made in a box, on the opposite wall, a real image would be
formed, but overturned. All kinds of improvements followed, by adding convex lenses or
concave mirrors - to restore the image.

2. First camera
The first tool to take photographs was the "dark room", a very old technique used
by the great Leonardo da Vinci himself in 1519, about 500 years ago. It was used to capture
images from the outside, especially buildings through a hole in the wall, and these images
were projected inverted on a piece of paper or a wall of the dark room, so they could be
recreated very precisely by the author.

Using the "dark room", Niépce also made the first modern photo, an image of his
courtyard, whose made lasted 8 hours.
June or July 1827 (Niépce)

3. Daguerre and the Invention of Photography

On January 7, 1839, members of the


French Académie des Sciences were shown
products of an invention that would forever
change the nature of visual representation:
photography. Each daguerreotype (as
Daguerre dubbed his invention) was a one-of-
a-kind image on a highly polished, silver-
plated sheet of copper.

Daguerreotype Camera

4. George Eastman- first roll film

In 1884, Eastman patented the first film in roll form to prove practicable; he had been
working at home to develop it. In 1888, he perfected the Kodak Black camera, which was the
first camera designed to use roll film.
5. Edwin Land- Polaroid camera (1948)

Edwin Land invented the Polaroid


camera which could take a picture and
print it in about one minute. In New York
City, he invented the first inexpensive
filters capable of polarizing light which he
called Polaroid film. He was not
associated with an educational institution
and lacked the tools of a proper
laboratory, making this a difficult
endeavor, so he would sneak into a
laboratory at Columbia University late at
night to use their equipment.
Polaroid camera

6. Kodak released the first professional digital camera system

In 1975, a 24-year-old engineer named Steven


Sasson invented digital photography while
working at Eastman Kodak by creating the
world’s first digital camera. The 8-pound
camera that Sasson put together shot 0.01-
megapixel black-and-white photos and recorded
them to cassette tapes. Each photo took 23
seconds to create, and the only way to view the
photos was to read the data from the tape and
display it onto a standard television screen.

First professional digital camera

7. The world’s first camera phone (1999)

A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture photos and often record
video using one or more built-in digital cameras. It can also send the resulting image over the
telephone function. The first commercial camera phone was the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-
210, released in Japan in May 1999. It was a cordless phone as distinct from a cellular mobile
phone.

The camera phone, like many complex systems, is the result of converging and
enabling technologies. Compared to digital cameras, a consumer-viable camera in a mobile
phone would require far less power and a higher level of camera electronics integration to
permit the miniaturization.
Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210

8. Present day

Now just over a year old, the Z6 still retains its position as the best camera. The Z6
combines both excellent stills and 4K video quality with everything else that's key for a full-
frame mirrorless camera.
9. Conclusion

Photography has come a long way in its relatively short history. In almost 200 years,
the camera developed from a plain box that took blurry photos to the high-tech mini
computers found in today's DSLRs and smartphones. Even the most basic point-and-shoot
camera now takes higher quality images than Niépce’s pewter plate, and smartphones can
easily pull off a high-quality printed photograph.

10. Bibliography

 https://blog.f64.ro/2014/12/24/aparatul-de-fotografiat-repere-cronologice/

 https://www.lectiidefotografie.ro/istoria-fotografiei-imagini-evolutia-
fotografiei/

 https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm

 https://petapixel.com/2017/09/21/kodak-said-digital-photography-1975/

 https://en.wikipedia.org

You might also like