U N I T 3 : P H O T O G RA P H I C H I S T O RY

THE HISTORY OF THE CAMERA

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

What do I know? What do I want to know? What did I learn?

Fill Me in Fill me In

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

1. Daguerreotype2. Cyanotype3. Salt Prints4. Callotype 5. Carbon Print 6. Collodion Negative7. Albumen Print8. Ambrotype9. Tintype10. Dry Plate11. Autochrome12. 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!!!