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Invention of the Camera

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Jamie Slaughter, with 17238 views
  

Camera

It is next to impossible to capture a photo without a camera. A camera is a device, which enables the recording of still and moving photographs within seconds. Without camera, it was never possible to capture good memories.

Camera was first designed by Joseph N. Niepce, who was from France, a retired Military Officer. He invented the first camera in 1826 in France. His camera known as "Obscura" had two wooden boxes out of which one box had a lens and the other had a screen, which was green in color. He then invented a diaphragm, which helped in the clarity of the image by sharpening the image.

The first discovery of the camera was made by a German Mathematician, Friedrich Risner. As there were more and more developments in the technology of camera, this led to improvement in the quality of pictures, film, flash and color pictures. With all these improvements and the developments in the camera, today we are able to see our past in our present. If there were no camera to capture our past, it would have been simply impossible to record our memories and moments of the past.

Alhazen was the person, who invented the first Pinhole Camera, also known as "Camera Obscura". It made the people know the true reason as to why the image often was upside down. Joseph N. Niepce made the first photographic image. The main idea of Joseph was to capture the image by making the light draw the picture.

With many inventors, there was a development of a modern photography. In 1829, it was Louis Daguerre in partnership with Joseph N. Niepce, who made a major improvement in photography. However, soon after the death of Joseph N. Niepce, Louis took over the charge to develop the most modern photography, which was named with his name as daguerreotype. He together with the son of Niepce sold its right to the government of France. He then gained a wide popularity and subsequently, there were as many as seventy photo studios developed in the city of New York.


Wet Plates Negatives

In the era of 1800, centaury wet plates negatives came into existence. Solutions of collodion were used. A wet plate was created by using a silver salt, which was coated over the glass. It is called as a negative wet plate. There was just one disadvantage of the wet plates, as the images were made to be developed before the emulsion could get dried up.


Dry Plate Negatives

Here, instead of a solution, a dried solution of gelatin was used to spread over the dry plate. It was much easier to store these plates for a considerable period, as it did without being dried up. These plates had a capacity to absorb light rapidly, which is now possible in today's cameras.


Color Photographs
In 1940s, films were created using three dye layers that combined to form a color image. In addition, a modern process was used to create color photograph’s using dye colors.



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Comments |31 posts

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  • alison says on 9th April 2012Wow that is so, cool !!!!!!
  • carshton says on 29th March 2012Cool
  • carlos says on 29th February 2012Realy this is all fake lol
  • Regina Nez says on 22nd February 2012Whats your best camera in the past, and what the best camera in 1870s.....lol....:)....hahaha
  • keta says on 15th February 2012This is helpful but maybe is needs more info.
  • anonymoous says on 15th February 2012Haha
  • maria says on 13th February 2012I need more info!

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  • perla says on 18th January 2012I never knew such things

  • :) says on 7th September 2011Haha.
  • miranda says on 7th March 2011People are so stupidddd!
  • Alle says on 6th March 2011Awesome info. :d
  • hilllow says on 3rd March 2011Can I buy one :oops:
  • eggi says on 24th February 2011Nice with dis I will help my friends
  • Rosezaria says on 21st February 2011Grazie! ;)
  • nigel says on 17th February 2011I win :oops:
  • beeesssss says on 17th February 2011Good for a research paper! :)
  • candy says on 8th February 2011Awesome!!
  • sachin cha says on 4th February 2011I cant say its so cute :)
  • jhanine says on 27th January 2011Hmmmmmmmmm ... I like ol the newest invented gadgets ;) :lol:
  • khemil says on 25th January 2011What the name of men
  • JK says on 5th January 2011Its a good invention...and thnkx for bringing to notice about the inventors!!!!! 8) :p
  • Abhishek L says on 19th December 2010Thanx to these inventors who gave the idea of capturing memories to the people...and every one should know who developed camera and whose ideas we are using these days...
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