J.N.Niépce,
J.M.Daguerre,
W.F.H. Talbot
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J.N.Niépce, J.M.Daguerre, W.F.H. Talbot |
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June 24, 1839 Hippolyte Bayard showed his pictures in an exposition - the first one worldwide! |
sliding box cameras |
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1840 Joseph Petzval (1807-1891) computes an
achromatic lens with an aperture of 1:3,6. |
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P.W.F.Voigtländer,Wien |
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1843 W.F.H. Talbot claims patent
for an enlarging lens |
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Jules Dubosq, London |
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1851 Ignazio Porro takes pictures with
a "telephoto" lens and constructs a lens with variable
apertures |
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Thomas Sutton, England |
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1862 William England constructs a focal
plane shutter |
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(John Trail Taylor, England) The complete flash history |
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around 1907 flash bulbs (Cenei,Germany) around 1928 'Blitzkolben' 1935 synchronized cameras (Ihagee,Germany) 1938 first synchronized leaf shutter (Gauthier,Germany) |
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1865 C.A. Steinheil constructs a periscope
with an aperture of 75 mm |
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L.Ducos du Hauron |
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1875 Werner Siemens constructs selen cells for photometric purposes |
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(initally as 'magazine cameras') |
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(Marion & Co. "Academy") |
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Adolphe Bertsch,Paris "chambre automatique" " |
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R.D.Gray, New York "Stirns" |
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J.Shew "Eclipse" |
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(produced in larger series) |
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George Lowdon |
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1887 The feet scale can be found on the folding bed of the camera from now on |
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"Protar", Paul Rudolph |
Cooke 1893 Aldis Anastigmat 1901 Heliar 1902 Tessar 1902 Dagor 1904 Xpres 1914 Aviar 1918 |
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1890 The Single reflex camera gets a folding mirror behind the lens (Watson) |
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Jules Carpentier, France |
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1895 George Houghton constructs a camera with vertical and horizontal adjustment of the front plate |
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rollfilm & plate camera |
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1898 J.Poljakow constructs a camera with automatically controlled speed |
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('stamp' camera) |
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around 1900 automatic self timer introduced ( Autopose ) |
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1904 double exposure prevention is introduced
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1916 rangefinder coupled with lens(Kodak) |
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1932 extinction meter attached to/build in camera (Voigtländer) |
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1934 first coupled rangefinder camera produced in series (Zeiss Ikon) |
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1959 first camera with programmed automatic exposure (Agfa Optima) |
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build-in electric motor -drive |
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and automatic film speed reading |
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According to Dmitry
KOPP ,system administrator,Research & Design Center, Kometa (Comet) -- first camera with
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auto focus system |
Konishiroku Tokyo Japan |
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Sony Tokyo Japan |
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*own research; *Robert White: Discovering old cameras, Shire, 1981; *Gesellschaft für Photohistorica, Frankfurt *Photodeal,Neuss *G.Ihrke: Zeitafel zur Geschichte der Fotografie, Leipzig 1982 ***Thanks to Horst Lohse for all his inputs! |
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