History of the camera

What is a camera obscura? What is the principal of optics that makes it work? “A camera obscura, which is literally means ‘darkened room.’ It uses a lens and a sequence of mirrors to project an image of the surrounding landscape onto a viewing surface.” (http://www.scopex.co.za/files/Camera-obscura-ML-1207.pdf) “The principle of optics that makes it work was light travels in a straight line and when some of the rays reflected form a bright subject passes through a small hole in thin material…

When he introduced the Kodak camera in 1888, he coined the slogan, "you press the button, we do the rest," and within a year, it became a well-known phrase in every household. His new process allowed for people to purchase cameras fully loaded with film, and send the camera back to Kodak in Rochester to be developed and reloaded with a new roll of film and sent back. For the next hundred or so years, Kodak and its rising competitors innovate and fine tune their cameras to revolutionize…

Body History Photography was difficult during the Civil War, especially those who ventured out to the battlefields with their cameras. It was a difficult and time consuming process. Photographers had to carry all of their heavy equipment, including their darkroom, by wagon. Cameras in the time of the Civil War were bulky and difficult to maneuver. Which made it a lot more difficult for the photographers to photograph the war. They also had to position the camera just right so the camera would…

Curiosity is one of Earth’s most valuable probes when it comes to researching Mars. It is also arguably one of the most interesting and useful probes.The history, mission and design all make up curiosity. The history of curiosity starts ruggedly when the $2.5 billion rover almost met its untimely end with an audacious landing. Due to its cumbersome weight NASA scientists had to create a different landing plan that that of the probes prior to it. Instead of using a simple parachute system it had…

picture is almost like looking through a window. Hence the name. The picture was taken from one of the oldest and first cameras ever. The photographer took a picture of buildings surrounding his estate. The first digital cameras were invented in 1975. When Russell Kirsch made a 176×176 pixel digital image by taking a photograph of his 3 month old son. It was said that the digital camera was actually invented two decade before Russell. Russell made the first pixel picture the…

photos for a long time to remember those days one had. Not as when it had just came out for the reason it was new and didn 't have much care about it. Within taking a photo it has a connections in history and the ways on how it develop. As well as time has pasted by technology it has also updated from the cameras they use…

its History “But first let me take a selfie.” Those are the lyrics from the band The Chainsmokers. Taking pictures has become a social norm in our present society today almost to the point where people take it for granted or even thinking about how far we have come with this technology. In order to inform people about how far we have come this paper will take its reader(s) on a ride on through the history of photography starting from the very beginning. Then work its way up throughout history…

surface. (Dorling Kindersley. 2007). In this report, I will be exploring the photographic inventions made by inventors overtime. The photographic discoveries that I will be exploring are The Daguerreotype, Twin Lens, Color film, Digital camera and, Mobile phone camera. The purpose of me choosing these discoveries is because they have…

#Hasselblad is designed as a specialist studio and field camera [写真挿入] Leica, Hasselblad, Rollei, and Linhof are my favorite adoring cameras. Especially, Hasselblad seems to have a strong image of a high fashion model. Viewing through a waist-level finder and looking at a photo model symbolize a typical stereotype of a professional photographer. # History of Hasselblad Hasselblad was established in Sweden. It has an origin of an aerial camera during the World WarⅡ and was officially…

History of Photography Although many may know what photography is, they do not know how far it has come from the beginning of its time. Photography, in itself, is one of the fastest growing hobbies in today’s world. Many believed it was “the killer of fine art” (Tolmachev) as it began to develop. The changes of photography and the people who have contributed to its advancement, have played a vital part in bringing it from its humble beginnings to its present day technological astonishment.…