The History of Camera and Photography
Camera and Photography has a relatively long history spanning back into the 17th century. It was in the 1800s that the term ‘photography’ was first coined. ‘Photos’ denotes light and ‘graphein’ denotes draw according to the Greek language. The originator of this word ‘Photography’ is Sir John F.W. Herschel who was a scientist at that time.
The earliest camera was a pinhole camera made during the Renaissance age. It was called Camera Obscura. Unfortunately cameras made at that time were only able to project images onto paper or glass, but where not able to record those images in film and print.
In the 1800s, the Calotype process was invented. This process used light-sensitive paper to record images from the cameras.
The technological pace moves on unrelentlessly and the first 35mm still camera was produced in 1913.
One of the major player in the field of digital camera and photography is Kodak. In the early 199os, a professional digital camera system by Kodak was launched. This product had a 1.3 mega pixel sensor that was a hit at that time.
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