{"id":453,"date":"2010-04-28T10:32:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/?p=453"},"modified":"2010-08-09T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T18:56:21","slug":"cameras-history-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/453\/misc-projects\/history-and-facts-project\/cameras-history-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameras \u2013 Camera History And Facts | Historical Timeline – Invention of The Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Description:<\/strong>\u00a0 Historical timeline of the invention of the camera.\u00a0 A camera is a lightproof enclosed device with an aperture and shuttered lens used to take photographs of objects.\u00a0 Analog cameras transfer the photographic image to a photosensitive film or plate recording medium, whereas digital cameras use image sensors that convert optical images to electronic signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
400\u2019s BC<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 First Pinhole camera principles documented by Chinese philosopher Mozi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1011-1021<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 First camera obscura was built by the scientist Abu Ali Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham, born in Basra (965\u20131039 AD), Ibn al-Haytham (aka Alhacen, Alhazen) is credited with the invention of the camera obscura and pinhole camera.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1660\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First large transportable (portable) camera obscura was built by Irish scientist Robert Boyle and his assistant Robert Hooke.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1685<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First portable camera obscura that was small enough for practical use was built by Johann Zahn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1814<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First photograph taken by Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce by coating a pewter plate with bitumen and exposing the plate to light. First permanent photograph was made in 1826.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1856<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First underwater photograph taken by William Thompson using a watertight box.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1871\u20131880<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First concealed cameras and hidden cameras disguised as pocket watches, hats, or other objects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1942<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First analog CCTV cameras installed. German engineer Walter Bruch was responsible for the design and installation of the CCTV cameras.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First one-step instant camera built by Edwin Land (owner of the Polaroid Corporation) called the Land Camera or more commonly known as the Polaroid Land Camera.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First disposable cardboard camera built by Photo-Pac.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First self-contained amphibious underwater camera, the Calypso-Phot, built by Jean de Wouters for Jacques-Yves Cousteau.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First digital camera signals used in cameras over analog by NASA.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First \u201cfilm-less\u201d digital camera concept is credited to Eugene F. Lally.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First digital camera invented by Steven J. Sasson.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First IP camera was released in 1996 by Axis Communications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Description:\u00a0 Historical timeline of the invention of the camera.\u00a0 A camera is a lightproof enclosed device with an aperture and shuttered lens used to take photographs of objects.\u00a0 Analog cameras transfer the photographic image to a photosensitive film or plate recording medium, whereas digital cameras use image sensors that convert optical images to electronic signals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[175,177,173,174,176],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-and-facts-project","tag-analog-camera-history","tag-camera-historical-dates","tag-camera-history-and-facts","tag-digital-camera-history","tag-underwater-camera-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t