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Saturday, February 11, 2023
Basic timeline of photography
This post is a basic timeline of photography. There are 17 inventions listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- 1717: silver nitrate experiments with light
- 1777: silver chloride experiments with light
- 1790s: permanent image experiments using silver nitrate
- 1816: photograph using silver chloride
- 1832: mirror stereoscope
- 1839: daguerreotype
- 1839: glass negative
- 1841: calotype process
- 1844: lenticular stereoscope
- 1851: collodion process
- 1861: permanent color photograph
- 1881: pyrogallol, sulfite and citric acid formula
- 1907: Autochrome plate
- 1935: Kodachrome film
- 1957: binary digital version of the wirephoto drum
- 1969: charge-coupled device
- 1986: megapixel sensor