Evolution of Imaging

A Historical Timeline1875-1884

Blake Evans

Innovations1879

Zoopraxiscope- a fast camera shutter used to make the first photographs that show sequences of movement

Innovated by:Eadweard Muybridge

Innovations1882

The “fusi photographique” was developed in France. It was a camera shaped like a gun that could take twelve pictures per second

Etienne Marey Innovated by:

Innovations1884

Rolled Film was invented in 1884. It was the first form of film that could be placed into a camera.

Invented by: George Eastman

IterationsVery little was done to modify film during the late 1800s, except for the addition of the Eastman Dry Plate Company, founded in 1884 after George Eastman invented the flexible, paper-based photographic film.

Societal InfluencesThe new technology discovered in the late 1800s in photography created a revolution of camera development in the United States and around the world.

Societal Influences

As cameras became more common, they became more and more in demand. As the demand for them increased, so did the yearning for better camera technology.

The new and improved dry plates used to capture images made it easier for the photographer to take the picture

Bibliography

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/eastman.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Photography.htm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=52

http://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2007/12/08/etienne-marey-fusil-photographique