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History of Photography Technologies - TSV
The history of photography technology began with the world's first permanent photograph in 1826, evolving through daguerreotype, calotype, wet plate, dry plate, and roll film to modern digital cameras. This list chronologically organizes the important inventions and technologies that marked significant milestones in the evolution of photography, explaining the characteristics and historical significance of each technology.
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code slug name description country inventor year
01 heliography Heliography (First Photograph) The world's first permanent photograph using asphalt as a photosensitive material. France Nicéphore Niépce 1826
02 daguerreotype Daguerreotype The world's first practical photography technique using silver-plated copper plates. France Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre 1839
03 calotype Calotype (Negative-Positive Process) A reproducible photography technique creating positives from negatives. The prototype of modern photography. United Kingdom William Henry Fox Talbot 1841
04 wet-collodion Wet Collodion Process A high-quality, short-exposure photography technique using collodion-coated glass plates. United Kingdom Frederick Scott Archer 1851
05 dry-plate Dry Plate (Gelatin Dry Plate) A photography technique using gelatin emulsion that can be stored in a dry state. United Kingdom Richard Leach Maddox 1871
06 roll-film Roll Film A winding-type film with photosensitive emulsion coated on celluloid. Enabled mass popularization of photography. United States George Eastman 1888
07 35mm-film 35mm Film (Leica) A compact camera system that standardized the 24×36mm format. Germany Oskar Barnack (Ernst Leitz) 1925
08 color-film Color Film (Kodachrome) A practical subtractive color reversal film. United States Kodak (Leopold Godowsky Jr., Leopold Mannes) 1935
09 digital-camera Digital Camera A film-free camera technology that converts light to digital data using CCD. United States Steven Sasson (Kodak) 1975
10 mirrorless-camera Mirrorless Camera A digital camera without a reflex mirror. Enables compact size and high speed. Japan Panasonic (Lumix G1) 2008