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History of Photography Technologies - YAML

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