History of Video Production By: Houston Hart

Camera Evolution Pinhole Camera Daguerreotype Camera Wolcott Camera Panoramic Camera Stereoscope Viewer Kodak roll –film camera The brownie The raise camera 35mm still camera (candid camera) The Polaroid camera Konica Sony Fuji Kodak Apple Quick Take

Camera Evolution J-SH04 Cannon EOS 5-D

First Pinhole Camera 1500 First Pinhole camera, invented by Alhazen.

The Daguerreotype 1839 The Daguerreotype Camera was announced by the French Academy of Sciences.

Wolcott Camera 1840 The first American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

First Panoramic Camera 1859 The panoramic camera patented by Thomas Sutton.

Stereoscope viewer 1861 Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.

Kodak roll-film 1888 George Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera. Eastman was a pioneer in photographic films usage.

The Brownie 1900 First mass-marketed camera – the Brownie was presented by Eastman. It was on sale until 1960s.

Raisecamera 1900 The Raisecamera (travel camera) was invented.

First 35mm still camera 1913/1914 The first 35mm still camera (also called candid camera ) developed by Oskar Barnack of German Leica Camera.

Polaroid camera 1948 Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera which could take a picture and print it in one minute

Underwater Camera 1960 EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.

Point-and-Shoot 1978 Konica introduces the first point-and- shoot, autofocus camera Konica C35 AF. It was named “Jasupin”.

First digital electronic still camera 1981 Sony demonstrates the Sony Mavica – the world’s first digital electronic still camera.

First professional digital camera system 1991 Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was of a great use for photojournalists. It was a modified Nikon F-3 camera with a 1.3 megapixel sensor.

Apple QuickTake The first digital cameras for the consumer-level market that worked with a home computer via a serial cable were the Apple QuickTake 100 camera (February 17, 1994), the Kodak DC40 camera (March 28, 1995), the Casio QV-11 (with LCD monitor, late 1995), and Sony’s Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera (1996).

Canon EOS 5D 2005 The Canon EOS 5D is launched. This is first consumer-priced full- frame digital SLR with a 24x36mm CMOS sensor.

First motion Picture 1878 The First Motion Picture Ever Made The Horse In Motion

First full length color movie 1935 The first full length color movie 'Becky Sharpe html

FIRST FILM RECORDED 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene A

first American television picture 1926 the first American television picture is broadcast from Arlington, Virginia to Washington, D.C. It is a picture of a weather map. tv_firsts.html tv_firsts.html

NBC Colorcasting November 22, 1953 "The Colgate Comedy Hour“ colorTV/NBCcolortape.ht ml colorTV/NBCcolortape.ht ml

Warner Bros. Founded April 4, 1918 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Founded