2. CALOTYPE 1841
Calotype pictures were made from silver
chloride sensitized papers. In order to get a
picture, the paper had to be exposed to the
camera until the picture was able to be seen.
Henry Fox Talbot (1835)
3. COLLODION 1851
William Micklethwaite (1850) Pictures developed using the
collodion process took about 15
minutes. “The photographic
material had to be coated,
sensitized, exposed and
developed.” It was used for
mainly landscape and art
photography. Everything had to
be done before the plate dried
and it needed a portable
darkroom.
4. DRY PLATE 1871
Vienna, Albertina (1862) Sometimes called the gelatin
process. It required a whole lot of
chemicals and a dark room to get
the pictures. It captured many
details and took ten minutes to get
a pictures partly because of slow
photography speed.
5. ROLL FILM 1888
Collection of National Media Museum/Kodak Museum (1890)
Spool type of film using white light to
print pictures. After the development of
this, photographers were able to take a
couple with them and made taking lot of
pictures more portable. They were also
small enough to pack. The spool was
attached to one side of the camera and
the film was pulled across, as pictures
were taken more film on the spool was
rolled out.
6. SPEED GRAPHIC CAMERA
1912
The State Journal-Register (1929)
Called press cameras. Most
commonly used by the press up until
the 1960s. It was a very slow camera,
each time the photographer used the
camera they had to change the film
sheet and refocus the camera. Taking
the time to do all this can cause
photographers to loose precious time
and made take a bunch of pictures a
long time. Photographers had to time
everything at the correct moment to
know when to take the picture or less
they would loose it.
7. 35 MM 1913
Luminous Landscapes
Was used for photography and film. It
now included color and can be rotated to
widescreen. It was very versatile at
capturing moments in photography and
movies. The lens were able to maually
focus. The top cameras today I would say
are nikon and canon. It was the closest to
the focal composition of the human eye.
8. ROTOGRAVURE 1930
Eliott and Fry (1880) It engraved an image onto an image
carrier. It uses a rotary printing press and
engraved onto a cylinder. “The pictures
printed on this would survive large
printing runs without the pictures
degrading or fading.” The pictures often
came out in good quality.
9. POLAROID 1948
Polaroid cameras were called instant cameras. As
soon as you took a picture, it was instantly printed
on a polaroid paper which slid out of a slot on the
camera. After a few seconds of shaking the paper
the picture would appear. It let photojournalist
have the ability to retake a picture after seeing if
they got it right or not the fist few times. Polaroid
pictures couldn't’t be altered, and often came out
to be a lot darker then what is actually seen.
David Bartholow
10. DISPOSABLE CAMERA 1986
Disposable Cameras are only used one time hence the
name “disposable”. It used with a film roll and
sometimes flash. It was cheap enough you can buy a
couple at a time and if you are somewhere and you get
your camera stolen or misplaced is wasn’t too missed
unless there was some great shot on there. After using
all the roll, one would take it to a camera center to have
it developed. Disposable cameras delayed
photojournalist getting their pictures out there because
of the amount of time it take to get the camera
pictures developed and printed.
Hannah Kristina Metz
11. CAMERA PHONES 1990
Philippe Kahn 1997
With most phones coming
with cameras, it only makes
sense that most pictures are
being taken with them. If you
just happen to be out and
something incredible worth
documenting happen you won’t
always have your camera with
you but you will have your
phone. Now a days most
people are using instagram and
various social websites to get
pictures taken from their
camera phones on there.
12. WIFI-ENABLED DSLRS 2012
Richard Jones Wifi enabled cameras made it easier for
photojournalist to take pictures and send it
directly to their computer, email, or even
printers. It makes getting that picture out to
the public that much faster, with no wait or
hassles. The thing is not many places outside
the US necessarily have wifi, without the wifi
it just serves as a regular digital camera.
