History of Video Production

By: Kendal Griggs

First Camera The first camera was made by Alexander Wolcott.

His camera design was invented on May 8, 1840. His invention made it possible for photos to be taken and not fade away with time.

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

First Video Recorder The Ampex Corporation created the first

videotape recorder, made by German scientists during World War II, in 1956.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

Television Camera In the 1920s, American engineer,  Philo Taylor

Farnsworth devised the television camera, an image dissector, which converted the image captured into an electrical signal.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

Home Videotape Recorders In 1963, the first home videotape recorders were

demonstrated. Ampex sold its version for $30,000. The unit was nicknamed, Grant's Tomb, for its size, as well as for the company's marketing director.

http://members.tripod.com/jonchew_producer/History_of_Television.htm

Color Photograph In 1861, the first color photograph is shown by

James Clerk Maxwell. http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history

-of-photography-and-videography.html

Full-color Movie In 1932, Disney creates the first full-color

movie cartoon, Flowers and Trees. http

://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

Megapixel Sensor In 1986, Kodak invented the world's first

megapixel sensor, capable of recording 1.4 million pixels that could produce a 5x7-inch digital photo-quality print.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldigitalcamera.htm

First Video Game Physicist Willy Higginbotham invented the first

video game at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. His game was a table tennis-like game.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html

First Machine The first machine in the United States that

showed animated pictures or movies was a device called the "wheel of life.” It was made in 1867, by William Lincoln.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

First Photographic Machine In 1836,  Louis-Jacques-Mande produced the

very first photographic machine that could capture images better than any of the earlier “camera” devices before him.

http://invention.yukozimo.com/who-invented-the-camera/

Calotype Henry Fox Talbot discovered the calotype

process in 1841. The calotype photo used paper coated with silver iodide. The resulting makes the image visible.

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

First Consumer Camcorder Sony demonstrated the first consumer

camcorder on May 11, 1980. http://

www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-video-cameras

First Image The first image that was fixed and did not

fade and needed under thirty minutes of light exposure, was invented by Louis Daguerre's on, May 11, 1837.

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-video-cameras

First Pinhole Camera The first pinhole camera was invented by

Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham in 1500. http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

Daguerreotype Camera In 1839, The Daguerreotype Camera was

invented by the French Academy of Sciences. One of these inventions is now the world’s most expensive cameras.

http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

First Panoramic Camera In 1859, the panoramic camera was invented

by Thomas Sutton. http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

First Stereoscope Viewer In 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes invented

stereoscope viewer. http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

Frist Still Camera In 1813/1814, The first 35mm still camera was

developed by Oskar Barnack. Later it became the standard for all film cameras.

http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

The First Photograph The first photograph was on a summer day in

1827, by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions

/a/stilphotography.htm

Interactive Games In 1967, Baer and his team invented

two interactive TV games. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimelin

e1.html#1965