Have you ever wondered how photography started?

When was the camera invented?

Camera Obscura: 500 BCE - 1600 CE

Camera Obscura: 500 BCE 1600 CE

In the past, artists used a tool called " camera obscura" which projected an image onto paper or canvas. This allowed them to easily draw landscapes and renderings of architecture that were accurate even without any outside sources for reference material; this idea dates back hundreds if not thousands years ago! The earliest historical mention I've found so far was from China where they describe its use around 500 CE but how did our understanding start?

Early Optics: 1400s - 1700s

Early Optics: 1400s - 1700s During the 16th century, artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci created sketches on how to build a camera obscura. In these papers he included not just pinholes but also simple glasses lenses which would be used for viewing objects in bright light without any loss of detail due both their transparency as well as forming an image erectly by using rays from each eye one at time through different openings onto what you're seeing outside so it becomes real life size! It wasn't until centuries later when people discovered that this device could photographs too - thanks again astronomer who came up with film first.

Developing a Film Timeline: 1604 - 1827

Developing a Film Timeline: 1604 1827

Johannes Kepler, an astronomer and generally all around smart guy gets credit for coining the term photograph in 1604. He was referring to using telescopic optics when you project light onto paper or canvas so that stars can be drawn upon it with ease by looking through your own two eyes! In 1717, Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered that when exposed to light his solution would darken. The problem now was how do you stop this process? He found out if you put a transparent layer over the image it would become fixed and not change any more!

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