Early 1910s
Oskar Barnack in Germany, working for the E. Leitz company, invents a miniature camera that uses perforated strips of 35-mm film for 36 exposures. The camera will be introduced to the market not until 1924.
A 35-mm roll film
1871 |
| A new era of photography begins. The amateur English photographer R. L. Maddox produces a successful dry plate that retains ist light-sensitivity after drying. The dry plate represents a turning point in photography. For the first time the camera was freed from a stand. The result of this inventions are smaller and more portable cameras. The shutter speed becomes fast enough to freeze motion. |
1880s |
| The American Gerorge Eastman puts flexible paper-roll film on the market. |
1887 |
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H. Goodwin puts the firs celluloid-roll film on the market. Many photographers begin to use the medium to document social problems. |
1889 |
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He introduces the first Kodak camera with the slogan: "Push the button and we do the rest." The era of massmarket photography begins. |
Early 1910s |
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Oskar Barnack in Germany, working for the E. Leitz company, invents a miniature camera that uses perforated strips of 35-mm film for 36 exposures. The camera will be introduced to the market not until 1924. |
A 35-mm roll film |
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