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==History==

==History==

Louis Daguerre invented a rudimentary imaging device in France, in 1839.  The images, known as "daguerrotypes," were directly made onto metal slides covered with photo-reactive material.  As a result, no photo negatives were required.  Daguerrotypes required long exposures, so were not practical for many applications.

Louis Daguerre invented a rudimentary imaging device in France, in 1839.  The images, known as "daguerrotypes," were directly made onto metal slides covered with photo-reactive material.  As a result, no photo negatives were required.  Daguerrotypes required long exposures, so were not practical for many applications.

 

The camera as we know it today was invented by [[George Eastman]] in 1880. Eastman's first camera used the "dry plate" method, which involved the manipulation of heavy glass slides coated with light-reflecting [[silver nitrate]] powder. Rolled film would not invented for two decades. Eastman founded the [[Eastman Kodak Company]] in 1885, the same year he patented the brand name [[Kodak]]for his particular style of hand-held camera. ("Kodak", meaning a type of camera, should not be confused with [[Kodiak]], a species of [[bear]].)  Kodak would go on to become the world's largest producer of photographic film.

The camera as we know it today was invented by [[George Eastman]] in 1880. Eastman's first camera used the "dry plate" method, which involved the manipulation of heavy glass slides coated with light-reflecting [[silver nitrate]] powder. Rolled film would not invented for two decades. Eastman founded the [[Eastman Kodak Company]] in 1885, the same year he patented the brand name [[Kodak]]for his particular style of hand-held camera. ("Kodak", meaning a type of camera, should not be confused with [[Kodiak]], a species of [[bear]].)  Kodak would go on to become the world's largest producer of photographic film.