History of Video Production

1. History of Video Production By: Kendal Griggs

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. First Video Game • Physicist Willy Higginbothaminvented the first video game at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. His gamewas a table tennis-like game. • http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html

10. 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

11. 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/

12. 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

13. First Consumer Camcorder • Sony demonstrated the first consumer camcorder on May 11, 1980. • http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-video-cameras

14. 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

15. First Pinhole Camera • The first pinhole camera was invented by Alhazen (IbnAl-Haytham in 1500. • http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

16. 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/

17. First Panoramic Camera • In 1859, the panoramic camera was invented by Thomas Sutton. • http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

18. First Stereoscope Viewer • In 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes invented stereoscope viewer. • http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

19. 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/

20. 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

21. Interactive Games • In 1967, Baer and his team invented two interactive TV games. • http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html#1965