Monday, February 1, 2010

History of Photography; Part II

I. George Eastman made up the word "Kodak" himself
  1. Wanted to make cameras "as convenient as a pencil."
II. Color
  1. As early as 1890's
  2. Kodachrome 1930's
  3. FKTachrome (slides) 1940
  4. KodaColor (for negatives) 1942
III. Edwin Landis & George Wheelwright (Polaroid)
  1. 1930's "Polarizing Process"
  • Polarizing filters
  • Lenses
  • Sunglasses
  • Optics (all kinds of equipment during WWII)
  • 3-D Movies
  • "Vectorgrams" (help with espionage during WWII)
2. First "Instant Camera" 1946

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