History of Photography (A Timeline of significant events)

[yogestee]

1954 - Kodak Tri-X 400 first introduced..

A fast black and white film with relatively fine grain that became the favourite for photojournalists and reportage photographers throughout the world.

Remains relatively unchanged until today.

[yogestee]

1969 - Asahi Pentax releases the Asahi Pentax 67.

A medium format camera shoooting 6x7 format on 120/200 roll films. Modelled on a 35mm SLR only bigger. Like a 35mm SLR on steroids.

[Ionica]

1844 - Friedrich von Martens built a camera containing a swivelling lens that could take a panorama over an arc of 150 degrees.

1856 - John B. Dancer, an English optical instrument maker, patented a device that took two pictures simultaneously, through two lenses set slightly apart.