02.08 The History Of Photography Quiz

The calotype was named after the Greek word kalos, meaning "beautiful."

The daguerreotype process was inexpensive and easy for just about anyone to use.

In the early days of photography, cameras were limited to professional photographers because of the knowledge needed to work the cameras and develop the images with various chemicals.

Richard Maddox created the first 35mm camera.

By the 1850s, daguerrotypes cost anywhere from 50 cents to 10 dollars apiece.

The technology that contributed to digital cameras came from spy satellites used during the Cold War.

The collodion process was significantly more expensive than the cost of a daguerreotype.

Frederick Scott Archer introduced the concept of combining artificial and natural light in the studio.

The pinhole camera was invented in 1811.

The development of instant cameras is generally credited to Oskar Barnack, an American scientist.

What camera introduced the concept of a "snap-shot"?

When did Kodak introduce film photography to the commercial market?

Who created the first photograph?

Autochrome Lumiere was which of the following?

What was the benefit of a caloytpe over a daguerreotype?

What substance was the first photograph made from?

What was the first commercial photography process?

The first commercially available digital camera was which of the following?

Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky invented which of the following?