Fun Facts About Photography

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  • The word photography originates from Greek, meaning drawing with light.
  • The word camera originates from the Latin word camera obscura which means dark chamber.
  • The first ever camera described in the history was a pin hole camera, dating back to 4th or 5th century.
  • All sensors of modern cameras only capture in black and white. It then calculates red, green and blue tits according to the luminance to add color to the picture.
  • The word's first color picture was photograph of a tartan ribbon produced by photographing it three times through red, blue and yellow filters then recombining the images into one color omposite.
  • English photographer Easweard Muybridge produced the first photo on movement in 1878 which subsequently set the stage for the first motion pictures.
  • The first known photograph of a tornado was taken on 28 August 1884, about 22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota by an unknown photographer.
  • The film used to capture the photos on NASA's Appolo 11 moon missions was manufactured by Kodak.
  • There are 12 Hasselblad cameras left on the surface of the moon today.
  • The chemicals used in the early days to develop photograph are poisonous and could be fatal if consumed.
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