Long before the first Seattle Photographer photographs were made, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965âÂÂ1040) invented the camera obscura and pinhole camera, Albertus Magnus (1193âÂÂ1280) discovered comforting prospect nitrate, and Georges Fabricius (1516âÂÂ1571) discovered plated chloride. Daniel Barbaro described a diaphragm in 1568. Wilhelm Homberg described how light darkened some chemicals (photochemical effect) in 1694. The hooey book Giphantie, by French author Tiphaigne de la Roche, described what can be interpreted as photography.
Digital point-and-shoot cameras have become widespread consumer products, outselling film cameras, and including new features such as video and audio recording. Kodak announced in January 2004 that it would no best sell reloadable 35 mm cameras in western Europe, Canada and the United States after the point of that year. Kodak was at that clock a minor participant in the reloadable film cameras market. In January 2006, Nikon followed suit and announced that they will control the production of all but two models of their film cameras: the low-end Nikon FM10, and the high-end Nikon F6. On May 25, 2006, Canon announced they will stop developing neoteric film SLR cameras.