[BCE-1800]  [1825]  [1850]  [1875]  [1900]  [1925]  [1950]  [1975]  [1990]


        Sony introduces Betamax VCR

        George Eastman House shows »New Topographics« exhibition

        Fox Talbot Museum opens in Wiltshire, UK

        Center for Creative Photography established at the University of Arizona

        San Francisco Museum of Art presents »Women of Photography« exhibition

        1976

        National Endowment for the Arts is formed in the United States

        1977

        Apple home computer introduced

        1978

        Konica introduces first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera

        The »Fondation Nationale de la Photographie« is formed in Lyon, France

        Museum of Modern Art features »Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960« exhibition

        1979

        Hayward Gallery in London. UK hosts »Three Perspectives on Photography« exhibition which views photography from the fine art, socialist, and feminist perspectives

        Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY features »Eliot Porter: Intimate Landscapes« show

        Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris features Robert Doisneau retrospective

        1980

        Sony demonstrates first consumer camcorder

        1980-85

        Scitex, Hell, and Crosfield introduce computer imaging systems

        1981

        MTV begins broadcast

        1983

        National Museum of Photography Film and Television opens in Bradford, UK

        Ralph Gibson's »Syntax« exhibition travels across United States

        1984

        Sony markets first high-definition television system (HDTV)

        Canon demonstrates first electronic still camera

        Japanese newspapers cover the opening of the Olympics in Los Angeles with Canon RC-701 Still Video Cameras and analog transmitter

        »The Golden Age of British Photography« exhibition opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

        1985

        Pixar introduces digital imaging processor

        1986

        World conference establishes standards for sound, video, and digital recordings agreed to by manufacturers of all electronic still photography (ESP) and still video (SV) equipment

        Eastman Kodak announces the 1.4 megapixel CCD for digital cameras

        1987

        Canon produces RC-760 Still Video Camera with a 600,000 pixel CCD

        USA Today begins to cover special events with the Canon RC-760 camera

        Eastman Kodak enters the electronic still-video market with seven products for recording, storing, manipulating, transmitting and printing electronic still video images

        »Photography and Art: Interactions since 1946« exhibition opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

        1988

        Sony and Fuji announce new digital cameras

        Eastman Kodak announces a 4 megapixel CCD

        PhotoMac is the first image manipulation program available for the Macintosh computer

        1989

        Sony announces MCV-5000 twin ship camera with two separate CCD elements for luminance and chrominance

        Letraset releases Color Studio 1.0 (TM), the first professional image manipulation program for Macintosh computers

        One Hundred and Fifty years of photography is celebrated. Numerous books, including »Photography Until Now« and »On the Art of Fixing a Shadow« are published in connection with the event



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