Worlds First Photo
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The worlds first photo was taken by Joseph Niepce in France in 1826. It took an exposure time of 8 hours and is on an 8″x 6.5″ pewter plate. The photo has been on display at the University of Texas since 1964.
The above photo taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872 is said to be the worlds first color photograph. The photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France.
Fascinating! It’s interesting to note that a color photo in 1872 is actually quite good in quality all things considered.
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The french cannot be trusted! ;P
Aw, c’mon, surely the world’s first photo was XXX.
ohhhh newyorkdude you are just toooooo naughty!!
lawl!
How many Mega pixels was that first picture?
It is so amazing how technology has advanced but it is even more amazing how technology started.
Lol, would someone please slap Personal Trainer for this question?
But surely you did realise that this picture was taken some good 100 years before even the most trivial of computers was even invented. Pfffh, pixels….
lol…megapixels
Fake. The Color picture has a digital timestamp on it. Wtf.
Personal Trainer was obviously joking >_>
Hebrew Hammer –
sometimes people wrote on the pictures as a reference.
I don’t believe that is a time stamp. Look how long the writing is, it is obviously a location and year. Time stamps are often just a day/month/year combo of some sort.
Great post, is that really a time stamp on the first color photo though?
Thank you evenj. No its not a time stamp it appears to be Louis Ducos name hand written along with a date . Thanks again!
Interesting. It really looks old.!!