Izithombe ezithathwe ngekhamera yokuqala yabathengi emhlabeni: i-Kodak No. 1

INational Media Museum ikhiphe uchungechunge lwezithombe ezithwetshulwe ngekhamera yabathengi yokuqala emhlabeni eyakhishwa ngo-1888, i-Kodak No. 1.

I-Kodak ibiyinkampani enkulu yezithombe emhlabeni. Ukuwa kwayo sekuqale ngemuva kokusungulwa kwekhamera yedijithali lapho i-Kodak yehluleka ukwethula eyodwa abathengi, kuyilapho izimbangi zayo zingangabazanga ukubamba lelo thuba.

Ikhamera yokuqala yomhlaba yabathengi emhlabeni yiKodak No. 1

Ngaphambi kweminyaka yama-1980, i-Kodak yayinamandla amakhulu okucabanga futhi yazi nokwenza ibhizinisi. Inkampani yaseMelika idunyiswa ngokwethulwa kwekhamera yokuqala yabathengi emhlabeni. Idivayisi ikhishwe ngo-1888 ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Kodak No. 1".

Idivayisi yokuvuna yenziwe ngebhokisi lokhuni elimbozwe ngesikhumba. Ukube umuntu ubengayibuka engazi ukuthi iyikhamera, ubengaba nenkinga yokuchaza injongo yayo.

INational Media Museum ikhipha izithombe ezithathwe ngeKodak No. 1

Kunoma ikuphi, i-Kodak No. 1 isalokhu iyisetshenziswa esiyisithonjana, esiqubule inguquko yezithombe. Ithengiswe ngokuthi "Ucindezela inkinobho, senza okunye", okwakuyisiqubulo esihle sekhamera engabizi kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.

Ukuze uhloniphe lezi zinsizakusebenza eziguqukayo, iNational Media Museum ishicilele uchungechunge lwezithombe ezithwetshulwe ngayo. Izithombe zinokubukeka okumangalisayo kokuvuna, okuhlale kuyintokozo ukubona emhlabeni ophethwe izithombe zedijithali.

Inqubo yokwenziwa kwezithombe yayinde

Bambalwa abantu abakhumbulayo ukuthi isiqubulo esishiwo ngenhla besingakwazi ukuqhela eqinisweni. Ukumane ucindezele inkinobho nakanjani bekungeke kuthathe isibhamu, ngoba abathwebuli bezithombe bekufanele bayivule ifilimu, badonse intambo ukuvula i-shutter, bese ekugcineni bacindezele inkinobho ukuthatha isithombe.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, sasingekho isibuko sokubuka, okusho ukuthi abasebenzisi babedubula bengaboni futhi kwakudingeka basungule ukubiyela ngokuqagela. Cabanga ukuthi kwakuphelele lapho? Cabanga futhi, njengoba ngemuva kokubamba ukuvezwa okungu-100, abathwebuli bezithombe baphoqeleka ukuba bathumele ikhamera ku-Kodak ukuyothuthukisa ifilimu nokuyishintsha ngenye entsha sha.

Imiphumela yayiqukethe imidwebo eyikhulu emise okweyisiyingi. Noma kunjalo, ubuchwepheshe babumangalisa ngo-1888 futhi iNational Media Museum idinga ukuhalaliselwa ngakho ekhipha lezi zithombe.