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velcro the microwave and Plato have nothing to do with film aside from the fact that they were all accidental inventions in 1727 a German doctor named Johann Heinrich Schultz was working with silver nitrate that would change color when exposed to light to figure out it was light and not heat which caused this discoloration Schultz tried baking these nitrates he started placing cutouts over the solution and exposed it to light creating a permanent shadow of the cutout unlocking the keys to photography about 100 years later the wet plate which used liquid iodine on a silver copper plate allowed for more detailed images other than just shadows this method was used to the first true photographs unfortunately the original wet plate made only one photo per exposure until 1841 when William Henry Fox Talbot created a process that would make a negative image just like a mold for vinyl record this negative image is used to make multiple positive copies from a single negative image the dry plate was later invented and used in combination with a paper base to create the first flexible roll of film these rolls made photography portable simple and consumer friendly the downside however was that nitrate film is dangerous the biggest issues were seen in movie theaters nitrate film reels had to pass over an extremely hot light bulb to project an image it even caused a fire in Paris in 1897 which claimed 126 lives to make matters worse nitrate film produces its own oxygen so a film reel catches on fire it must burn itself out until the 1950s special fireproof booths had to be built in theaters so what changed in the 1950s that Daoists the need for fireproof booths cellulose acetate film happened or safety film for short so why is it called safety film well most obviously because it didn't create freakin self fuelling unstoppable fires of course there was a downside however about 10 years after safety film became popular reports began popping up of the film starting to degrade releasing acidic ass and unpleasant smells this became known as vinegar syndrome and brought a great deal of focus to the overall quality and shelf life of film unfortunately while this process has been slowed to about fifty years in ideal conditions it's still an issue with modern film so why haven't we fixed this yet well development of film technology has slowed significantly due to the masses mostly using digital photography methods around the mid 2000s their ability to quickly preview shots and store thousands of images made digital cameras much easier and more convenient than film so a photography overtook the market so much that consumer film sales dropped to less than one percent of what they were during film speakers so does film still have ground to stand on where is it headed well there's still some advantages to film the main being detail film doesn't have pixels like a digital camera therefore films resolution is calculated through angular resolution the general ability to distinguish small details of an object standard 35 millimeter film resolution falls between 4 and 16 megapixels with larger film sizes reaching as high as 400 megapixels film also excels in shutter lag increased control over exposure levels improved color saturation accuracy quality and greater dynamic range lenses and and camera equipment for film cameras are also considerably cheaper in comparison to their digital counterparts making entry much more affordable so while digital video and photography have taken quite a toll on film it still clings to life with many analog purists and even social media photographers using it exclusively ASA Graham has over 11.5 million photos tagged with hashtag film hashtag film is not dead and hashtag 35-millimeter so for now film is still alive but I wouldn't recommend using nitrate film for your next home movie in the spirit of the general format here at Tech kwikki I'm going to tell you all the things about fresh books as fast as possible so here 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