Development Of Cameras And Film

By taryn.blackhurst
  • Feb 4, 1400

    Camera Obscura

    Was used in ancient times to project images before photographic printing processes were invented. Leonardo Da Vinci first described it in the 15 Century as a black box with a pin hole & glass on the opposite side.

  • First photo

    In 1826 a Frenchman named Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the first photograph with a camera obscura; titled "View from the Window at Le Gras." the exposure took 8 hours.

  • Folding Camera

    These folding cameras were more portable and printed images on silver plated copper sheets called daguerreotypes.

  • Single lens reflex (SLR)

    Created by Thomas Sutton this SLR incorporated internal mirrors

  • Twin lens reflex

    These cameras featured SLR-style mirrors with two lenses.

  • Fisrt Kodak Camera

    this camera was the simplesty and lightest to date. It was sold for $25, with the slogan "You press the button, we do the rest."

  • Brownie Camera

    The popular Kodak camera, debuted for a small price of $1

  • The UR-Leica

    Invented by Oskar Barnack, which was one of the early camera's to use 35mm film.

  • The Leica A

    This camera wuickly gained popularity thanks to is portability and great lense quality.

  • The first Polaroid Camera

    Polaroid camera users enjoyed quick development of photos, taking just 60 seconds.

  • Kodak Instamatic

    This was the first fully automatic mass-produced camera.

  • Professional & autofocus 35mm SLR's & simple point and shoot cameras

  • Sony's Mavica

    This became the first electronic camera to be avaliable to the public. This instead of film used a mini-disk to record the images.

  • First Disposable Camera

    Created in Fiji, called the quicksnap

  • First truly digital camera

    released by Kodak, this was aimed at photojournalists.

  • Apple Quick Take 100

    The first mass marketed digital camera.