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Oct 5, 1500
The Pinhole Camera
When Mozi, a Chinese philosopher observed rays of light falling on the walls of a darkened room through a pinhole made on the opposite side, he saw the world outside as upside down. Mozi was fascinated by this fact, and upon proper research he reached the conclusion that since light travels in a straight line, thus such a phenomenon take place in nature. This was the building block for modern cameras and photography. http://www.onextrapixel.com/2015/04/22/evolution-of-the-camera/ -
The Daguerreotype Camera
In the year 1839 Louis Daguerre, a French artist developed a process to actually store the projected image forever on a shiny mirror finished copper plate treated with chemicals. This was the first time an object was made to be light sensitive to capture information on it and store it forever by treating it with chemicals. Daguerre made the process public in return for a lifetime pension, and this process paved the way for the film cameras that we have used in the past. http://www.onextrapixel -
The Reise Camera
In the year 1900, The Reise Camera changed it all. This was the world’s first truly portable camera, with its ability to be folded into a compact shape and being extremely light weight as compared to other models available on the market, this was the thing for people who were looking to travel around and shoot photos. http://www.onextrapixel.com/2015/04/22/evolution-of-the-camera/ -
The Leica I
Modern cameras that we use today started to come into existence at this stage. http://www.onextrapixel.com/2015/04/22/evolution-of-the-camera/ -
Polaroid Model 95
While more and more new cameras were being launched onto the market, a camera became a household object everywhere.However, the whole process of taking a photo and developing the final photograph from the negatives was a tedious and time consuming job.A company named Polaroid recognized this problem and decided to compress this whole process into a matter of seconds.Thus came Polaroid Model 95 onto the market. With this camera photographers could just take a shot and get the photo printed. -
Kodak Digital Camera
in the year 1975, Steven Sasson of Kodak, developed the world’s first digital camera. It was a modified version of a Nikon SLR, coupled with a digital CCD sensor used to capture light information, and a tape recorder meant for storing the processed photograph.This invention showed the camera industry a glimpse into the future, with everything being digitized and things being done at less time. -
Fuji Quicksnap
Though cameras had evolved a lot in all these years, there was still one thing that was keeping this superb device out of the reach of many around the world – the price.Fujifilm, a film and camera making company completely shattered that barrier by inventing the world’s first single use disposable camera, the Fuji QuickSnap. -
Apple Iphone
With the invention of a revolutionary smartphone, the Apple iPhone in the year 2007, digital cameras in cell phones got a new life.The iPhone camera had superb imaging technology and delivered great photos in every lighting condition. -
GoPro
While everyone else was focusing on creating cameras that were to be used to capture indoor and outdoor moments by regular customers, GoPro was trying to develop something for the people who were more adventurous and were looking forward to capture their adventurous moments. With HD HERO, GoPro introduced a camera that was able to shoot videos at 1080p and could be taken along with you on mountain biking, surfing or any other adventurous sport that you can think of. -
Now
High-end DSLRs such as the Canon EOS 1D-C offer superb image quality and video recording at 4K resolution in a compact body. Who thought that a compact camera like this could actually offer movie quality video recording and could actually have the potential to replace the huge movie cameras we are accustomed to?
