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  The first camera, called the Camera Oscura, was invented in 1544 by Reiners Gemma Frisius
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  This was the first camera to take an actual image that does not fade away.
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  This was a first roll film camera. The Kodak Box Camera was very cheap and easy to operate.
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  The Raise Camera was invented. It was extremely light weighted and had a small dimension when it was folded up.
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  The Polaroid camera came out and was able to print images when you took the picture.
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  The first digital still camera was invented.
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  Today's cameras are digital, and can take many different types of pictures.