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When the idea of the camera was made
The first camera that was small and portable enough to be practical for photography was envisioned by Johann Zahn in 1685. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera -
The first photograph "clicked"
The first photograph was clicked by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the year 1814. http://www.whoinvented.org/who-invented-camera/ -
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
You may have heard of 35mm films, the standard format for film photography for decades. Leica I was the first compact camera that packed a superb f/3.5 lens and was able to shoot photos on 35mm films. http://www.onextrapixel.com/2015/04/22/evolution-of-the-camera/ -
First camera with flash
The Kodak Six-20 Flash Brownie box camera released in 1939 and 1940. After World War II, it became usual for a camera to have a flash synced shutters.
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The first polaroid
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.Then came Polaroid Model 95 onto the market. With this camera photographers could just take a shot and get the photo printed.
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The Kodak
This invention showed the camera industry a glimpse into the future, with everything being digitized and things being done at less time. However, it was in 1991 when the first digital camera was made available on the market at a hefty price tag of $13,000 for people to buy.
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The Fuji Quicksnap
Fujifilm, a film and camera making company completely shattered that barrier by inventing the world’s first single use disposable camera, the Fuji QuickSnap.
Each of these cameras were worth only $4, and could capture 27 shots with its inbuilt film supplied by Fujifilm. Once the film was taken out and the photos developed, these cameras were nothing but a good toy for your kid.
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The first camera on a phone
Small enough to fit on a cell phone and take pictures on the go. Sharp introduced a cell phone in the year 2000 which had a tiny camera installed on the back panel and which could shoot, process and display photos on the cell phone display instantly.
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The Apple phone
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.
It was capable enough to give traditional point and shoot digital cameras a run for their money, and turbo charged the growth of tiny cameras.
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The Go Pro
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 adventures.
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Cameras now adays
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!
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