Camera Timeline

  • Camera Obscura
    Jan 1, 1500

    Camera Obscura

    The first pinhole camera was invented by Alhazen in the early VI sentury. This camera could take pictures that would last only minutes before it would disapear.
  • Daguerreotype camera

    Daguerreotype camera

    The daguerreotype camera was created by Louis Daguerre. The mechanism of this camera was accidentally discovered by watching how pictures could stay for hours before it desapeared. this is because the paper was near a broken thermometer that produced mercury vapour.
  • Panoramic Camera

    Panoramic Camera

    The panoramic camera was created by Thomas Sutton. this camera was used to take photographs with a 140 degree span
  • Kodak roll-film camera

    Kodak roll-film camera

    The Kodak roll-film camera was created iby George Eastman. this camera was a big inovarion in the photography industry because it was the first camera to be able to make films within a push of a button
  • Raisecamera

    Raisecamera

    the raise camera (also called the travel camera) was very useful because it was lightweigh and it could fold into a small piece
  • Polaroid camera

    Polaroid camera

    the Polaroid camera was created by Edwin Land. this camera was useful because you could take a pictura and print it within a minute after the photograph has been taken
  • Sony Mavica

    Sony Mavica

    The Mavica was created by Sony. this camera was the first digital / elecrtonic camera
  • Canon

    Canon

    The Canon EOS 5D is created by Canon (as the name of the camera). This camera was inovative because it was digital and you cold install different types of lenses depending on the different ways it might be used