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The First Camera
The first partially successful photograph of a camera image was made in approximately 1816 by Nicéphore Niépce, using a very small camera of his own making and a piece of paper coated with silver chloride, which darkened where it was exposed to light. -
First colored photo
The first color photograph was taken by the mathematical physicist, James Clerk Maxwell. The piece above is considered the first durable color photograph and was envied by Maxwell at a lecture in 1861. The inventor of the SLR, Thomas Sutton, was the man who pressed the shutter button, but Maxwell is credited with the scientific process that made it possible. For those having trouble identifying the image, it is a three-color bow. -
The First Camera that printed
The instant camera is a type of camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture. Polaroid Corporation pioneered (and patented) consumer friendly instant cameras and film, and were followed by various other manufacturers. The invention of commercially viable instant cameras which were easy to use is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the model 95 Land Camera, in 1948 -
2013 Best Camera
The instant camera is a type of camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture. Polaroid Corporation pioneered (and patented) consumer friendly instant cameras and film, and were followed by various other manufacturers. The invention of commercially viable instant cameras which were easy to use is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the model 95 Land Camera, in 1948 -
Most exspensive camera
We start with the world's most expensive camera, as sold at auction in May 2012 for €2,160,000 (that's around AU$2.6 million, with current conversion rates). Fittingly, it was a Leica 0-series from 1923 that took the crown, setting a new world record. -
The newest camera
360fly – price tag £429 – is a potentially game-changing 360-degree action cam that claims it can record everything in a scene, all at once. -
Hidden Camera
The Xtreme Life WiFi Smoke Detector Night Vision Hidden Camera makes remote, wide-area surveillance simple. This hidden camera learns into your WiFi network almost immediately, allowing you to access a live feed of your home or office directly from any internet-connected device using the exclusive, intuitive app. This camera, disguised as a common-looking smoke detector, features a wide-angle 140-degree field of view as well as 1280 x 720 effective pixels, ensuring that you get everything in fra -
The Worst Camera
One of the perks of being the editor of a website like Digital Camera HQ is getting to read all the reviews submitted by our readers. Sometimes, they're pleasing, when it's clear that a person has found the perfect camera for them, and is happy enough to contribute a five-star review and recommend it to others. Occasionally, they're extremely entertaining, like the first-person narrative of how a faulty camcorder spoiled the documentation of a user's vasectomy (see "Black Screen of Death or Lens
