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Johann Zahn wrote up the first ever blueprints for a handheld camera. over 100 years before his idea would become real.
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made the first real camera, it would take long amounts of time to develop, and only show large changes in light, but it was the first.
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Alexander Wolcott took away the old camera's flaws, he made a camera with both better quality, and had the pictures not fade.
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although not truly adding color through the camera, it became commonplace to paint onto pictures to make them more realistic.
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Edwin Land made a fast acting camera called a Polaroid Camera that would print the picture, as it was taken.
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cameras were used in space on one of the mercury missions, allowing for spectacular space pictures.
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Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera, making headway towards all of the cameras we know now.
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digital cameras were finally added to phones. Now everyone who has a phone has a camera.
