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The Camera Obscura was created in 1500 by a man named Alhazen. This was the first camera ever made.
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The daguerreotype was invented by Louis Jaccques Mande Daguerre in 1839. This was the "first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography."
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In 1888 George Eastman created the Kodak Film Camera. This was the "first camera that was simple and portable enough to be used by large numbers of amateur photographers." (Britannica)
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The Brownie Camera was invented in 1900 by Eastman Kodak. It was a popular series in the past that was simple and inexpensive.
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The 35 mm camera was created in 1914 by Oskar Barnack. This became the standard for all film cameras. This camera is also called the candid camera.
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The Polaroid Camera was invented in 1948 by Edwin Land in New York City. This camera is instant, in which the photo comes out in a tangible copy instantly after you take it.
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The digital camera was created by Steven Sasson at Eastman Kodak in December of 1975. This camera captures the image in a digital format, unlike other cameras that use photographic film. The digital camera is also the most common camera used for taking pictures nowadays.
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The very first camera phone was invented in November of 2000 by Sharp in Japan. Many phones nowadays have cameras installed in them. This phone is called the J-Phone.
