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Evolution of the Camera

  • The Pinhole Camera

    The Pinhole Camera

    A Chinese philosopher named Mozi observed that when light goes through a pinhole in a wall in a dark room, he could see the world flipped.
  • The Daguerreotype Camera

    The Daguerreotype Camera

    French artist Louis Daguerre came up with a way to store photos by using a copper plate with chemicals to treat it.
  • The Reise Camera

    The Reise Camera

    The first ever portable camera.
  • The Candid Camera

    The Candid Camera

    The first 33mm still camera. Made by Oskar Barnack.
  • The Polaroid

    The Polaroid

    The first camera able to print a photo in about a minute. Developed by Edwin Land
  • Kodak Digital Camera

    Kodak Digital Camera

    Steven Sasson develops the first digital camera.
  • First Disposable Camera

    First Disposable Camera

    This camera takes 27 digital pictures then it is pretty much useless. This was developed by Fujifilm.
  • The J Phone

    The J Phone

    Japan was the first country to implement a camera on to their cell phones. They were also sending pictures too
  • The iPhone, Android, and others

    The iPhone, Android, and others

    Similar to J Phones, Apple, Android, and other brands released phones that have a camera with far better camera specs and continue to get better and better over time.
  • iPhone XS

    iPhone XS

    Apple released a new phone with better than before cameraphone specs.