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Evolution of the Camera

By oliviabrazier

  • 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.