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  • The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak

    The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak
    In the 1920s was actually when the first draft of an Instant camera was invented (More specifically 1923 by Samuel Shlafrock). Some of the Cameras that were popular in this period of time were the Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak, the Junior Special Ruby Reflex, and the Bell & Howell film movie camera colour. The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak shot in eight black and white shots per roll. This shows how photography was A lot more limited then, then in our day in age.
  • Kodak: Kodachrome

    Kodak: Kodachrome
    One Thing that is notable to note about the 1930s for photography, and videography is that whilst colour was being experimented, true colour film wasn’t invented until 1936. One of the popular cameras that featured this technology was the Kodak: Kodachrome. This camera was special, it did not include any dye within the film itself like its competition. The kodak: Kodachrome used the colours Red, blue, and green within monochrome layers. The dye was added later in the process.
  • The Model 95

    The Model 95
    The 1940s is known to be the decade when the very first polaroid was invented, “The model 95” in the year 1948. This invention was truly revolutionary; it was the first piece of equipment that allowed photographers to be able to see their photos instantly. This ease of use to the public changed the ease of use of cameras.
  • Automatic 66

    Automatic 66
    The 1950s was the decade where the first aperture (priority) Camera was introduced. One of these cameras and one of the first ones was the agfa Automatic 66.
  • Canon Canonflex

    Canon Canonflex
    The 1960s was yet another huge year for the evolution of the photography scene. Most prominent in this year the first ever camera from the brand that you probably still know is the first ever Cannon. This Camera jumped in the gate with the new feature of auto focus
  • the Rolleiflex SLX

    the Rolleiflex SLX
    The most exciting thing to happen in this time period for the world of photography was the company Rollei. They produced the very first “fully automatic camera” named “the Rolleiflex SLX”.
  • Minolta Maxxum 7000

    Minolta Maxxum 7000
    One camera that gained popularity within the 1980s was the minolta maxxum 7000 this camera had better autofocus capability and was one of the big main cameras used back then One other thing to note about this decade was this was the decade when photography really started to become more popular in the mainstream
  • First Fully Functional Digital Camera

    First Fully Functional Digital Camera
    The 1990s was the year that the first ever fully digital professional camera came out; this was yet another revolutionary shift for the scene of the film in general.
  • The Iphone

    The Iphone
    during this decade was when you started to see cameras being added to cellular phones this led to technology being handed to younger kids that wasn’t even possible in the 1960s-1970s more notable a movie came out fully shot on a more early iphone titled “Tangerine”
  • The Iphone 11

    The Iphone 11
    One notable thing that happened in the 2010s was when the Iphone 11 came out in 2019 This camera is capable of filming at 4k 60 frames per second we went from posing for minutes to taking milliseconds to take a photo