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The first description of an image being projected through a small hole that makes an inverted image by a Chinese philosopher named Mozi.
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Joseph Niepce used a chemical called silver nitrate because it darkens when exposed to light.
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Louis Daguerre created the first practical photographic process named the daguerreotype.
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Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plates, which increased the sensitivity, so photos could be taken faster.
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George Eastman made paper film then switched to celluloid, which he sold preloaded with his first camera called Kodak.
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Smaller cameras with high quality images were produced for still photography.
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The first practical reflex camera was the Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex medium format TLR
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Super Kodak Six-20 pack was the first camera to have a light meter with an automatic exposure. It was super expensive at the time, so automatic cameras didn't become popular until 1960.
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Faster and more user friendly, the Hungarian Duflex was the first camera to have a view finder.
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The Polaroid Model 95 was the first instant camera that processed and exposed photos in under a minute.
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Instead of film, digital cameras use analog predecessors to capture images. Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera that could take black and white photos and took about 23 seconds to take.
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Fuji-film made the first disposable camera called the Quick Snap
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Sony made the first phone with a camera on it.
