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The History of Cameras

By Aliah_R

  • The First Camera

    The First Camera
    Cameras were a development of the camera obscura ,a device that dates back to the ancient Chinese and ancient Greeks.

  • The Daguerreotypes and calotypes

    The Daguerreotypes and calotypes
    Louis Daguerre continued to experiment after his partners death, and in 1837 he created the daguerreotype and it was revealed to the public in 1839. Henry Fox Talbot created calotypes by focusing glass.

  • Collodion dry plates

    Collodion dry plates
    Désiré van Monckhoven created collodion dry plates in 1855. This was the first "instant" camera.

  • The Kodak

    The Kodak
    The Kodak was the first camera that used film. It was made by George Eastman in 1885.

  • 35 mm Film

    Many manufacturers started using 35 mm film for still photography in 1905.

  • TLRs and SLRs

    TLRs and SLRs
    The first reflex camera was the Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex medium format TLR of 1928.

  • Polaroid Model 95

    Polaroid Model 95
    This was the Polaroid Model 95, the world's first viable instant-picture camera. It was made in 1948.

  • Selenium Light Meter

    Selenium Light Meter
    The first camera to feature automatic exposure was the selenium light meter.

  • The Beginning of Digital Cameras

    The Beginning of Digital Cameras
    The first digital camera was the Sony Mavica, which was made in 1981.

  • Nikon D1

    Nikon D1
    The Nikon D1 was created in 1999 and was a very expensive and new camera at the time. This camera was one of many different types of cameras that came out at this time.

  • The Modern Cameras

    The Modern Cameras
    There are many different types of cameras today that are used for photography. Some of these are the Kodak (updated, its not like the one from 1885), the Sony, Nikon, and Canon.