Camera Timeline

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    The Camera Obscura

    The Camera Obscura
    The 4th century a device called the Camera Obscura was invented. Basically Camera Obscura stood for Dark room. It was an entire room with sort of a pinpoint hole that acted as the lense.

  • The first handheld camera is invented

    The first handheld camera is invented
    The first portable camera is invented by Johann Zahn. It was a groundbreaking invention. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures that this camera took.

  • First Kodak Camera

    First Kodak Camera
    George Eastman, an American born Inventor was the first to sell a Camera to the public. He named this camera the Kodak

  • Polaroid Instant Image Camera

    Polaroid Instant Image Camera
    In 1948 Edwin H. Land invented a revolutionary camera that instantly prints the photograph onto a slip of paper. This made it so that you no longer had to take your film to a dark room in order to develop it.

  • First Digital Camera

    First Digital Camera
    In 1975 an engineer for the Kodak camera company invented a revolutionary camera. His digital camera was able to store photographs inside of it without needing to print the picture on paper. This made it a lot easier to take more photos.