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1400 BCE
the idea of the camera obscure
the idea is that you can perfectly capture the world around you by projecting what is on the outside into a dark and confined space on the inside
https://mymodernmet.com/camera-obscura/ -
Da Vincis sketches
Leonardo da Vinci sketched diagrams to show how to use the camera obscura -
first photograph
Joseph Nicephore Nice used sheet of metal with a film of chemicals spread on it.
https://www.artandobject.com/news/what-you-might-not-know-about-worlds-oldest-photograph#:~:text=Taken%20in%201826%20or%201827,treated%20with%20light%2Dsensitive%20chemicals. -
Daguerreotype
Louis Daguerre invented the first publicly available photographic process- this is also the first thing closest to todays modern camera!
http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/knowledge-base/what-is-a-daguerreotype -
Celluloid Roll Film
Henry Fox Talbot invented a viable method of spreading a gelatin sheet onto paper, this was a transparent film base with plastic coating.
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The Kodak brownie dollar box camera
helped put photography into the hands of amateurs and allowed less wealthy people to be able to capture special moments. They chose "brownie" because it was popular for cartoons and books.
https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/collection/kodak-brownie-camera#:~:text=The%20Kodak%20%22Brownie%22%20camera%20made,own%20%22snapshots%22%20as%20well. -
35MM Film and the Leica
used mostly for motion pictures and quickly became one of the most produced and used image formats in all of photography.
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Simplex Multi- Exposure
Capable of capturing 800 small or 400 double sized exposures. Daylight loading and the exposed portion of film could be removed when you wanted it to be.
http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2724&#:~:text=The%20Multi%2DExposure%20Simplex%20Camera,standard%20perforated%20motion%20picture%20film. -
Autocinephot
like a cinema camera rather than a camera camera. Motor can be used for single or sequence picture taking, giving a movie camera effect.
http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/sept.htm -
cyclocamera
the only 35mm camera that became known worldwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmSeVfmZHw&t=5s -
pallophotophone
a photographic sound recording and playback system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHL9Clw5yfI -
Photorette
camera for a 31mm-square images on 35mm cine film -
photoscopic
Made pictures 24x24 mm on 35mm film in special cassettes and holds enough film for 50 different exposures. -
cinescopic
Has a film advance knob, but no frame counter. The body is metal with leather covering with fully rounded ends instead of flat back. -
polaroid
focused on minimizing the time between taking the photograph and viewing the image -
kodak 126
roll film magazine for 35mm wide film with a paper backing -
Minolta MAXXUM 7000
first camera to feature both integrated autofocus and motorized film advance -
Canon PowerShot 600
canons first consumer digital camera. it was a simple point and shoot camera. -
Sony cyber-shot disc-w300
the lens and flash were capable of 180-degree rotation, and this model featured a 1.9-inch liquid crystal view screen in the back of the body. -
iPhone 4/S
3.5 in 960 by 640 pixel multitouch Retina display. It has two volume buttons and a ring- silent switch on the left side.