The History of Cameras

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    The First "Camera"

    The First "Camera"
    The first "camera" was named the 'camera obscura' ans it was invented by the Ancient Greece and Chinese people in 1000AD. The camera wasn't really a camera, instead of taking pictures it projected images. Camera Timeline

  • The First Camera

    The First Camera
    Years later an inventor named Joseph Niepce, invented the first camera and took the first picture with it. He used this chemical called 'silver nitrate' knowing it would change color i the light, although the photo took 8 hr of direct sunlight, and did fade away with time, it was still cool. Camera Timeline

  • The Daguerreotype Camera

    The Daguerreotype Camera
    Louis Daguerre invented the 'Daguerreotype' in 1837 and using Joseph Niepce's camera as a reference to invent a better camera, this camera only took 30 minutes of light exposure instead of 8 hours. Camera Timeline

  • Wet Collodion Process

    Wet Collodion Process
    Frederick Scott Archer did not invent a camera but he did invent a way to develop photos in seconds by creating a way for glass negatives to be developed. Camera Timeline

  • Kodak Camera

    Kodak Camera
    This camera was invented by George Eastman George Eastman. It was a handhold camera with 100 pieces of film in it, so this camera could take 100 photos, people would then send the photos to the company for them to print. Camera Timeline

  • The First Polaroid Camera

    The First Polaroid Camera
    The first Polaroid camera was marketed by Edwin Herbert, this camera was able to produce a photo in a minute. Camera Timeline

  • The Polacolour

    The Polacolour
    Polaroid released its first colored film meaning the pictures could now have color.Camera Timeline

  • The First Digital Camera

    The First Digital Camera
    Steven Sasson developed the digital camera in 1975. The camera only took pictures in black and white and took about 23 seconds to take a picture.Camera Timeline

  • The Fuji

    The Fuji
    The Fuji or "Quick Snap" was the fist disposable camera.
    [Camera Timeline](https://www.sutori.com/story/the-camera-timeline]

  • The Camera Phone

    The Camera Phone
    Samsung released the first camera phone, that was made in Japan. You would take pictures with the phone then download it to your computer.Camera Timeline

  • The iPhone

    The iPhone
    Today the iPhone is the most current camera. The camera in these phones have 8 megapixels.