History of a Camera

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History of a Camera

• Digital Photography

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Camera Obscura (mid-1500s)

• The camera obscura was a lightproof box with a
  pinhole (later lens were used) on one side and a
  translucent screen on the other. This screen was
  used for tracing by the artists of the inverted
  image transmitted through the pinhole.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera
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Pinhole Camera (4th Century)

• A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no
  lens and a single very small aperture. The idea
  of this type of camera has been around as early
  as the 4th Century.
• There have been many different versions of a
  pinhole camera-- homemade and commercial.

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Daguerreotype Camera (1800s)

• The process of capturing photographic images that
  would not fade away, introduced by Daguerre came
  to be known as the daguerreotype.

http//www.fi.edu/pieces/myers/
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Dry Plate Camera (1800s)

• The dry plate camera is a box camera that used
  gelatin plates to capture photographs.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera
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Box Camera (1888)

• The box camera is, with the exception of the
  pinhole camera, a camera in its simplest form
  with a simple lens and shutter that is
  factory-filled with film.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_camera
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35mm Camera (early 1900s)

• A 35mm camera is a box camera that uses film
  negatives to capture photographs after they have
  been exposed.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera
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Polaroid/Instant Camera (1948)

• The instant camera is a type of camera with
  self-developing film.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera
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Disposable Camera (1986)

• The disposable or single-use camera is a simple
  box camera sold with a roll of film installed,
  meant to be used once.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_camera
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Digital Camera (late 1980s)

• A digital camera is a camera that takes video or
  still photographs, or both, digitally by
  recording images via an electronic image sensor.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera
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Digital Camera-1990-Present Day-SLR-Single Lens
Reflect

• Zoom Lens
• Full Auto/Manual
• Could use flash
• Must purchase