Incredible History Of Camera

Photography as we know it didn’t emerge until the 1800s, while certain optical effects have been known  since Roman,Ancient Greek, and Chinese times.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 (𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚) – 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐂.

The camera (Obscura) was the very first camera. However, there weren’t any techniques to permanently capture the image.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚?

The first known record describing a camera dates from the 4th century BC. It was the Mozi,

Han Chinese philosopher, who documented the natural optical phenomenon known as “camera obscura”.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 – 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟔

The person who took the first photograph was 𝐍𝐢𝐜é𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐜é, he was a French inventor who developed heliography. So, The credits for inventing photography goes to Nicéphore Niepcé as well.

First Photograph by Niepcé

First Photo of a human

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟓𝐦𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 – 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎

In the 1910s, 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤 (the German engineer) experimented with what would become the next generation of cameras.

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 (𝐒𝐋𝐑) – 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎𝐬.

The first reflex camera for everyday use dates from the late-1920s.

It was the elaborately named Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex medium format TLR (Twin Lens Reflex).

Single-lens reflex camera (SLR) – 1948

First Single-Lens Reflex camera (SLR) with an instant return mirror is the Gamma Duflex (made in Hungary in 1948)

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 – 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓

The first camera which used an image sensor, was invented by a Kodak engineer by the name Steven Sasson. It is the first-ever self-contained digital camera of the world.

By the mid-1990s, there were several different digital cameras on the market, including cameras from Kodak, Apple, and Sony.Casio & Apple

Most photographers, however, still continue to use DSLR cameras, which began outselling film cameras in 2003. Canon launched their EOS 5D in 2005, the first full-frame, consumer-priced DSLR. This camera set the bar for quality digital cameras.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐎𝐒 𝟓𝐃 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐒𝐋𝐑

𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 – 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒

Epson released the first-ever commercially available mirrorless camera R-D1 in 2004. Leica released their M8 mirrorless camera.