Engineering Presentation
The History of the Camera
By Maya Weiss
Physical Science and Design Period 4

Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscura in 1814 and took the first photo with it. It took 8 hours of light exposure to make a picture, and the picture faded with time.

Computer Engineering was the most important to the development of this product because it allowed the technology to advance and allow it to take better pictures, faster. Also, they develop peripheral computing devices like digital cameras.

Evolution of the Camera

DAGUERREOTYPE CAMERA

• Invented by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre in 1839
• Used mainly for portraits
• a polished copper plate upon which an image was directly exposed
• small enough to hold in the hand or carry in the pocket

FIRST CAMERA WITH FILM: THE KODAK

• Invented by John Eastman in 1888
• It was loaded with a film for 100 exposures and cost $25.
• Meant for amateur photographers
• "You press the button, we do the rest."
• Brownie Box Camera

35MM FILM CAMERA

• invented by Oskar Barnack and Ernst Leitz around 1924
• prototype built around 1913
• 35mm film already invented
• compact
• expensive

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First Polaroid

• Invented by Edwin Land in1947