History of the camera

When was the camera invented and who by?

The first camera ever made was called a daguerreotype and was made in 1839 by a French man named Louis Daguerre.

Here is a picture of the daguerreotype and it's inventor Louis Daguerre ..

These are a few different types of cameras and what they do..

35mm Film - is most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures

DSLR Camera - (Digital single-lens reflex)  The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between a DSLR and other digital cameras. In the reflex design, light travels through the lens, then to a mirror that alternates to send the image to either the view finder or the image sensor.

Point and shoot - also called a compact camera, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation

Mobile phone cameras - A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs (and usually video). Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones.

120 Film -  is a popular film format for still photography introduced by Kodak.

APS Film Advanced Photo System (APS) is a now discontinued film format for still photography first produced in 1996.

Roll Film - Rollfilm or roll film is any type of spool-wound photographic film protected from white light exposure by a paper backing, as opposed to film which is protected from exposure and wound forward in a cartridge.

Video Camera  - A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well.

Twin lens reflect - is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length.

Range viewfinders - A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus.

Shutter speed

This is slow shutter speed.

Shutter speed is the amount of time it takes for the camera to take the photo from the time the light hits the lens until the photo to be taken.

Slow shutter speed means the time the light hits the lens of the camera until the time the photo is finished being taken is very slow. This makes images that are moving come out blurred and standing images are very sharp and light.

This is fast shutter speed.

Fast shutter speed means the time the light hits the lens of the camera until the time the photo is finished being taken is very fast. 

This means fast moving images come out looking still and in good quality with good lighting. This is a picture of a student typing very fast.ent typing very fast .