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.