I am an important part of everyone’s life. Be it holidays or festivals, I help people make beautiful memories at the touch of a button. Say cheese, and I will make you smile. Wondering who I am? I’m the camera. In this month’s The Evolution of Everything, let’s hear my story – Where was I born? Who created me? And how did I transform from a box into a device?
Are you ready to listen to my story?
Let’s go back in time to about 2000 years ago.
The First Cameras
The journey began somewhere in the 5th Century BC. Several renowned philosophers and mathematicians like Aristotle and Ibn al-Haytham theorized on the phenomenon of optics to understand light. Arab mathematician Ibn al-Haytham invented the first pinhole camera called Camera Obscura. This camera was designed in the shape of a box with a small hole in the centre. The light would travel through the hole and strike a reflex surface. This would then project a colourful image, upside down.
Fun Fact: Camera Obscura was originally used to study solar eclipses
French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent images using a portable Camera Obscura. They were the first recorded images that did not fade quickly. Soon, he collaborated with French photographer Louis Daguerre to design the daguerreotype camera. This camera could be used by the masses.
Fun Fact: The daguerreotype camera was one of the world’s most expensive cameras.
German photographer Friedrich Von Martens invented the first panoramic camera – Megaskop Kamera in 1845. The lenses of this camera could rotate 110 degrees to 360 degrees. This helped in getting quality landscape images.
Fun Fact: Friedrich Von Martens’ remarkable invention bagged him the Council Medal at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Advance camera
American entrepreneur George Eastman introduced the first celluloid film for use with a camera he called the ‘Kodak’. In 1900, he introduced the iconic camera, ‘The Kodak Brownie’ that was a hit until the late 1960s.
Fun Fact: Kodak Brownie popularised low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot.
The instant camera became popular when American scientist Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera (model 95).
Fun Fact: The first Land camera (named after its inventor) employed a chemical process that made completed photo prints within a minute.
Digital world
American scientist Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera. By 1986, Fujifilm produced its first disposable camera.
Fun Fact: In 1991, the Kodak DCS SLR camera became the first professional digital camera that was sold for $13,000.
Japan’s J Phone is the first phone to have a camera. With this, phone cameras became a trend and many advanced versions were created afterward. Along with it, advanced SLR and DSLR cameras became popular among aspiring photographers.
The camera is undoubtedly a breakthrough invention in the history of science. It has transformed the way people look at art and life. Do you have a story about the first time you clicked a picture? Do share with us in the comments below.
Also read the article on How did telephones go from wired to wireless?
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Comments
Irene Tesa
June 19, 2020
interesting history of cameras
Pranav Bagrecha
April 27, 2020
Please tell me about evolution of wireless technology.
Ashlin Chackochan
March 2, 2020
which is best: DSLR or camera Phone ☺
Ashlin Chackochan
March 2, 2020
What about DSLR ???
Samadrita sen
March 1, 2020
Wow!!
Rajshree Chakraborty
February 25, 2020
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Vatsal kumar
February 12, 2020
Very good information
Ridhim verma
February 2, 2020
I like all but I love only digital camera
Sri laxmi
January 28, 2020
It’s very good information about camera
Gautama Narang
January 28, 2020
It was really interesting and insightful. Thank you team Byju’s.
Harini
January 23, 2020
Fascinating
Rateeka
January 19, 2020
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Shaurya
January 17, 2020
Good information
Yusuf Ameer
January 16, 2020
Amazing!
Vaishnavi
January 14, 2020
I like clicking photo ……nic information i liked it
Shaika
January 13, 2020
Very good tanaya.get going
Jai Singh
January 10, 2020
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January 10, 2020
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Rishita
January 10, 2020
A beautiful presentation of camera with pictures and texts.Thanks for giving us this knowledge
Adhya Asati
January 9, 2020
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Keyur Kurkute
January 9, 2020
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different cameras.Thank you for sending
Usha
January 9, 2020
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January 7, 2020
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Snigdha
January 7, 2020
The First sentence can be a riddle for my CLASS!
Very Nice.
Mahikaa
January 7, 2020
Its a good information and very beneficial
This also says how science has improved and is also improving in the 2020
Jahnavi
January 6, 2020
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us…..????????
Divyesh Kirankumar Tayade
January 6, 2020
Very nice I loved it very much.
Farooqui Rifa
January 6, 2020
Informative
K. ROHITH
January 5, 2020
It’s very interesting invention to us. we can store Our memories’s.and we can see after so many days. We can recollect our school or college, etc memories
JAY
January 5, 2020
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Aditi nayak
January 5, 2020
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TISHA
January 3, 2020
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Anwitha Abhilash
January 3, 2020
Good information.
Jai Singh
January 2, 2020
Very expensive and beautiful cameras
Chinmaya Nayak
January 1, 2020
Nice
Ravikumar Datta
January 1, 2020
I like camara
Harish
January 1, 2020
Which lens are used for first camera
??
Poojha
January 1, 2020
Wow! The camera history was amazing ???
Arpita Ranjan
January 1, 2020
Full of informations.
Thanks alot☺☺
Utsav
January 1, 2020
Wonderful history of camera. Love it ☺☺
Jeenal jain
January 1, 2020
This information is really usefull. And obscura cameras are really awesome and i saw them in our science lab for experiments
Shambhavi
January 1, 2020
this is really amazing information and even narration
Mekha Mariyam Thomas
December 31, 2019
Gave a lot of information..osm?
Ritikashree
December 31, 2019
It’s amazing to know about the cameras
Ritikashree
December 31, 2019
I’m really excited….
Ritikashree
December 31, 2019
I’m really excited
Abhiraj sanjaykumar jadhav
December 31, 2019
Hi,it is really a ethical information about cameras.I get to learn about history of cameras.Thanks for giving this detailed information on cameras.
Chirasmita meher
December 31, 2019
Very informative and interesting
Jesvi Maria
December 31, 2019
Great!!!!
I enjoyed !!!!
Thanks!!!!
Jesvi Maria Biju
December 31, 2019
Great! !!
Riddhi
December 31, 2019
Pretty interesting… It’s really fun to know about evolution of the cameras and very informative too.
Nived shaji
December 31, 2019
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December 31, 2019
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It gives us so much information about the things in our life
Rizwan patel
December 31, 2019
Really good information to read
Bhavesh Rajpurohit
December 30, 2019
I feel glad to read about the History and Evolution of Cameras
Mekha Mariyam Thomas
December 30, 2019
Narration was awesome..and gave lot of information
Lakshmi Priya
December 30, 2019
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M.yazhini
December 30, 2019
A wonder full message and history of cameras
Anish ganesh
December 30, 2019
Wow! I like this narration ❤️❤️ . I learned the history beyond cameras . It was very interesting.I didn’t know that there was a history beyond cameras. I learned different types of cameras, who invented them, when they were invented and I also learned some of the facts of every
types of cameras. I am very curious to read more narrations about evolution of everything.?????✌️✌️✌️
Thank you ??
Jigya
December 30, 2019
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Jigya
December 30, 2019
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Jigya
December 30, 2019
It is a nice information.keep it up ???
Anish ganesh
December 30, 2019
Wow! I didn’t know. There was a huge history beyond cameras. From this epic narration ,I learned how cameras were invented? ,who invented them? And I also learned some of the fun facts about each
types of cameras . It was very interesting. I would like to read more evolution of everything. ?????
Thank you ??
Dr. Uzma Parveen
December 30, 2019
Interesting information ?
Drishti
December 30, 2019
Nice information..
Dibyadeep Vikramjit Karmakar
December 29, 2019
Thank you Byju’s
Jay Mahant
December 29, 2019
Very important information of camera
Sri Krishna
December 29, 2019
The evolution of cameras was very much impressive
But the evolution has not yet droped , still amazing
Cameras will be innovated and evolution will be continued
Ashok Badur
December 29, 2019
Very informative story.Thank you Team BYJU’S
Abhijeet
December 29, 2019
Still confused, IPhones have lesser megapixels than Android phones.
But IPhones Always provides Better and sharper photos
Divya
December 29, 2019
epic journey of a camera
NEETU PANDEY
December 29, 2019
Thank you Byju for an amazing adventure on evolution of cameras. It a special story for me.
Aryan Gujarathi
December 29, 2019
Awesome . Can you send a history of planes also ?
Aditya
December 29, 2019
Really camera is an incredible invention.
First picture I took was when we went to
Taj Mahal.
Thothathri.Y
December 29, 2019
Useful History
Nandita Gupta
December 28, 2019
Please give us the evolution of clothing which is also a very interesting topic.
Thank You byju’s ????????????????????????
Amulya Mandar Joshi
December 28, 2019
Hello. I am Amulya Joshi from 5th std. Thank you for this information.
My father has bought a digital camera and i was searching its information in google
But I didn’t got it there but got it here.
Trishan Saha
December 28, 2019
Wow!
Chinmayee Khairnar
December 28, 2019
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Kristi
December 28, 2019
I love this. I don’t know that mobile phones are made like this. Thanks byjus so much for telling about
mobile phones.????????☺?
Sadiya kounine kittur
December 28, 2019
What is SLR and DSLR
TISHA
December 28, 2019
Wow what a information ??
Krishna periwal
December 28, 2019
Really great evolution by scientists
Soumya
December 28, 2019
Thanks, for this piece of information. ☺☺
Shubham
December 28, 2019
The best information about the camera evolution
I love it
Abhinav
December 28, 2019
Very important knowledge.
Sivaganga
December 28, 2019
Good
Nandini
December 28, 2019
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December 28, 2019
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Hasini
December 28, 2019
Can I know why you kept about camera
Just for knowledge or any special about it
Tejaswini Senapaty
December 28, 2019
What a naration! I just love it , especially the opening ???.
Harshit
December 28, 2019
Its interesting history of camera
Swastika
December 28, 2019
The camera obscura is now used for science experiments only.
Upendra Kumar Donthu
December 28, 2019
Really good information to read
Saisumeet
December 28, 2019
A lot of knowledge