THE CAMERA

The Camera

Before cameras, people could not see things

beyond their towns and homes. Cameras

allowed people to see parts of they world they

did not even know existed. People could look

back at their relatives from hundreds of years

ago. Every one of our lives would be different

without cameras, because cameras are a big

part of history.

The Invention of Cameras

What a lot of people do not know is that cameras were nvented in the 900s. The

camera was first invented by a man named Alhazen. He invented to first

camera called the pinhole, because it really looked like a pinhole.

The Invention of Cameras

Although Alhazen invented the first camera

the picture was not printed until 1827 by

 Joseph Nicephore. Until this first printed

picture people had to view the picture on

the camera instead of printing it.

Early Cameras

Cameras in the 19th Century

Cameras in the 20th Century

Cameras in the 21st Century

Today in the 21st century the camera and

pictures are a crutical way of communicating.

Socail networks allow users to digitally upload

pictures in seconds. The first inventor of the

camera could not have imagined how widely

used the camer is nowadays. Taking pictures

is an important way to remember moments in

our lives.

Advantages

Disadvantages

How Cameras Work