Camera

=__**Camera**__=

__**Definition:**__ A camera is a device that records/stores images. The images may be stills or moving images.

__**History:**__ The first camera was the camera obscura without a lens. In the 1600s, a camera lens was added. The first camera obscura was small and portable. There was no way to preserve images that were taken on the camera. Soon, a sensitized plate was inserted to record images after photography was invented. Wet plate cameras were next used, evolving into color cameras, video camera tubes, and digital cameras. Polaroids and digital cameras are now used today.


 * __Comparison of Past and Present Day Devices:__**

\Camera Obscura Wet Plate Camera

Color Camera Digital Camera


 * __Purpose:__** The camera was invented so that people could capture a certain moment and have it on a disk.

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__**Resources:**__ Google Wikipedia Canon