| The magic of capturing the smile of a beloved, the | | | | received, were film on a roll rather than having to use |
| blending hues of a sunset, the expression on a baby?s | | | | a plate. Next came film stop mechanisms so that |
| face, sends thrills of anticipation to people of every | | | | winding the film to the next spot became more |
| culture,of every age.What was considered a miracle | | | | accurate. Features that kept one from making double |
| two hundred years ago now casually blends into | | | | exposures delighted manyphotographers. Adding flash |
| one?s every day activities.Theinvention of the simple | | | | in such a way that it was actually usable surged the |
| black box in France started an industry that has | | | | sale of cameras forward. |
| evolved as fast as the technology required for any | | | | Just as the movies were originally silent movies and |
| new-age product. | | | | only came in black and white, the first still cameras only |
| Cameras now come in price ranges that allow you to | | | | used black and white film. The two industries moved |
| even throw them away after taking one roll of | | | | forward on parallel paths. Once color film technology |
| pictures.They also come in the most complex, | | | | existed for one, the other quickly adapted its products. |
| computerized packages that only the richest pros | | | | Colored slides andslide projectors became favorites |
| consider purchasing. Although the original concept of | | | | for taking those vacation pictures and showing them |
| the camera began to be developed around the | | | | to friends. It wasn?t long before a regular homeowner |
| 1830s, it wasn?t until around the 1900s that more | | | | could make a color movie of the kids. When sound |
| people could afford to buy one or have the film | | | | was added to the movie theaters, the movie fan |
| developed or have their picture taken professionally. | | | | began adding sound to the home movies. That home |
| By the 1930s and 1940s, cameras acquired a | | | | movie film was sent to a professional developer for |
| permanent niche in the hearts of the average person. | | | | processing. |
| Since then thousands of brands and modelshave | | | | The speed of technological inventions increased. Along |
| appeared, only to be replaced with the newest | | | | with computers in every home came the age of the |
| technology of the day. | | | | Video Camcorder and the Digital Camera. Instant |
| In order to focus more precisely, the earlier camera | | | | pictures! Instant movies. No developing necessary. |
| had a bellows, allowing the distance from the lens to | | | | Everything happens with instant playback! |
| the film to be adjusted. The greatest fear of those | | | | One aspect of the camera industry hasn?t changed |
| owning the bellows-style camera was an accidental, | | | | over the years: the thrill, the magic, of capturing a |
| fine pin-hole that allowed unwanted light in.Being | | | | moment in time,to be treasured and shared with the |
| opened and closed hundreds of timestended to create | | | | world.Cameras have reduced the size of the planet in |
| cracks in the corners where they folded. The leaky | | | | our mind?s eye and fostered understanding among the |
| bellows problem ruined many a picture, to the sorrow | | | | different cultures and races of the world. This is a |
| of the photographer. | | | | camera?s most priceless quality and gift. |
| Features the photographers wanted, and after a while | | | | |