Evolution Of The Polaroid Camera

Register to read the introduction… The Polaroid Camera was and still is a type of Camera which contained all the Chemicals and film inside the Camera itself and could be used to point and shoot and then would print the picture that the Photographer would have taken. The first Polaroid Camera that was able to print out the picture automatically was invented around the 1960s and came with a positive and negative roll of film that was also in different sizes and required the user to exchange the rolls of film periodically. At the beginning the Cameras were bulky in size and very annoying to carry around but later on became more shaped and more compact. One of the earlier popular Polaroid Cameras which was the “SX-70” became popular for its square shape and design. The film for the “SX-70” was recently discontinued but was still supported by Photographers who used it for image manipulation. Not only did Polaroid make instant Cameras but they also made instant Movie Cameras called “Polavision” came with a Camera, film, and also a viewing station. These Movie Cameras were not very …show more content…
Digital Cameras are Cameras that don’t save the image on film or paper, but save it on either, a Flash Memory Card, a Mini-Compact Disc, or a Hard Drive usually provided in a Solid State Hard Drive (SSD HDD). As I read my research online and in an encyclopedia, I am amazed at how the Digital Camera has evolved. For example the first ever Digital Camera which was just used for tests took 23 seconds to shoot one image while today the average person could take a Digital Camera and shoot up 10 pictures in 20 seconds with all the different settings in the Camera. Another example is that in 1991, Kodak started the Kodak DCS-100, which would start off a long series of professional Cameras by Kodak. And it used a 1.3 megapixel sensor and cost $13,000. This is interesting because “nowadays” my Cellphone uses a 3.2 megapixel sensor and originally cost about $650 but after some arguing I got it for free. And as I look at the DCS-100 and how big the size was I wonder how small the Cameras in the future will be? But with the arrival of digital photographs came the arrival of more information stored on the Camera and the Photograph itself. The Photographs taken from the modern Digital Cameras are now a few Megabytes in Digital size/storage and store information such as when the picture was taken, what type of Camera took it, and much more. Most Digital …show more content…
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