| Currently people use modern high tech and | | | | rectangle with the length of 14 cm. The camera |
| easy-to-use cameras. However, most people | | | | body was comprised of metal as Kodak No1. |
| know a little bit about the history of camera | | | | However, its mechanism was even more |
| development. The first camera called | | | | complex than both Daguerrotype and Kodak No1 |
| "Daguerrotype" was invented in 1839. It was | | | | and it was also a lot lighter than both previous |
| shaped like a big cube with a brass tube in front | | | | models. |
| of it to hold the camera lens and its body was | | | | Moving to the digital age, the current cameras are |
| made of wood. Moreover, it had a length of 36 | | | | changed to modern, easy-to-use digital cameras. |
| cm therefore it could not be hand held in order to | | | | There are a lot of components in a small digital |
| take photographs. There were few people who | | | | camera such as a high quality zoom lens, a LCD |
| understood its mechanism and were able to use it. | | | | screen, a flash, an internet connection, a USB |
| In 1888, Kodak presented the new model of the | | | | port, etc. In comparison to middle age camera like |
| camera, Kodak No.1. It was basically cube shape | | | | Leica, it is slightly smaller and is easy to use than |
| as same as Dagueerrotype but it was | | | | Leica. However, it is not as strong as Leica |
| considerably small. It was only 16 cm long, 20 cm | | | | because its body is made up of plastic but Leica |
| shorter than Dagueerrotype. In addition, its body | | | | body is made of metal. |
| was made of metal while Dagueerrotype's body | | | | In conclusion, over 170 years of development, the |
| was made of 100% wood. It was small; | | | | camera has been continually developed from the |
| therefore, people could easily hand held and took | | | | big, wooden, and hard-to-use style to the most |
| photos. | | | | modern digital camera which everybody can easily |
| Leica, the most famous German camera and lens | | | | use it. It demonstrates that people are interested |
| producer, developed the third generation of | | | | continuously in photography over time. |
| camera, Leica 1, which was the first model of the | | | | Furthermore, with fast development in digital |
| modern camera nowadays in 1925. It was | | | | technology, digital cameras will be continuously |
| composed of a camera body, a lens, a shutter, an | | | | developed more and more high tech and easy to |
| aperture, a film holder, etc. It was shaped like a | | | | use cameras. |