If you thought the
golden anniversary of Olympus' Pen camera was
something, get a load of this. From now until August 23rd, an elaborate exhibition entitled 'The Invention of Photography and the Earliest Photographs' will showcase some of digital imaging's earliest tools, including the planet's oldest camera. The wooden sliding box shown above will undoubtedly be the centerpiece of the Macau-based expo, though it will be surrounded by 250 photography antiques and 180 old photos, which were collections lent by the Nicephore Niepce Museum and 12 other museums, cultural institutions and private collectors around the world. Anyone planning on making the trip over? Make sure you take a few snapshots with your 90s-era point-and-shoot, cool?
posted May 24th 2009 4:23AM
iz a peep hole
First ever picture: A woman showing her belly-button.
Red Eye reduction came around a bit later.
It's as thin as a ZUNE!!
And you get better pictures than on the iPhone!
Hahaha.....I know this has nothing to do with the camera but Zunes make elephants look anorexic! LMAO!!!!!!!!
(i meant to reply to ilovecheetos47)
I believe you meant to fail...bringing up zune in a camera thread hmm?
lol plus WTF is that even supposed to mean? OMG its a whole half inch thick, I don't even own a zune and I can see how ridiculous this is, are you one of those emos who wears their sister's pants that are size 0 so something as "huge" as the zune won't fit in your pocket? In any other situation I really can't figure out why it matters so much.
Anyway, the exhibit looks interesting, If I had the free time/a plane ticket I would go.
is this the same camera as the one that was auctioned in 2007? http://www.luxist.com/2007/05/31/worlds-oldest-camera-sells-for-almost-800-000/ http://www.luxurylaunches.com/auctions/worlds_oldest_camera_to_go_on_auction.php
the article and the link don't really explain anything about the camera beyond naming the inventor.
Gosh camera and photography has come a really long way
Now with 0x zoom and the equivalent of a 1 pixel camera.
"You might just get intoxicated developing the pictures"
Offtopic: I hate the fact that everyone is taking pictures of everything, even their own turds.
You mean like ratemypoo. com? (I put a space in it because I didn't really feel like providing a link. It's really nasty.)
I remember the first time someone sent me a link to that site, and I nearly barfed. That was when I learned to be very careful about the links I click. I must have been.. 12? 13? Somewhere in there.
I agree with the cameras content. I think I have close to 50 pictures on my Facebook, most not of me. Some of the people that I know have HUNDREDS, if not north of 1000. Ridiculous.
I could go... but I've lost too much money in Macau's Casinos. Unless of course engadget is willing to sponser my ferry ticket...
um, the title is wrong. That's not the first camera. The first cameras were used to
assist drawing, and were quite common. Aside from that, the first
photographic recording was actually an image burned into the side of
a barn. So the first camera is a barn door.
Oldest camera, ok.
Doesn't matter. Engadget's lack of "edit" buttons all over the site will not allow them to change it.
Incorrect. The cameras you speak of to assist drawing, a camera obscura, isn't a camera in a traditional sense because it doesn't capture the image. The first image ever is a heliograph called "A View from the Window at Le Gras" by Niepce.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_the_Window_at_Le_Gras,_Joseph_Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce.jpg
That hole looks like a job for...PREMATURE EJACULA---
Never mind.
Louis Daguerre personnal camera?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Daguerre
"Cameras not allowed."
on the subject of cameras, i was in mumbay last december and i came across a shop called "fine art" near the delhi durbar (should anyone wish to go there) and they had a few cameras from the 1920's. awesome shop to say the least.
"...will showcase some of digital imaging's earliest tools, including the planet's oldest camera."
Digital? How many MP in that wooden box?
i seen that at best buy
Um, No. The World's first camera was a Polarock owned by a Mr. F Flintstone...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580169/
Niepce all the way..
Behold his masterpiece:
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/images/photo_niepce.lg.jpg
iPhone killer
Wow, that is truly amazing. I would love to see that.
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Amazing piece.I wonder what makes up inside that box and how's the quality of the picture?
http://www.tradeyourasset.com
nothings inside of it. the sensitized material was in the back. It really was a box with a hole in the front.