Camera
device · 1839 · Industrial Revolution
A device that captures an image through a lens onto a light-sensitive medium.
What it is made of
- Lens — has part. A camera’s lens.
- Shutter — has part. A shutter.
- Photographic flash — has part. A flash.
- Exposure meter — has part. A built-in light meter.
Principles and materials it uses
- Daguerreotype — uses. The first cameras were daguerreotype cameras.
- Wood — is made of. The first cameras were a wooden box.
- Brass — is made of. The lens mount is brass.
Where it is used
- Stereoscope — is used in. Stereo pairs of photographs.
- Bubble chamber — is part of. Photographing the tracks.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Smartphone camera — evolved into. A smartphone camera keeps the layout of a camera: a lens forms an image on a light-sensitive surface.
- Photolithography — evolved into. A photographic process carried over to silicon.
- Camera obscura — evolved from. A camera is a camera obscura with a light-sensitive layer.
- Digital camera — evolved into. A sensor instead of film.
What it is a kind of
- Kodak camera — includes. A camera.
- Thermal camera — includes. A thermal camera is a camera that sees heat instead of light.