The first significant example of technological change in photography that I noticed was the actual size of cameras.
The first camera obscura was extremely large and would not have been easy to manoeuvre around.
During the 1940s camera were still very large compared to how they are today. This camera would be easy to move around but not as convenient as the look heavy and were expensive to use as “flash bulbs cost 15 dollars a pop”.
By the 1980s cameras were much smaller and lightweight making it easy to move around with them.
These cameras are from 2009/10. They have gotten smaller over the years but that hasn’t effected the quality of their images.
The other technological change is the quality of images.
This first image was produced from a camera obscura. The quality is very bad as it is very grainy.
This second image is from the 1940s. The quality is poor as the pattern of the paper can be seen in the image when zoomed in and the image is grainy.
The third image is from the 1980s. The quality is quite good compared to the images above and colour is used but isn’t very bright.
The last image shows the amazing quality of digital photography.
http://io-noi-aldo.sonance.net/blogpix/camera-obscura.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/88832833/original.jpg
http://www.mrmartinweb.com/images/camera/medium/graflex4x5.jpg http://www.digitalreview.ca/pics/Nikon_2010/Coolpix_2010_Camera_Line.jpg
http://www.pl.euhou.net/docupload/files/Tools/webcam/New%20ideas%20how%20to%20use%20webcam%20in%20school/obscura.jpg
http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/meyer-sam-1940.jpg
http://ephemera.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341ca18953ef00e553e2b2318833-320wi
http://tomiellenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Bird-1024x685.jpg
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