Inspiration: Capturing the Essence

Technology continues to evolve with time, whether it be the latest laptop, the new delivery app, Bluetooth devices or the latest iPhone model. With all these new designs evolving, I can't help but be particularly interested in the evolution of the camera. The camera is so revolutionary and catalyzed the invention of many applications such as camera storage, editing apps, lenses, phone models - you name it!

This is the first digital camera invented by Steven J. Sasson. It was pretty neat for storing photographs and videos which were recorded onto the camera's cassette tapes which took around 23 seconds (Electronic still camera, US5016107A.) It had a 100 x 100 resolution and was 4k video but in the 1970's that was high quality. It wasn't very useful practical at the time as there was no internet nor applications to be able to store the digital photos on yet or view it but the idea of the handheld camera storage itself was inspiring and innovative to say the least.

I love taking photos, especially of myself and I also struggle with storing my images, so for the first invention of a virtual hand-held camera storage device it marks the start of the evolution of cameras and photo storage.

Alfred, J. (2016) The World's First Digital Camera, introduced By The Man Who Invented It. Retrieved from https://www.diyphotography.net/worlds-first-digital-camera-introduced-man-invented/ . Based in Wishaw, Scotland.

However, compared to a camera of today like the DSLR Canon Camera, it could be a frustratingly slow form of recording videos and photos. But because the idea of a digital camera and one with storage was invented it fueled the process of more innovative and improved camera forms. So enter the 21st century where we have the latest digital cameras with high resolutions that allow color and more realistic picture effects, timers, multiple focus settings, and sensory systems. Not only that, but camera storage has evolved from being a single function still digital camera but to a multi functional device known as the smartphone. Oh how the times have changed and brought forth new designs! The digital camera nowadays is able to give better quality images and that allows for better memory (Linda A. Henkel, 10 January 2011) and therefore can ignite emotions much more so than the black and white images of the first digital camera, in my opinion.

Future. Best DSLR camera 2020: 10 great cameras to suit all budgets. Retrieved from https://www.techradar.com/au/news/best-dslr , 10 March 2020

And that is why the camera is my favorite design. The very idea of being able to capture a memory into a piece of paper or screen and then being able to recall the events that occurred because of an image is so profound to me. But not only that, the camera represents time and my own personal symbolism of it, is that it serves as a reminder for not only precious memories but evolution of time and the processes we take to create and capture things to the best of our ability.

Cameras personally serve as a way for me to express my creativity as well as I can show the world as I see and experience through my eyes. It is truly a design that inspires me to create many things in my life.

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WORKS CITED

Claudia H. Deutsch (May 2, 2008) At Kodak, Some Old Things Are New Again. Retrieved from http://signallake.com/signallake.com/innovation/Kodak050208.pdf

Digital Kamera Museum (2010). Welcome to My Digital Camera Museum. Retrieved from https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/

Google Patents (US5016107A) Retrieved from https://patents.google.com/patent/US5016107A/en

Linda A. Henkel (10 January, 2011) Photograph-induced memory errors: When photographs make people claim they have done things they have not. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.1644