History of Cameras Quiz

Who invented the first camera to take a permanent photograph?

• Louis Daguerre

• Henry Fox Talbot

• George Eastman

• Nicephore Niepce

What material did Nicephore Niepce use to create permanent images?

• Celluloid

• Silver iodide

• Bitumen of Judea

• Silver chloride

What is the Camera Obscura technique?

• A type of digital camera

• A method of developing film

• A process of printing photographs

• A technique using a small hole to project an image

Who continued Niepce's work and developed the Daguerreotype?

• Henry Fox Talbot

• George Eastman

• Louis Daguerre

• Thomas Edison

What was the main disadvantage of the Calotype compared to the Daguerreotype?

• Longer exposure time

• Blurrier images

• Required more chemicals

• More expensive

What was the first mass-marketed camera?

• Kodak Brownie

• Daguerreotype camera by Alphonse Giroux

• Leica I

• Polaroid Land Camera

Who created the first roll film camera?

• Henry Fox Talbot

• George Eastman

• Nicephore Niepce

• Louis Daguerre

What was the slogan for the first Kodak camera?

• Snap and go

• Picture perfect

• You press the button… we do the rest

• Capture the moment

What was the significance of the Kodak Brownie camera?

• It was the first digital camera

• It was the first camera to use color film

• It made photography accessible to the middle class

• It was the first camera with a zoom lens

What is 35mm film?

• A type of digital storage

• A film format introduced by Kodak

• A large format film

• A type of instant film