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JCll Camera Museum / Daguerreotype

The JCII Camera Museum was founded in 1989 to present the historical development of the camera and photography. The exhibits give a systematic picture of the development of Japanese cameras. Also on display are classic, masterpiece, and curio cameras from around the world that are of historical importance. (For more information, see the January 2008 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp/

 
 
 
  Lecture on camera and plastic  
Instamatic camera Film with lens Principal of camera and lens Social conditions

The history of various products and plastic use in them is introduced here.

Daguerreotype

This is the first commercial camera in the world. It was made by M. Daguerre. In France, August 19 when this camera was made public is the Photography Invention Day. Photosensitive silver was evaporated and put on a copper plate. This technique is called the silver halide photography. The structure of the camera was very simple. A lens was put on one side of a cubic wooden box, and a photosensitive material was put on the opposite side. The basic structure has not changed even in the digital camera we use today.