The camera archive · 145 cameras

A century of cameras.

Explore cameras across photographic history — from box roll-film snapshots to Y2K digitals — and see how your photograph might have looked in another era. Every entry is an original, camera-inspired simulation.

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Showing 5 of 145 cameras · Early photography · United States

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First Roll1880s–1900s · Film · BoxInspired by the Kodak No. 1Rochester, NY · USA

Box Snapshot1900s–1950s · Film · BoxInspired by the Kodak BrownieRochester, NY · USA

Press Plate1910s–1950s · Film · FoldingInspired by the Speed GraphicRochester, NY · USA

Brick Rangefinder1930s–1960s · Film · RangefinderInspired by the Argus C3Ann Arbor, MI · USA

Field Fourfive1920s–1970s · Film · SpecialistInspired by 4×5 field and view camerasRochester, NY · USA

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