11Bernard Waldman

Physicist Bernard Waldman witnessed the bombing of Hiroshima, as a camera operator on the observation aircraft. He was equipped with a special high-speed movie camera with 6 seconds of film to record the blast. Unfortunately, Waldman forgot to open the camera shutter, and no film was exposed.
12Monkey's selfie

In 2011, a crested black macaque pressed a trigger on a wildlife photographer's camera, set up in a jungle for that specific purpose. This incident set off an unusual debate about copyright. In 2016, a federal judge ruled that a monkey cannot own the copyright to the images.
133D cameras

3D cameras aren't a modern thing but have been around since the 1800's and there are loads of 3D World War 1 photos.
14Multiplane camera

Disney studios used a multiplane camera which moves a number of pieces of artwork painted on glass past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another to create a three-dimensional effect.
15Rapatronic camera

There was the camera (Rapatronic camera) invented in the 1940's that could take pictures of nuclear bombs milliseconds after detonation.
16The Mammoth

The world's largest camera, built in 1899 and called The Mammoth, weighed 1,400 pounds and took 15 men to operate. Its pictures were so sharp, people first thought they were fake.
17Camera

The cameras for the Hobbit film cost around $58,000 each. They had 48 on set. That comes to $2,784,000 worth of cameras.
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18Revolver-camera

In 1938, a revolver-camera was invented to take a picture just as the trigger was pulled.


