| 1851 Americans W. and W.H Lewis patent the Lewis daguerreotype camera. This was the first Camera to use an internal bellows from lens to glass plate. |
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1853 John B. Dancer from Manchester England, introduces the first twin lens stereoscopic camera. |
| 1853 A. Quinet of Paris produces the first binocular-style stereo camera named the. Quinetoscope, after himself. |
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1853 Thomas Ottewill creates a compact folding Camera intended for the military. This was one of the first compact folding cameras ever made.
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1854 Andre Adophe-Eugene Disderi patents the Cartes-de-visite system in France, using 8-12 lens photographing on one plate. A. A. Disderi standardizes photograph size mounted on card stock 2 3/8" x 4 1/4". Shown here is a later carte-de-visite camera from the American Scovill Company. |
1854 Aurther James Melhuish and J. B. Spencer patent a camera roll holder loaded with sensitized paper
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