Tuesday, December 25, 2007

World's Most Expensive Camera

No it's not a Hasselblad; not even close. This honor goes to a camera called "Daguerreotype", which is also an early form of photography in which the image is imposed upon mirror-polished silver surface. This early system didn't create negatives, so copies of images was not possible in the traditional sense.

Created in 1839, it's considered the first commercially manufactured camera in the world and is expected to fetch a cool million Euro, or $1,329,000 against our fast fading dollar. All this and no live view or image stabilization. How did they do it back then?

1 comment:

Rachel Schell said...

they actually had talent back then :P it's kind of like singers, actors, etc...they actually could sing, act and whatever else.

haha!

I'd love to have that camera!