Great video to get an overview. I was surprised how little you can find on KZfaq about very old cameras. This video really helped

you are one of the best presenters I've ever listened to, always a pleasure to watch your videos

This whole channel is a treasure.

Here are links to different sections: 00:00 Introduction 01:43 Daguerre and Talbot 04:47 Personal portraits from the 1860s 06:14 War photographers 06:53 Bellows, folding cameras and glass plates 09:20 Reflex cameras 10:19 Eastman Kodak and film 11:30 The Brownie 14:10 Vest Pocket Kodak 16:53 1918 to 1930, and why 1930?

this is very helpful because i want to photography soon and it helps learning about the past and how cameras work

Thank you for doing this video and all the research you had to do for it. Well done!

Fantastic work. It is a shame that you don't include cameras used in professional and art photography. Popular photography certainly drives the market and a great deal of innovation, but I feel that there's really a major part of the story missing by omitting those parts of the puzzle.

Love the great details of detailed explanations. Top video 📸

I have spent the afternoon watching all 3 parts. well. done.!

:-) Glad I did subscribe beforehand :-) What a great Video, very informative and entertaining. Cant wait to see parts 2 and 3.

Thank you for the video!

Amazing video!! I just subscribed!

Fantastic concise history. I can see this series as being an excellent introduction for photography students, to give them the big picture (ha!) of how we have arrived where we are today. Can't wait to see parts 2 and 3.

Thanks for putting together this video with an interesting overview of early camera developments! I'm looking forward to the next part.

M8, Great video as always. Keep it up! It is a true joy to watch your videos

Excellent! Wonderful English!!!

Another very well made and interesting video, Simon. Thanks for making it.

My dad's The Vest Pocket Kodak camera is shown here.

Great video! Will eagerly await the next parts

Well done. I always wondered how those old cameras worked. Can’t wait for the rest of the series.

Incredibly enjoyable and informative, Simon.

As always - a fantastic video!

What a great video! You did a great job highlighting key cameras and their history. Even though it a more specialized camera, I think the graflex slr's are key one to mention. Go as far back as the very end of the 1800s, they where slr cameras made in multiple formats as large as 5x7, eith a hood on top for instant viewing. And most of them could shoot all the way up to 1/1000 of a second by using a early focal plane shutter allowing for action shots, and a Bellows focusing system so you can shoot from infinity to macro. I personally have a 1907 auto graflex in 4x5 format that I still use today, it even uses a rudimentary magazine film back that permits me to shoot 12 sheets of film withought having to change the back. A beautiful peice of engineering

Excellent video. I'm surprised you don't have more views. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Thank you.

Great video! Looking forward to the next ones!

Wery nice video my brozher

Mr. Simon congratulations for the work and thank you, amazing stuff !!!

Actually around 1902-1920 was first camera

This is my favorite channel on KZfaq now! Thank you.

Great video! Looking forward to the next one. Thank you!

Great documentary content. it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Please keep them coming.

I wondered if the Brownie came with a tripod mount. I guess not. Didn't see any on any of these here. Odd, they needed them more than modern ones do. Great video. I'm on to part 2.

Nice video; looking forward to part 2.

Wonderful! Thank you!

Brilliant thanks, my photography goes back to pre slrs! looking forward to part 2!

Superb!!Great narration! (with a nice Leslie Megahey tone into it) ;-)

Thank you for sharing your knowledge & passion. I really enjoy hand coloring b&w images(not digitally)Those early cameras are beautiful; wood, brass, & glass

a captivating video, keep up the passion, Many Thanks

Fantastic!

Really brilliant channel, and superbly produced and delivered. Really enjoyed your Helios-44 videos … any chance of hearing your views on the 81N (also called H, due to cyrillic).

Urbane, intelligent and informative. Simons utak is a class above most other offerings in this particular KZfaq niche. Roxy Music for photographers. Piqued my interest!

extraordinary video! loved it

Another great video! Nice to add some range to your channel with good information and excellent presentation!

Well done!

Quite fascinating history.

Awsome video! I would be happy if you make a series going much more in the detail of this, but I know it's a lot of work! Thanks for all the energy you put into this!

Wow, unbelievably interesting, thanks a lot 🤝👍

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, look forward to the next in the series. I hope you don't mind, I added this video to my playlist on my channel on the history of photography.

Who knew enlightenment could be found on the youtubes. Thank you.

Just wait 2 months, and this video will have 1 million views. It's really really good.👍

Simon, Thank you so much for this video. Your channel is my favorite amongst the many I am currently subscribed to. The history of cameras and photographs has been a passion of mine for well over fifty years, and finding kindred spirits is an affirmation of this passion (somehow). I have mentioned your channel to my friends who might be interested in this subject matter and hopefully others will do the same. What you are doing is unique and valuable, please keep it up!

...a very nice production ...since you made this I ended up purchasing the modern Mamiya super press 2*3 ...and a few weeks ago 8 *10 Gennert field camera ...and some of the plates with Kodak Ortho.. were still in..sadly unexposed ..I Will probably just use the plate for contact printing ... certainly a talking piece

Another fascinating and fluidly paced video. I very much look forward to the next episode. Though hardly influential in the history of photography, I wonder if, at some point - either as a footnote to the premium Leica story, or as a fascinating link between past and present - you might be able to include Alpa? The origin of the cameras and related brands like Bolex and the genius designer behind them is almost Hollywood like! And now still going strong as the lustworthy uber-expensive technical cameras for film and the like of Phase One digital backs.

Nice work. Just a side note.. the Kodak 3A was very influential in the roll film legacy. Also autographing, and produced from 1895 - 1935. The 3A was influential also in sharing of the photos as Kodak developed the films and returned "postcard" photos (many to be bought on ebay). Another huge innovation were the cameras produced by graflex, maybe even more influential than the 3A... at least here in the US

No mention of Single lens reflex cameras like the Thornton Pickard Ruby Reflex Quarter plate from 1925 to 1935 with the Taylor Hobson five and three quarter inch f4. 5. The Rollex roll film 6x9 back for 120 film. I have one with a focal plane shutter from a tenth to 1000th. I guess you excluded this because it was a more professional camera. I have a a vest pocket kodak autographic and box brownie number 2 made in England and takes 120 film. I love your video and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one.

swings and tilts rise and fall and shift what am i ?

i love how the time of the video is 18:26, wich is the year the first photo was taken

With Vest Pocket Kodak are taken only known photos on board RMS Titanic by Father Brown who traveled in the first class

Great video (as usual)! My only "complaint" is that you did not acknowledge the first ever colour photograph (1861). This was produced by the great James Clerk Maxwell, who towers next to Newton and Einstein, in terms of scientific legacy.

I have a question regarding old photography. If you cold help please? I was wondering why in old photography from 18 - 1900s you can't see the sky? Vanilla sky or cloudy looking. Thank you

why is it when ever I want to know history of any inventions it always someone with really low views in KZfaq that satisfy my curiosity ????

Can I subscribe twice?

It's Rolleiflex ...not Rollieflex. 😉

There are a good number of deep reflections on photography as art, in several "stories of photography". But when it comes to technical aspects, in the transformation of the photographic act itself, and of its partner, the camera, the situation is the opposite. Your's work gives depth and maturity to the theme. (forte abraço do Brasil - @mariomissagia)