The history of the camera is short and intense. Less the 200 years ago, the idea of a camera was being toyed with. One problem with the early versions of cameras was the amount of time it took to capture an image. The first photograph recorded took 8 hours of exposure time, and soon faded. By 1837 the process had been cut down to 30 minutes of exposure time needed, and the image remained. Around 1850 cameras were beginning to become widely used.
The digital era started with technology in the 1980's however the price was extravagant (20k), the quality poor, and it was difficult to find printers capable to make prints. Even as late as 1999 digital cameras with less then a 3 megapixel range were selling for six thousand dollars! This is a testament to how fast and how furious the birth of the digital camera has been. Now days it is very easy to purchase a 12 megapixel camera for a few hundred dollars, which means high quality, and it is also easy to find a good printer.
With the improvement of digital cameras and the ease of which to find and use them, film cameras are becoming a thing of the past. Will they always be there, for those truly dedicated? I guess time shall tell.
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