(This story was originally published on 19 August 2017 for World Photography Day. It is now being republished for National Camera Day.)
29 June is National Camera Day, and before we start appreciating the art with our smartphones, it might serve us better to see where it all started.
By that I mean the cameras from yesteryear that showed us the fine detailing and precise handling required to capture an image, or as many used to call it, a moment.
So, to give you a better understanding of just how many cameras there have been over the years, we managed to catch hold of a guy who owns (or rather, collects) as many as 750 of them, across different eras. Here’s a look at how cameras were before the digital revolution hit.
(With additional inputs from Danish Nazir)
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