Video Cameras and Recorders/ Blog post 8


 The technology that I learned about during the class presentations was video cameras and recorders. I learned that John Braid, a Scottish engineer, was someone who helped create this invention. The video cameras first-ever experiment occurred in the 1900s and by the 1930s new electronic video was created by Philo Farnsworth and Vladimir Zworykin. This new electronic advancement was one of the main sources of film in the entertainment industry. Soon after that many more advances took place including the upgrade of digital video capture. The main usage of these cameras was the military to ensure safety and protection. As time went on smaller cameras were created. For example cameras on the iPhone and webcams. When these cameras first came out they were very low quality however, as time continued the quality of the photos advanced at a rapid past





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