Instant camera Instant camera The instant camera is a type of camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture. Polaroid Corporation pioneered (and patented) consumer friendly instant cameras and film, and were followed by various other manufacturers. The invention of commercially viable instant cameras,are which were easy to use, is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the model 95 Land Camera, in 1948, a year after unveiling instant film in New York City. The earliest instant camera, which consisted of a camera and portable wet darkroom
Camera stabilizer operator Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam, a body-mounted stabilization apparatus for motion picture cameras, which uses springs as shock absorbers. In 1991, Martin Philip Stevens (born in England in 1963) invented a hand-held camera stabilizer for motion-picture and video cameras, called the "Glidecam". Some camera stabilization machines use gyroscopes to sense disruptive motion. The Artemis Trinity system from Arri combines a mechanical and electronic stabilization. Although a tripod can hold a camera stably, stationary platforms are not regarded as camera stabilizers. A camera shoulder brace stabilizes by shifting the weight of the camera to the operator's shoulder. This allows for