1.Back in 1820s, early cameras would take several hours to actually capture a film! 

 

2.The largest collection of cameras in the world is held by Dilish Parekh of #Mumbai. He has a collection of 4,425 antique cameras

 

3.Manhattanhenge also referred as the Manhattan Solstice, is treated as a photographer’s delight. Occurring twice a year, during this circumstance, the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. An amazing photographic opportunity is created during this when the tall buildings create a vertical channel to frame the setting Sun

 

4.As on August 2013, Facebook users on an average upload 350 million photos daily and there are total 240 billion photos uploaded on Facebook

 

5.In 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a camera obscura. Prior to that, people used camera obscura for viewing or drawing purposes only

 

6.The most expensive camera ever sold was a rare 1923 Leica camera, which went for $2.8 million at auction in Vienna

 

7.The biggest SLR lens made to date is the Carl Zeiss Apo Sonnar T*. It weighs 564lb/256kg and has a focal length of 1700mm. It is designed specifically for use with a Hasselblad 6×6 medium format camera, and was custom-build for an anonymous customer who had a particular interest in wildlife photography

 

8.Today we snap as many photos every two minutes as humanity as a whole did in the 1800s

 

 

 

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