1900 - The Kodak Brownie

The Kodak Brownie was a highly popularised low cost camera, and was the first camera to introduce the idea of a snapshot. It was named “Brownie” because it was a brown leatherette covered cardboard box with a wooden film carrier.  The Brownie was produced cheaply so that anyone could afford to own one, and it was also very simple and easy for even a novice photographer to use. It used to cost only $2.00 for the camera, film and to get the film processed once the pictures had been taken

Pros:

-          Cheap

-          Easy to use

-          Film was easily accessible

Cons:

-          It was quite a large box