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title: Kodak | Smile, it’s National Camera Day — Share these 5 Fun Foto Facts
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# Smile, it’s National Camera Day — Share these 5 Fun Foto Facts

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 June 29 is National Camera Day

 It's a day that commemorates a device that has changed the world. Imagine life without that handy tool that you now carry in your pocket 24/7. George Eastman, the founder of Kodak, is known as “The Father of Photography,” because although he didn’t invent the camera, he brought it to the masses.  
   
  Kodak Wide-format Media celebrates photography every day of the year but especially on this flashy holiday, we thought it would be fun to share these fun foto facts.

### Did you know:

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### In 1900, the Kodak Brownie was released; the first camera affordable to the average person, it cost $1 and a roll of film cost 15¢.

![](https://campaign.globalbmg.com/hubfs/kodak-national-camera-day/kodak-national-camera-day-01.jpg)

### The first photo ever taken of the earth was captured by Lunar Orbiter I with a Kodak camera system

![](https://campaign.globalbmg.com/hubfs/kodak-national-camera-day/kodak-national-camera-day-02.jpg)

### The word camera comes from **"camera obscura"**, which means "dark chamber." The first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.

![](https://campaign.globalbmg.com/hubfs/kodak-national-camera-day/kodak-national-camera-day-03.jpg)

### In 1888, George Eastman trademarked the name “Kodak”, a meaningless word that would soon be synonymous with photography and become one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

![](https://campaign.globalbmg.com/hubfs/kodak-national-camera-day/kodak-national-camera-day-04.jpg)

### Steve Sassen, an engineer at Kodak who worked in R&D invented the digital camera.

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