TURNING POINT INVENTIONS: THE CAMERA (Hardcover)

by Joseph Wallace (Author), Toby Welles (Illustrator), Samuel N. Antupit (Designer)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 6 Up-From camera obscura to digital imaging, Wallace examines the evolution of photography. Chapters cover what led to the development of the camera and how this invention was brought about and refined in stages by people who often came up with similar ideas independently. Captioned black-and-white and full-color illustrations, including the earliest known photograph, break up the text. Images by famed photographers such as Eadweard Muybridge and Mathew Brady, as well as Harold Edgerton's falling milk droplet, are included. The importance of these individuals' work and that of others is clearly explained. An illustrated center foldout shows the parts of a camera and how images are recorded. This is a terrific aid to report writers and an engaging read that will click with budding shutterbugs.-Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
REVWR
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689828136
• ISBN-13: 978-0689828133
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,858,270 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars History of the Camera would be a better title., April 30, 2003

By	Browyn Brough "excitedteacher" (vegas area, rural) - See all my reviews

This book is part of a series one we will probably buy all of they are well written. Like I said in the title though, it's more of a History of the camera and the people that used them over time and how that's changes. Nice 4 page pullout in the middle.

However, it's not a book with picutres of the guts of the camrea like I thought it would be. I thought it would be more about "how it works" and "how the parts have changed" and gotten smaller, that it is NOT!

It's well done, there is alot more reading, then I thought there would be. This is a book for an avid reader, someone doing a report, teaching a class, or a student of the camera/film industry, or someone wanting to know more about the "individualS" (not nessecarily the actual inventor) that brought this invention to the world and it's people. It's more a High School level read then it is for upper elementary (which I bought it for).