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=== Compact cameras === ==== Instant camera ==== {{Main|Instant camera}} [[File:Polaroid 636 Close Up instant camera.jpg|thumb|Instant Camera]] After exposure, every photograph is taken through pinch rollers inside the instant camera. Thereby the developer paste contained in the paper 'sandwich' is distributed on the image. After a minute, the cover sheet just needs to be removed and one gets a single original positive image with a fixed format. With some systems, it was also possible to create an instant image negative, from which then could be made copies in the photo lab. The ultimate development was the SX-70 system of [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]], in which a row of ten shots – engine driven – could be made without having to remove any cover sheets from the picture. There were instant cameras for a variety of formats, as well as adapters for instant film use in medium- and large-format cameras. ==== Subminiature camera ==== {{Main|Subminiature camera}}[[File:2016 Minox C 8.jpg|thumb|Subminiature spy camera]] Subminiature cameras were first produced in the twentieth century and use film significantly smaller than 35mm. The expensive 8×11mm [[Minox]], the only type of camera produced by the company from 1937 to 1976, became very widely known and was often used for espionage (the Minox company later also produced larger cameras). Later inexpensive subminiatures were made for general use, some using rewound 16 mm cine film. Image quality with these small film sizes was limited. ==== Folding camera ==== {{Main|Folding camera}} [[File:Voigtländer Bessa 66-1.JPG|thumb|left|Folding camera]] The introduction of films enabled the existing designs for plate cameras to be made much smaller and for the baseplate to be hinged so that it could be folded up, compressing the bellows. These designs were very compact and small models were dubbed ''vest pocket'' cameras. One of the smallest and best-selling cameras was the [[Vest Pocket Kodak]], sold in two generations between 1912 and 1934. Folding roll film cameras were preceded by folding plate cameras, more compact than other designs. {{-}} ==== Box camera ==== {{Main|Box camera}} [[File:No. 2C Brownie Camera, Model A - 1.JPG|thumb|upright|Kodak box camera]] Box cameras were introduced as budget-level cameras and had few if any controls. The original box Brownie models had a small reflex viewfinder mounted on the top of the camera and had no aperture or focusing controls and just a simple shutter. Later models such as the Brownie 127 had larger direct view optical viewfinders together with a curved film path to reduce the impact of deficiencies in the lens.
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