When was the first 35mm camera invented and how did it affect photographers approach to capturing everyday life?

Answer 1

The first practical 35Mm still camera(as opposed to movie types) was the Ur-Leica designed by Oscar Barnack orignally in l9l3 it was on hold during the war(WWl) and WA snot offered commercially until about l923 or l924-=Germany in a severe mnetary crisis a the time. Leica pretty much controlled early 35-dom but it should be noted the traditonal Leica M-series very adpatable to press and candid if not clandestine photograpohy(the Fed camera was a SOVIET VERSIONOF THE LEICA II and was used and marked for service with the N.K.V.D. ( i have one of these).. these were not reflex camras so had a degree of parallax-difference between what was in the sight and what you get on film-mnodern slrs avoid this hazard completely. Leicas wee and are made by Ernst ZLeitz Ltd. of Wetzlar. The Fed was a Russian copy made by the Fed works in the Soviet Ukraine.

Answer 2

To test exposures for movie film. The gentleman who invented the 35mm camera, Oskar Barnack, was Leitz Optical Works' liaison to the German film company Ufa. They needed a still camera to test movie scenes before spending money shooting lots of film, so Barnack invented a still camera that takes movie film. Once it was done, the Ufa photographers would set up and light a scene, photograph it with the "Leitz-camera" (or "Leica," which is a brand still being made) and develop the film.