35mm Camera – Oskar Barnack

The 35mm camera was developed by Oskar Barnack as an attempt to build a camera that used a specialized film that would allow for high-quality enlargements. Kodak, Sony and several other Chinese/Japanese electronics companies were the ones to produce the camera as a mass-market item, keeping the cost at a relatively in-expensive rate. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography)