The DECADE dial
Fifteen decades of cameras.
Each decade is built from what ordinary people actually filmed and photographed with: the home cine cameras, the tapes, the cartridges, the phones. Pick one to see its twelve video technologies, its twelve photo styles and its sound.

1890s
Hand-cranked 35 mm film

1900s
Early motion picture

1910s
Silent film, tinted

1920s
16 mm and 9.5 mm home cine

1930s
8 mm home film

1940s
8 mm colour film

1950s
Regular 8 home movies

1960s
Super 8 film

1970s
Super 8 and early video

1980s
VHS camcorder

1990s
Hi-band 8 mm and Mini DV

2000s
Mini DV and early digital

2010s
Smartphone HD video

2020s
Computational video

2030s
Speculative future