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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