Antique cameras are of great demand and attract many photographers. They are hand crafted using materials such as metal, plastic, brass, polished, wood, and leather. They can be traced from as early as 1939 and give an important information about the technology used. They shed light on the kind of style used during the particular period of time they were in use.

They are of varying types namely; multiple lens, portable, hand stand, and box type. The wooden antique cameras range from box type to the portable type. The classic wooden type had magical images appear on the ground of glass of this item. This inspired the search for a way to fix these beautiful images. The box type has inner lenses that extend to 13 inches when the inner boxes are extended on focus.