who invented the film camera
In 1881 a farmer in Cambria,  Wisconsin, Peter Houston, invented the first roll film camera. His  younger brother David, filed the patents for various components of  Peter'â¦s camera.   George Eastman used the flexible roll  film holder which was patented by David H. Houston in 1881 in the  Kodak camera. Houston licensed the roll film holder, and later sold  the patent, to George Eastman in 1889.