Not much difference between the 1870's and today really.
The
pyramid of Kephren from a moving camel. It's difficult to realise that the
bustle of Cairo is less than a mile away......
Here's a good contrast between digital and conventional cameras - the photograph
below was taken with an Olympus OM10, and scanned, whereas the first photograph
was taken with a Kodak DC120 - a fairly old digital camera.