Media- H/LBy Callum Hiett

The discovery that silver nitrate changes 

1772!

Johann Heinrich Schulz discovered that a substance called silver nitrate would change colour when exposed to light. This paved the way for the first pictures to be taken and processed.

The camera obscure is developed 

1814!Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscure and took the first photo with it. It wasn't ideal, though, because it took 8 hours of light exposure to make a picture, and the picture faded with time.

The Daguerreotype was invented 

1837!Louis Daguerre invented a new way to take pictures. It only needed 30 minutes of light exposure, and the image didn't fade with time.

Making multiple copies possible 

1841!

William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to make multiple copies of the same picture.

Taking pictures gets easier 

1851!With the new Collodion process, cameras only needed a few seconds of light exposure to make a picture.

Film is made easier to handle 

1871!Up until this time pictures had to be developed immediately after being taken. Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process, which made it possible to take a picture and develop it later.

The invention of the roll-film camera 

1888!George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera.

The Polaroid camera is marketed 

1948!The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it developed immediately, right from the camera.

Coloured film is introduced 

1963!Polaroid came out with the first coloured film.

The first consumer camcorder is released

1980!Sony put out the first consumer camcorder, allowing people to record their memories in real time.

The first digital camera is developed 

1974!The Sasson Company built the first digital camera.

The first digital camera is marketed 

1984!Canon put out the first digital camera for the public, which was later improved by Pixar.

The first camera phones (1990's) 

1990!The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but it quickly spread around the world.

The Easy Share camera comes into play 

2001!Kodak put out their Easy Share digital camera, which made it easy to snap pictures and download them to the computer.

Wireless cameras are developed 

2012!Kodak put out cameras that didn't have to be connected to a computer in order to download and share the pictures.