The discovery that silver nitrate
changes, 1727Johann 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 obscura is developed, 1814
Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscura 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,
1841William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to
make multiple copies of the same picture.
Taking pictures gets easier,
1851With the new Collodion process, cameras only needed a few seconds of light
exposure to make a picture.
Film is made easier to handle,
1871Up 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 Polaroid camera is marketed,
1948
The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it developed immediately, right from the camera.
The first consumer camcorder is
released,
1970Sony put out the first consumer camcorder, allowing people to record their
memories in real time.
The first digital camera is marketed,
1984Canon put out the first digital camera for the public, which was later improved
by Pixar.
The first camera phones,
1990The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but it quickly spread
around the world.
The Easy Share camera comes into
play,
2001Kodak put out their Easy Share digital camera, which made it easy to snap
pictures and download them to the computer.
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