CAMERA TIMELINE

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THE DISCOVERY THAT SILVER NITRATE CHANGES

Date: 1727

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 OBSCURA IS DEVELOPED

Date: 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 

Date: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 

Date:1841

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

TAKING PICTURES GETS EASIER 

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

FILM IS MADE EASIER TO HANDLE 

Date: 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 INVENTION OF THE ROLL-FILM CAMERA 

Date: 1888George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera. 

THE POLAROID CAMERA IS MARKETED 

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

COLOURED FILM IS INTRODUCED 

Date: 1963Polaroid came out with the first coloured film.

THE FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA IS DEVELOPED

Date:1974The Sasson Company built the first digital camera.

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

THE FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA IS MARKETED 

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

THE FIRST CAMERA PHONES

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

THE EASY SHARE CAMERA COMES INTO PLAY 

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

WIRELESS CAMERAS ARE DEVELOPED 

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