2. 1727
The discovery that silver nitrate changes
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.
3. 1814
The camera obscura is developed
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.
4. 1837
The Daguerreotype was invented
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.
5. 1841
Making multiple copies possible
William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to make
multiple copies of the same picture.
6. 1851
Taking pictures gets easier
With the new Collodion process, cameras only needed a few seconds of light exposure
to make a picture.
7. 1871
Film is made easier to handle
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.
8. 1888
• The box camera is mechanically simple, the most common form is a cardboard or
plastic box with a lens in one end and film at the other. The lenses are often single
element designs meniscus fixed focus lens, or in better quality box cameras a
doublet lens with minimal (if any) possible adjustments to the aperture or shutter
speeds
9. • The Polaroid camera is marketed
The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo
and have it developed immediately, right from
the camera.
1948
10. • Colored film is introduced
Polaroid came out with the first colored film.
1963
11. • The first consumer camcorder is released
Sony put out the first consumer camcorder,
allowing people to record their memories in
real time.
1980
12. • The first digital camera is developed
The Sasson Company built the first digital
camera.
1974
13. • The first digital camera is marketed
Canon put out the first digital camera for the
public, which was later improved by Pixar.
1984
14. • The first camera phones (1990's)
The camera phone technology was first used
in Japan, but it quickly spread around the
world.
1990
15. • Wireless cameras are developed
Kodak put out cameras that didn't have to be
connected to a computer in order to
download and share the pictures.
2001
