1. CAMERA TIMELINE

2. 1727
The discovery that silver nitrate changes:
Johann Heinrich Schulz discovered that a substance called silver nitrate would change
color 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 invention of the roll-film camera:
George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera.

9. 1948
The Polaroid camera is marketed:
The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it developed immediately, right
from the camera.

10. 1963
Colored film is introduced
Polaroid came out with the first colored film.

11. 1974
The first digital camera is developed
The Sasson Company built the first digital camera.

12. 1980
The first consumer camcorder is released:
Sony put out the first consumer camcorder, allowing people to record their memories
in real time.

13. 1984
The first digital camera is marketed:
Canon put out the first digital camera for the public, which was later improved by
Pixar.

14. 1990
The first camera phones (1990's):
The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but it quickly spread around the
world.

15. 2001
The Easy Share camera comes into play:
Kodak put out their Easy Share digital camera, which made it easy to snap pictures
and download them to the computer.

16. 2012
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.