1. 11772277
• The discovery that
silver nitrate changes
colour.
• Johann Heinrich
Schulz discovered
that a substance
called silver nitrate
changes colour
when exposed to
light. This paved the
way for the first
picture to be taken
and processed.
2. 11881144
• The camera obscura
is developed
• Joseph Niepce
developed the
camera obscura and
took the first photo
which wasn’t ideal
though, because it
took 8 hours of light
exposure to make an
image and the
picture faded with
time.
3. 11883377
• The Daguerreotype
was invented
• Louis Daguerre
invented a new way
to take pictures. It
only needed 30
minutes light
exposure, and the
image didn’t fade
with time.
4. 11884411
• Making multiple
copies possible
• William Henry
Talbot developed
the Calotype
process. This
made it possible
to make multiple
copies of the
same picture
5. 11885511
• Taking pictures
gets easier
• With the new
Collodion process,
cameras only
needed a few
seconds of light
exposure to make
a picture
6. 11887711
• Film is made easier to
handle
• Richard Leach
Maddox invented
the gelatin dry plate
silver bromide
process which made
it possible to take a
picture and develop
it later
7. 11888888
• The invention of
the roll-film
camera
• George Eastman
invented the first
roll-film camera.
• He later became
one half of the
massive Eastman-
Kodak enterprise.
8. 11994488
• The Polaroid
camera is
marketed
• The Polaroid camera
allowed people to
take a photo and
have it developed
immediately straight
from the camera
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• Colour film is
introduced
• Polaroid came
out with the first
colour film.
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• The first digital
camera is
developed
• The Sasson
Company built
the first digital
camera
11. 11998800
• The first consumer
camcorder is
released
• Sony put out the
first consumer
camcorder,
allowing people
to record their
memories in real
time
12. 11998844
• The first digital
camera is
marketed
• Canon put out the
first digital camera
for the public,
which was later
improved by Pixar
13. 11999900
• The first camera
phones (1990’s)
• The camera
phone
technology was
first used in Japan
but it quickly
spread to the rest
of th eworld
14. 22000011
• The easy share
camera comes into
play
• Kodak put out their
Easy Share digital
camera, which
made it easy to take
pictures and
download them to
the computer.
15. 22001122
• Wireless cameras
are developed
• Kodak put out
cameras that
didn’t have to be
connected to a
computer to take,
download and
share the pictures
