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The discovery that silver nitrate changes
Johann Heinrich Schulz discovered that a substance called silver nitrate would change color when exposed to light. -
The camera obscura is developed
Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscura and took the first photo with it. -
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. -
Making multiple copies possible
William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to make multiple copies of the same picture. -
Taking pictures gets easier
With the new Collodion process, cameras only needed a few seconds of light exposure to make a picture. -
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. -
The invention of the roll-film camera
George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera. -
The Polaroid camera is marketed
The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it developed immediately, right from the camera. -
Colored film is introduced
Polaroid came out with the first colored film. -
The first digital camera is developed
The Sasson Company built the first digital camera. -
The first consumer camcorder is released
Sony put out the first consumer camcorder, allowing people to record their memories in real time. -
The first digital camera is marketed
Canon put out the first digital camera for the public, which was later improved by Pixar. -
The first camera phones
The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but it quickly spread around the world. -
The Easy Share camera comes
Kodak put out their Easy Share digital camera, which made it easy to snap pictures and download them to the computer. -
Wireless cameras
Kodak put out cameras that didn't have to be connected to a computer in order to download and share the pictures.
