The document outlines the key developments in camera technology from 1727 to 2012, including the discovery that silver nitrate could capture images (1727), the first photograph using a camera obscura that required an 8 hour exposure (1814), the daguerreotype process requiring only 30 minutes of exposure (1837), the development of the calotype process allowing multiple copies (1841), and the invention of roll film and consumer cameras culminating in wireless sharing capabilities (2012).

1. Camera Timeline
By Jordan Wardle

2. • 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.
1727 – Silver Nitrate

3. • 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.
1814 – Camera Obscura

4. • 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.
1837 - Daguerreotype

5. • William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process.
This made it possible to make multiple copies of the same
picture.
1841 - multiple copies

6. • With the new Collodion process, cameras only needed a
few seconds of light exposure to make a picture.
1851 - Taking pictures gets easier

7. • 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.
1871 - Film is made easier to handle

8. • George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera
1888 - Roll-film Camera

9. • The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it
developed immediately, right from the camera.
1948 – Polaroid Camera

10. • Polaroid came out with the first coloured film.
1963 - Polaroid Colour!

11. • The Sasson Company built the first digital camera.
1974 - first digital camera

12. • Sony put out the first consumer camcorder, allowing
people to record their memories in real time.
1980 - Consumer Camcorder

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

14. • The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but
it quickly spread around the world.
1990 - The first camera phones

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

16. • Kodak put out cameras that didn't have to be connected to
a computer in order to download and share the pictures.
2012 - Wireless cameras are developed