The document traces the history and development of photography from its origins in the 18th century to modern digital photography. Some of the key developments mentioned include Johann Schulz's discovery in 1727 that silver nitrate could capture images, Joseph Niepce creating the first photograph using a camera obscura in 1814, Louis Daguerre inventing the daguerreotype process in 1837, and digital photography emerging in the 1970s with the development of the first digital camera by Kodak in 1971. The document outlines many of the major innovations that made photography easier and more accessible over time.

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By Ross Cogdell

2. The discovery that silver nitrate
changes, 1727
• 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. The camera obscura is developed ,
1814
• 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. The Daguerreotype was
invented 1837
• 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. Making multiple copies possible 1841
• William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This
made it possible to make multiple copies of the same picture.

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

7. Film is made easier to handle 1871
• Up until this time pictures had to be developed immediately
after being taken. Richard Leach Maddox invented the
gelatine dry plate silver bromide process, which made it
possible to take a picture and develop it later.

8. The invention of the roll-film
camera 1888
• George Eastman invented the first roll-film
camera.

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

10. Coloured film is introduced 1963
• Polaroid came out with the first coloured film.

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

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

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

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

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

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