The evolution of the Camera:
1727: Johann Heinrich Schulz founded a substance called silver nitrate that would change colour when exposed to light. This laid foundations for the first photos to be taken and processed.
1814: Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscura and took the first photo with it. Except, it would need 8 hours of light exposure to make a photo, and the photograph would fade with time. 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. 1841: William Henry Talbot developed the Calotype process. This made it possible to make multiple copies of the same picture. 1851: With the new Collodion procedure, cameras only need a few seconds of light exposure to make a picture. 1871: Until this time, pictures had to be developed instantly after being taken. Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process, which made it a possibility to take a picture and develop it later. 1888: George Eastman invented the first roll-film camera. 1948: The Polaroid allowed people to take a photo and have it developed instantly from the bottom of the camera. 1963: Polaroid came out with the first coloured film. 1980: Sony debuted the first consumer camcorder, allowing people to record their memories using video. 1974: The Sasson Company created the first digital camera. 1984: Canon released the first digital camera for the public, which was later refined by Pixar. 1990: The camera phone technology was first used in Japan, but it rapidly spread around the world. 2001: Kodak put out their “Easy Share digital camera”, which made it easy to take photos and then download them onto the computer. 2012: Kodak put out cameras that were wireless and connected to the computer to download and share photos. |
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