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Johann Heinrich Schulz discovered a substanced called silver nitrate. It can change colour, once it is exposed to light. This was the first step for the camera
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Joseph Niepce invented the Camer Obscura. And then, the first picture ever was taken. It was'nt very good, because it needed 8 hours of light exposure, and it would fade.
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Louis Daguerre invented the daguerro type camera, which was a slightly different camera (to the camera obscura) and the pictures didn't fade, and it only took 30 minutes of light exposure.
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William Henry Talbot created the "Calotype process". This was made, so people can make multiple copies of their photos.
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Frederic Scott Archer created another new process, called the Collodion process. This way, cameras only need a few seconds of light exposure.
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Before, Pictures had to be developed (or it will fade) immediately after taken. So Richard Leach Maddox invented the gelatin dry plate silver bromide process. This way, pictures could be taken and then developed later.
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The first Roll-On film camera is invented by George Eastman,
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Polaroid's camera allows people to take pictures and developed immediatly right from the camera!
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Polaroid invented colour for the camera.
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Camera Phones are developed in Japan, but soon it was used world-wide.
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Kodak invents the first water-proof camera. The price was $149USD.
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Steve Sasson invented to first digital camera. However, it was'nt very good because it was black and white images into a cassette tape, 0,01 megapixels. It also took 23 seconds to capture a image.