When Was the Camera Invented?


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Modern cameras are complicated pieces of technology but in the camera’s earliest form, the concepts that led to its invention were formed in the most basic manner, simply the interplay of light, reflection, and shadow. Since our earliest history is unrecorded, we’ll never know the exact date some of these techniques were first discovered and who deserves credit for any undocumented observations that contributed to this area of study in the distant past. Table of Contents What Was the First Camera? The tricky thing about answering the question “When was the camera invented?” is that cameras have evolved from extremely...