When was the camera invented?

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When was the camera invented?

Answer 1

The camera obscura was first invented by the Iraqi scientist Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) as described in his Book of Optics (1015-1021).

Answer 2

Check this website for History of the camera

5th-4th Centuries B.C:

Chinese and Greek philosophers describe the basic principles of optics and the camera.

On a summer day in 1827, it took eight hours for Joseph Nicéphore Niépce to obtain the first fixed image. About the same time a fellow Frenchman, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre was experimenting to find a way to capture an image, but it would take another dozen years (1839)before he was able to reduce the exposure time to less than 30 minutes and keep the image from disappearing… ushering in the age of modern photography.