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title: "How did the first camera work?"  
description: "A short explanation of the history of the first photo and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2764/how-did-the-first-camera-work  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["Camera", "Photo", "picture", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the first camera work?

![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/c0921fa8-8fbd-4624-847f-304a067aedb2.jpeg) ![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/f49aade7-a9e0-48e6-8900-c117c3c4665b.jpeg) The first camera was a dark room with a small hole, allowing light from outside to pass through and project an upside-down image on the opposite wall. ![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/64d4199e-4fbb-44dc-b25b-dbadc4a3edae.jpeg) In 1826, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented the first camera capable of producing permanent photos. ![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/64d4199e-4fbb-44dc-b25b-dbadc4a3edae.jpeg) His camera was extremely slow, requiring several hours of exposure time to generate an acceptable image. ![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/dae2609f-6eed-41e9-bf17-7c3e13b86a70.jpeg) Later, Louis Daguerre invented a new form of camera in 1839, employing a silver-plated copper plate coated with iodine vapour. ![How did the first camera work](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/195716fe-fa6b-4d6e-9458-44d86b04ff7c/images/42e2e311-d9f9-43a8-b54a-0f95444b184d.jpeg) Today's cameras use obscura to project a picture onto a light-sensitive substance, generating a permanent record of the image.

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