The Camera - Sakura Iyama

     The best invention in the world in my opinion is the camera.

    The camera is credited with the invention of the pinhole camera by Ibn al-Haytham in the 11th century. He precisely analyzed a phenomenon called the camera obscura. It is an effect in which light shining through a small hole projects an image on the opposite side.

    Next, in 1685, Johann Zahn designed the first portable camera. Johann Zahn proposed a small device with a mirror reflection mechanism, a design that would later be used to make photographic cameras.

    Since 1816, French inventor Joseph Nicephore Niepce experimented with methods to improve the image quality of the camera obscura. Only in 1825 did he press the shutter of the first photograph using a sliding wooden box camera.

    In 1975, Steven Sasson invents the first portable digital camera.Steven Sasson developed a self-contained digital camera while working for Eastman Kodak.This was the beginning of the modern camera.

    Additionally, in Japan, electronics manufacturer Kyocera introduced the first commercial camera phone in 1999.

    Nowadays, it is hard to imagine a cell phone or smartphone without a camera function, but considering that this was also someone's invention, I think people should be thankful to those who developed the first camera.