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A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera

By Stephen Dowling · BBC · December 2025

A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera

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"In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same again."

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