A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera
- Posted on December 8, 2025
- By BBC News
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A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera

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.