First selfie stick appeared in 1980s

First selfie stick appeared in 1980s
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Do you have any idea when the first selfie stick was invented? Well, it was invented in the 1980s by Hiroshi Ueda, who worked for the Minolta camera company at the time and was a keen photographer, BBC reported. Ueda came up with the \"extender stick\" -- an extendable stick with a tripod screw that was designed for use with a new and small camera.He added a mirror to the front of the camera, so that photographers could see exactly what they were doing.

London: Do you have any idea when the first selfie stick was invented? Well, it was invented in the 1980s by Hiroshi Ueda, who worked for the Minolta camera company at the time and was a keen photographer, BBC reported. Ueda came up with the "extender stick" -- an extendable stick with a tripod screw that was designed for use with a new and small camera.He added a mirror to the front of the camera, so that photographers could see exactly what they were doing. The extender was patented in 1983 but it didn't become a commercial success, as it was thought to be an "unnecessary" invention.

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