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Leme panoramic camera

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Unreferenced article with zero reliable sources, The portuguese Wikipedia page has 3 references, but the first two are the same Source under a different name, The first source in the Portuguese Wikipedia which is

https://fotograf360.weebly.com/histoacuteria.html

Claims that the first 360-degree camera and photograph was created by a Brazilian person called Sebastião Carvalho Leme in 1957.

But John Connon’s panoramic camera was the first camera to record 360 degrees according to this source in 1887

https://microsites.lomography.com/spinner-360/history/#:~:text=Via%20archives.gov.on.,panoramic%20cameras%20hitting%20the%20market.

So the source given is not reliable. The article thus doesn't meet notability and inclusion criteria Codonified (talk) 06:12, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Photography, Products, and Brazil. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:27, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
• Keep – Interestingly, I found more sources about Sebastião Leme, the inventor of the camera, than about the invention itself. But in 2023, a film was made compiling his life.:
  • G1 source about his film (April 2023).
  • G1 Another source with good/in-depth coverage (2025).
  • Undergraduate work for the archival science course at UNESP (2024).
  • Local news website from Marília about a sample of his photographs (2024).

Svartner (talk) 09:46, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Comment The first two references is from the same website, and both are about person, and not the camera, with just passing remarks about the camera.

The third one seems to be a biography about him, not the camera,

And the fourth reference is unreliable as it claims that this was the first panoramic 360 degree camera even though panoramic 360 degree cameras were invented earlier.

Thus this particular camera is not notable in any sense Codonified (talk) 14:51, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 06:40, 1 November 2025 (UTC)