250px|right|thumb|Leme's 360° panoramic camera
thumb|320px|right|Marília Airport, São Paulo, Brasil
thumb|320px|right|Câmara Municipal of Marília, São Paulo, Brasil – photo by Sebastião Carvalho Leme
Sebastião Carvalho Leme (13 July 1918 – 25 April 2007), was a photographer from Marília, São Paulo, Brazil. He is credited with inventing the Leme panoramic camera, a 360° camera.
Summary
In 1957, an entrepreneur requested a picture of his buildings, which stood at three of the corners of a street-crossing, and he wanted to show the group of buildings in one single photo, which would have to cover 360°. Using a Rolleiflex with a panoramic head, ten negatives were taken that, enlarged and mounted, resulted in a 360° photo. Leme then addressed the challenge of taking a 360° photo in a single negative.
The demonstration of his eventual solution consisted of a lens mounted in a small, empty tomato purée can, an internal device which is the principle of the invention, and a piece of film fixed inside the can. He tested it in front of the Senai building by rotating the lens by hand. The film, when developed, precariously confirmed that it was possible to take 360° photos.