Re: w01 Camera Obscura
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:57 pm
To begin I'd like to just reiterate that Camera Obscura literally means "Dark Room" and is creating by making a dark room with one small light opening which allows the image to enter through. The image then appears on the opposite side of the hole in an inverted (upside down) display. The concept of the Camera Obscura was later expanded, as people began to include innovative ideas into the basic design. A lens can be used to magnify at the hole to magnify the intensity of the light rays passing through to strengthen the output image. A series of mirrors and lenses can be added to invert the image in any desired position. Eventually it was discovered that this design could be used using any closed room design. The most magnificent part about this invention is that it is relatively simple to create but has amazing results in terms of picture quality and clarity.
Within the video provided in the link below we are thought how to make a Camera Obscura using a pumpkin, but ultimately any closed shaped structure can be converted into a Camera Obscura using the provided techniques.
As of 2007 the worlds largest camera obscura is recorded to have been made out of an airplane hanger found in Germany.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Yo_qe1wgs\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/ ... scura.html
Within the video provided in the link below we are thought how to make a Camera Obscura using a pumpkin, but ultimately any closed shaped structure can be converted into a Camera Obscura using the provided techniques.
As of 2007 the worlds largest camera obscura is recorded to have been made out of an airplane hanger found in Germany.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Yo_qe1wgs\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/ ... scura.html