The Camera Obscura - AstroMedia
Our photo, film and video cameras all have a common ancestor: the camera obscura.
The principle: light from the outside world falls through a small hole onto the opposite wall of a room and creates an upside-down image. This is projected by a mirror onto a ground-glass screen, where it can be viewed and copied. The enclosed lens makes the image particularly bright and sharp.
Around 1750, painters such as the Venetian Canaletto used the camera obscura to sketch the perspectives for his famous city views. Then, in 1836, when the Frenchman Nicéphore Nièpce directed the image onto a light-sensitive plate for the first time, the camera was invented.
You can find a detailed illustrated construction report here.
| Aspiration scale: | Medium |
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| Time Line: | 2,0 Hours |
pre-cut and printed construction cardboard
for assembly, 8 x DIN A4
with detailed assembly instructions
extensive accessories: lens (Ø 60 mm, focal length 275 mm), mirror, transparent window and transparent paper
dimensions of the finished model: 28 x 19 x 19 cm (L/W/H)
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