Camera Obscuras
Camera Obscuras.com is a resource site for the design and construction of camera obscuras 
– from the very simple to motorized elegance.
Invented centuries ago as an aid for artists, the camera obscura brings the outside inside. An adjustable lens and mirror image capture the scene in a moving, full-color display that can be seen by a group of people in a darkened room.
George T Keene designs custom camera obscuras; in 2006 he designed and installed a camera obscura for the Griffith Park Observatory
Kaleidoscopes and other optical devices are also covered here.
What is a Camera Obscura
- a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography.
- a small round building with a rotating angled mirror at the apex of the roof, projecting an image of the landscape on to a horizontal surface inside.
ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin, ‘dark chamber.’
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