ancient meets modern

[rdking647]

santa monica california. this is the view from the camera obscura,taken with a modern dslr. a camera obscura is an ancient device that was a predecessor of the camera. it lets an image be displayed on a flat surface. the image can then be accurately drawn if desired. if operates similar to a pinhole camera

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[Stevenmarc]

1. I built one

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This past summer as part of an arts festival and I'll probably be building it again for Worldwide Pinhole Day for a local museum.

[Stevenmarc]

2. Abelardo Morell

I love his Camera Obscura series where he turned rooms all over the world into camera obscuras

http://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/cameraobsc_01/cameraobsc_12.html

Video from National Geographic making a room into a Camera Obcura

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/camera-obscura/camera-obscura-video

[Solly Mack]

3. Neat! Did you use the special cap for dslrs?