pinhole camera
What is pinhole?
A pinhole camera is a simple, lensless camera consisting of a lightproof box with a tiny hole,That allows light to enter and project an inverted image of the outside scenes onto a light sensitive surface such as film of photographic pape
-no lens, just a small hole-produces inverted images
-simple principle based on straight line travel of light
-shows the basics of optics
-one of the earliest form of camera’s
History of pinhole
pinhole photography forms an image through a small pin sized hole rather than a lens and its origins can be traced back 2,500 years to when Mo Ti in China observed that light travels in a straight line through a small hole like an arrow.
Leonardo da Vinci was among the first to explore the idea of using a box to project an image. He described how an image could appear on a transparent screen, allowing an artist to trace it from the outside. However, the camera obscurer concept only truly began to develop in the 16th century.