Sunday, October 14, 2012

Camera Obscura

Yesterday I was at Mississinewa re-enactments of 1812. I was surprised to see it there and so I took a picture to share with the class.  While Talbot was the first to make use of the Camera Obscura as a camera.  It has been around longer.  The box form of Camera Obscura was invented by Johann Zahn in 1685 and was just used for tracing and capturing a drawing of what the viewer would see through the lens.  It was pretty cool to see how this worked in real life.  Anyway, I figured I'd share.  




2 comments:

  1. I love the Mississinewa re-enactments! I used to be in it when i was little!

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  2. I went there as well. This camera was so neat!

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