How Do You Make A Camera Obscura?
Camera obscura, which means “dark chamber”, is a more complete name for a camera—a device that allows light reflected off an object, to pass through a small hole in the thin wall of an enclosed chamber. The small hole focuses the light that passes into the chamber onto the back wall of the chamber, so that an image of the object can be seen on that surface. A camera obscura can be as large as a room, or it may be small, like the hand held cameras we use everyday. The image may be recorded either on film or digitally; or the image may simply be viewed and not recorded at all. The camera obscura described here does not take photographs, but allows you to view images to observe the optical principles of the camera obscura. Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//1000/200/90/6/31296.jpg’); }); Use the nail and hammer to punch a hole in the center of the closed end of your empty tin can. R
