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'''Camera Obscura'''

The '''[[camera obscura]]''' (Latin for "dark room") is an optical device that led to photography and the photographic camera. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside, where the scene is reproduced, inverted (thus upside-down), but with color and perspective preserved.

==History==

The concept of the camera obscura has been in existence since antiquity. The earliest written record of the camera obscura is to be found in the writings of [[Mozi]], a Chinese philosopher who lived in the 5th century BCE. He formally recorded the creation of an image with a [[pinhole]] or lens through the phenomenon of [[light projection]].

==Principle==

The camera obscura operates on the principle of [[optics]]. When light passes through the aperture, it projects an inverted image on the opposite wall of the chamber. This is due to the linear propagation of light. The image's size, brightness, and color can be adjusted by changing the size of the aperture and the ambient light.

==Applications==

The camera obscura was a fundamental tool in the development of the [[Renaissance]] art. Artists such as [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Vermeer]] are believed to have used the camera obscura to aid in their work. In the 19th century, the camera obscura was miniaturized and became widely used in photography.

==Modern Usage==

Today, the camera obscura is primarily used for educational purposes, particularly in demonstrating the principles of optics and light.

==See Also==
* [[Photography]]
* [[Optics]]
* [[Pinhole camera]]
* [[History of photography]]

[[Category:Optical devices]]
[[Category:History of photography]]
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			File:Osservazione_del_solstizio_21.06.12,_fi,_20.JPG\|Camera_obscura
			File:IMG_1650_zonsverduistering_Malta.JPG\|Camera_obscura
			File:555_anthemius_of_tralles_-_light-diagram.jpg\|Camera_obscura
			File:Light_behaviour_through_pinhole.svg\|Camera_obscura
			File:Pinhole-camera.svg\|Camera_obscura
			File:Da_vinci_-_camera_obscura_(from_notebooks_71)_0071-q75-644x596.jpg\|Camera_obscura
			File:1545_gemma_frisius_-_camera-obscura-sonnenfinsternis_1545-650x337.jpg\|Camera_obscura
			File:1646_Athanasius_Kircher_-_Camera_obscura.jpg\|Camera_obscura
			File:Kepler_-_Ad_Vitellionem_paralipomena_quibus_astronomiae_pars_optica_traditur,_1604_-_158093_F.jpg\|Camera_obscura
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