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    cam·er·a ob·scu·ra
    /ˌkam(ə)rə əbˈskyo͝orə/

    noun

    • 1. a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography.

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  2. 4 days ago · The history of cameras dates back to ancient times, with the invention of the camera obscura, a simple device that projected an image onto a surface through a small hole or lens. However, it wasn’t until the 19th century that photography as we know it today began to take shape.

  3. 5 days ago · Marey invented the chronophotographic gun, a camera shaped like a rifle that recorded 12 successive photographs per second, in order to study the movement of birds in flight. These images were imprinted on a rotating glass plate (later, paper roll film), and Marey subsequently attempted to project them.

  4. 5 days ago · Daguerreotype, first successful form of photography, named for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of France, who invented the technique in collaboration with Nicéphore Niépce in the 1830s. Daguerre and Niépce found that if a copper plate coated with silver iodide was exposed to light in a camera, then.

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  6. 2 days ago · The Definition of a Photo Historical Context of Photography. Photography has been around for over 150 years, and its definition has evolved over time. The earliest photographs were created using the camera obscura, a device that projects an image onto a surface.

  7. 1 day ago · Camera obscura (Latin for "dark room") is the natural optical phenomenon that occurs when an image of a scene at the other side of a screen (or for instance a wall) is projected through a small hole in that screen to form an inverted image (left to right and upside down) on a surface opposite to the opening.

  8. 4 days ago · It is now the oldest known camera photograph still in existence and taken with said camera obscura. The exposure time, contrary to popular belief, took several days. Needless to say that today, the image on the original plate is hardly recognizable anymore and all the images one can see on the internet are manually enhanced versions ...