The Simple CameraIntroduction to Graphic Arts

The Simple Camera• Camera Obscura: • Latin• camera for "vaulted chamber/room“• obscura for "dark“• together "darkened chamber/room

• a device dating back to the ancient Chinese and ancient Greeks, which uses a pinhole or lens to project an image of the scene outside upside-down onto a viewing surface.

• Camera obscura, from a manuscript of military designs. 17th century, possibly Italian

• An artist using an 18th century camera obscura to trace an image

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Eyelid

shutter

Light tight box

Film holder

FOUR MAIN PARTS OF THE PINHOLE CAMERA

Light tight box

Lens/Opening

Shutter

Film holder

Eyeball

Pupil

Eyelid

Retina

Light Tight Box:

• Inside black• No light gets in• Light only coming through pinhole

Lens (Opening):

• gather and focus light• control the AMOUNT of light that enters

the camera• Smaller opening – sharper image• Larger opening – blurry image• Pinhole

Shutter:

• Flap• Controls the AMOUNT OF TIME light has to

hit the film

Film Holder:

• Holds film flat and in place• Emulsion facing opening• Ortho Sheet Film

CHECK ALL PARTS BEFORE USING!!!