Make a camera obscura
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The first cameras used no lenses and needed strong shadow and light to make pictures. Build a Camera Obscura or a Pinhole Camera to understand what a camera is – a box with a hole it.
Photography
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Instructions
Step 1
The first cameras used no lenses and needed strong shadow and light to make pictures. Build a Camera Obscura or a Pinhole Camera to understand what a camera is – a box with a hole it.
Final steps
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