Pinhole Camera, Jonathan Polkest artist
In the 5th century BC the Mohist philosopher Mo Jing in ancient China mentioned the effect of an image forming through a pinhole, along with experimenting with the pinhole camera and the burning mirror of the ancient Mohists, the Song Dynasty(960-1279AD) Chinese scientist Shen Kuo (1031-1095) experimented with camera obscura and was first recorded to establish geometrical and quantative attributes for it.In the 13th century Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon commented on the pinhole camera. Between 1000 ans 1600 men such as Ibn al-Haytham, Gemma Frisius and Giambattista della Porta wrote on the pinhole camera, explaining why images are upside down, pinhole devices provide safety in viewing solar eclipses because the observer views the diminished intensity of the pinhole image rather than the full light of the eclipse itself.
Taken by jaypolkest. This photo can be found in the album Pinhole camera Making.
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