The pinhole camera was one of the first known camera to ever exist. It was first discovered in 5th Century B.C, in Beijing China. the Mohist philosopher anya mentioned the effect of an inverted image forming through a pinhole. The image of an inverted Chinese pagoda is mentioned in Duan Chengshi’s book “Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang" written during the Tang Dynasty which occurred in the years 618–907. A Philosopher by the name of Mo Tsu was then the first known person on record to record the formation of an inverted image from a pinhole camera down. The pinhole in the pinhole camera is acting as the lens in this case.The pinhole camera later evolved into the camera obscura, which is the exact same concept as the pinhole camera, yet it
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“The light travels in a straight line from the object to the tracing paper screen through the pinhole. Because the hole is small, only one ray gets in from each point on the object. The image of the object seen by you is upside down and crossed over because the rays of light cross over inside the camera.” The restriction of light is key in the creation of a pinhole camera. Any box that will not allow the entrance of light will work in the creation of a pinhole camera. To bring a pinhole camera into fruition the inside of the box has to be painted black solely off the fact that it has to stop the refection of light as it enters the box. After the box is painted black and is seemingly lightproof, the pinhole can be then be created. In the year 1475 Paolo Toscanelli, a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, placed a bronze ring with an aperture in a window in the Cathedral of Florence, and on certain days, sunny ones to be specific, a image is projected through the hole, showing up on the cathedral's floor, and at noon a mark is shown on the floor, which during that time period was used to tell time. On the yea 1580 astronomers used a pinhole and a method similar to Paolo’s noon mark in Rome to prove that a spring equinox fell incorrectly on March 11th as opposed to on March
“The light travels in a straight line from the object to the tracing paper screen through the pinhole. Because the hole is small, only one ray gets in from each point on the object. The image of the object seen by you is upside down and crossed over because the rays of light cross over inside the camera.” The restriction of light is key in the creation of a pinhole camera. Any box that will not allow the entrance of light will work in the creation of a pinhole camera. To bring a pinhole camera into fruition the inside of the box has to be painted black solely off the fact that it has to stop the refection of light as it enters the box. After the box is painted black and is seemingly lightproof, the pinhole can be then be created. In the year 1475 Paolo Toscanelli, a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, placed a bronze ring with an aperture in a window in the Cathedral of Florence, and on certain days, sunny ones to be specific, a image is projected through the hole, showing up on the cathedral's floor, and at noon a mark is shown on the floor, which during that time period was used to tell time. On the yea 1580 astronomers used a pinhole and a method similar to Paolo’s noon mark in Rome to prove that a spring equinox fell incorrectly on March 11th as opposed to on March