Rectilinear propogation of light.
A pinhole camera works by allowing light to pass through a small hole (the pinhole) and project an inverted image onto a surface inside the camera. The image is then captured by the surface, such as film or a digital sensor, creating a photograph.
The pinhole camera works based on the principles of light traveling in straight lines. As light passes through the small opening, it creates an inverted image because the upper part of the object is directed downward and vice versa. This inversion occurs due to the way light rays converge and intersect at the pinhole.
A pinhole camera works by allowing light to pass through a small hole (the pinhole) and onto a light-sensitive surface inside the camera. The pinhole acts like a lens, focusing the light to create an image. The image is then captured on the surface, such as film or a digital sensor, without the need for a traditional lens.
The first cameras were pinhole cameras. They worked by the light from the image on the outside enters through the pinhole and flips it on to the film on the inside and the film captures it.
The daguerreotype.
Pin holiday camera light travels in straight lines
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Not only are pinhole cameras entirely legal to use, they can be fun to build and use. Making and using a pinhole camera uses all of the really important principles of photography. Any serious student of photography should do just that. Apart from the satisfaction of having a picture that you can say you created all by yourself, it will teach the principles in only two or three hours.
A Pinhole camera.
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