Old Vintage Cameras: instant camera

Vintage Film Camera Assortment

Polaroid One Step Close Up Instant Camera

DaytonaVintage

$27.45 USD
Vintage Argus Seventy Five Film Camera 1950s Collectible

DaytonaVintage

$27.45 USD
Revere Eye Matic 8mm Turret Lens Movie Camera

DaytonaVintage

$27.45 USD
Petri Super 2.8 Vintage 1950s Film Camera

DaytonaVintage

$28.45 USD
Vintage Revere 8mm Movie Camera

DaytonaVintage

$32.45 USD
Filmo Double Run 8mm Movie Camera

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Gadg It Genuine Leather Camera Bag

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Old Cine Kodak 16mm Movie Camera Vintage 1930s

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Vintage Kodak 8mm Film Movie Camera ca.1932

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Argus C3 Vintage 35mm Film Camera

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Time o Lite Darkroom Timer 1980s Era

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Kodak Brownie Bulls Eye Camera and Flash 1950s Era Collectible

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
1950s ASC Film Developing and Printing Outfit

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Talking Polaroid Instant Film Camera

DaytonaVintage

$34.45 USD
Polaroid Land Camera 95A

DaytonaVintage

$37.45 USD
Adox Polo 1 German Film Camera Vintage 1950s

DaytonaVintage

$37.45 USD
Old 1940s Argus Slide and Film Strip Projector

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$41.45 USD
Acme Mov E Lite Vintage Flood Lights

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$42.95 USD
Argus C Forty Four Film Camera circa 1950s

DaytonaVintage

$44.45 USD
Manon Cabin 35mm Slide Projector

DaytonaVintage

$44.50 USD
Old Kodak Baby Brownie Film Camera

DaytonaVintage

$44.55 USD
Voigtlander Vitomatic II A

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$47.45 USD
Yashica FX-2 SLR 35mm Film Camera 1970s Era

DaytonaVintage

$59.45 USD
Bolex 8mm Movie Camera circa 1942

DaytonaVintage

$64.45 USD

What is a Camera Obscura?

The camera obscura (Latin; camera = vaulted chamber | obscura = dark, thus darkened chamber or room) is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside where it is reproduced, upside-down, but with color and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation. Using mirrors, as in the 18th century overhead version (illustrated in the History section below), it is possible to project a right-side-up image. Another more portable type is a box with an angled mirror projecting onto tracing paper placed on the glass top, the image being upright as viewed from the back. As a pinhole is made smaller, the image gets sharper, but the projected image becomes dimmer. With too small a pinhole the sharpness again becomes worse due to diffraction. Some practical camera obscuras use a lens rather than a pinhole because it allows a larger aperture, giving a usable brightness while maintaining focus.