Old Vintage Cameras: Assorted Vintage Cameras and Accessories

16mm Film Kodachrome Type A
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$47.00 USD
Walz Flash Master
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$17.00 USD
Avigo Angle Bracket
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$17.00 USD
Ednalite Electric Projection Pointer
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$67.00 USD
Ikelite Underwater Camera Case
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$95.00 USD
RCA AM FM Radio RLC20Y
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$38.00 USD
GE Reel to Reel Tape Recorder 1960's
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$45.00 USD
RCA Transistor Radio Retro 1970's
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$35.00 USD
Gossen Sixtomat Color Finder
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$40.00 USD
Bolex B8 8mm Movie Camera Outfit
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$237.00 USD
Ansco Standard Speedex 20 Camera c 1940s
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$77.00 USD
Argus 8mm Movie Camera
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$27.00 USD
Rolls Bakelite Camera
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$57.00 USD
Kodak Remote Control Cord
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$17.00 USD
Filmo 8mm Movie Camera
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$77.00 USD
Agfa Chief Vintage Camera
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$37.00 USD
3A3C GE Vacuum Tube 3AW3 3B2
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$5.00 USD
38HE7 GE Vacuum Tube
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$5.00 USD
Box Camera Rainbow Hawk Eye
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$37.00 USD
Old Weston Foot Candle Meter
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$137.00 USD
8mm Movie Camera Bell and Howell Electric Eye
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$67.00 USD
Old Speaker and Cabinet B and H B1
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$177.00 USD
Bell and Howell Electric Eye
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$37.00 USD
Kodak Jr Six 20
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$57.00 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.