Old Vintage Cameras: Vintage Movie Cameras

Bell and Howell Vintage Movie Light Bar

$24.95

Kodak M22 Instamatic Movie Camera

$18.95

Music Out of the Moon Music Exotica 45RPM Records

$39.95

Fujica Single 8 P1

$29.95

8 Cinelarger

$45.95

Yashica 8U-P 8mm Movie Camera Kit

$69.95

Bolex Paillard M8 Projector

$179.95

Kodak Showtime 8 Movie Projector

$89.95

Bell and Howell Two Forty 16mm

$55.95

Kodak M20 Instamatic Super 8

$39.95

Ambico Telecine Converter

$44.00

Home Movies Made Easy An Idea Book From Kodak

$29.95

Brownie Camera Manual

$10.95

Scale Selector

$9.95

GAF 805 M Movie Camera

$39.95

Bolex L8 8mm Swiss Camera

$139.95

Tru-Vue Viewer with 12 Filmstrips

$99.95

Revere 8mm Movie Camera CA 4

$98.95

Old Keystone Olympic 8mm Movie Camera

$54.95

Kodak 8mm Super 8mm Movie Projector M65

$89.95

Kodak Brownie 8mm Movie Projector

$69.95

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.