Old Vintage Cameras: Daytona Vintage

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Vintage Mamiya C33 TLR Medium Format Film Camera
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US$177.45
Vintage Cool Bell and Howell Speaker and Cabinet
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US$174.45
Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter
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US$134.45
Antique Stereo-Viewer and Cards
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US$97.45
Vintage Tiger Eye Silver Ring
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US$82.45
Keystone 2500 Film Projector
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US$77.45
Vintage Nikkormat FT2 35mm SLR Film Camera
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US$76.45
Bell and Howell Focusmatic 35mm Slide Projector
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US$67.45
Vintage Swiss Military Field Phone
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US$67.45
Bolex 8mm Movie Camera circa 1942
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US$64.45
Tru Vue Stereoscopic Viewer Set
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US$64.45
Lobby Card from the 1944 film Marine Raiders
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US$64.45
Vivitar Slide Projector
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US$62.45
Yashica FX-2 SLR 35mm Film Camera 1970s Era
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US$59.45
Lobby Card from the 1953 film Louisiana Territory
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US$57.45
Minolta AL-F Film Camera Vintage 1960s
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US$57.45
Yashica Movie Camera
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US$54.45
Turner Plus 2 Microphone
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US$54.45
Voigtlander Vito II Vintage Film Camera
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US$54.45
Vintage Cassette Tape Recorder Outfit
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US$48.45
Voigtlander Vitomatic II A
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US$47.45
Bell and Howell Slide Projector
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US$47.45
Old Kodak Baby Brownie Film Camera
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US$44.55
Manon Cabin 35mm Slide Projector
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US$44.50

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.