Old Vintage Cameras: Vintage Brownie

Vintage Kodak Vintage Brownie

Kodak Duaflex Vintage Film Camera 1940s Era Collectible

$15.45 USD

Vintage Kodak Standard Flasholder

$17.45 USD

Red AM FM Gran Prix Pocket Radio

$17.55 USD

Bell and Howell 8mm Vintage Movie Camera

$19.55 USD

Kodak Brownie Starflex Vintage Film Camera

$21.45 USD

RLM Studio 3 Square Pendant Necklace

$24.45 USD

$24.95 USD

Robert Morris Sterling Silver Ring

$27.45 USD

Time o Lite Darkroom Timer 1980s Era

$34.45 USD

Kodak Brownie Bulls Eye Camera and Flash 1950s Era Collectible

$34.45 USD

Argus C3 Vintage 35mm Film Camera

$34.45 USD

$37.45 USD

Old 1940s Argus Slide and Film Strip Projector

$41.45 USD

Argus C Forty Four Film Camera circa 1950s

$44.45 USD

Manon Cabin 35mm Slide Projector

$44.50 USD

$47.45 USD

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

$59.45 USD

Bolex 8mm Movie Camera circa 1942

$64.45 USD

Bell and Howell Focusmatic 35mm Slide Projector

$67.45 USD

Bell and Howell 8mm Film Projector 1960s

$67.45 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.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Vintage Kodak Vintage Brownie

$15.45 USD

$17.45 USD

$17.55 USD

$19.55 USD

$21.45 USD

$24.45 USD

$24.95 USD

$27.45 USD