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Here is a nice example of a handyman who turned his entire room into a camera obscura.

Camera obscura to be fixed on the head
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Project built with a laundry cobeille
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Another model built with a laundry basket and amazing design.


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A project built with two goblets.
The camera obscura is certainly not very efficient, but this model is ultra simple.

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Everything about the camera obscura in the famous participatory encyclopedia.


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Presentation on the website of the University of Geneva of Vermeer's art, including the hypothesis of his use of a camera obscura.


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In the 19th century, some buildings (museums, attractions, observatories) had a room (camera obscura) where the image of a panorama from a tower was projected.

Some of these attractions still exist, particularly in Britain. Here is an example from Edinburgh (click on the video to find out how it works).