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In
the 15th century the technique was used by artists as an aid to make their
drawings.
Leonardo da Vinci was the first to hit upon the idea of using a
box for it. He described how
one could get an image on a transparent screen
and trace it on the outside. But it was not until the 16th century until this
idea had come to its full development.
Lenses existed in this century but
people still used the pinhole principle to study the sun.
Scientists often
stared through their (pinhole) telescopes and looked directly into the bright
sunlight. As a result they suffered from blindness. Just to spare the eyes,
scientists started to use a camera obscura (darkroom) so they could study the
projected image of the sun instead of looking at it directly. From this moment
on it didn't take long before artists started to use the camera obscura
frequently.
the 15th century the technique was used by artists as an aid to make their
drawings.
Leonardo da Vinci was the first to hit upon the idea of using a
box for it. He described how
one could get an image on a transparent screen
and trace it on the outside. But it was not until the 16th century until this
idea had come to its full development.
Lenses existed in this century but
people still used the pinhole principle to study the sun.
Scientists often
stared through their (pinhole) telescopes and looked directly into the bright
sunlight. As a result they suffered from blindness. Just to spare the eyes,
scientists started to use a camera obscura (darkroom) so they could study the
projected image of the sun instead of looking at it directly. From this moment
on it didn't take long before artists started to use the camera obscura
frequently.